Resources & Fun
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Browse educational activities, videos, and games to enjoy at home, in the classroom, or to accompany your visit to the museum. Search by category to zero in on your interests.
Discovery trunks
Teachers, borrow a box of hands-on lessons and activities in a variety of subjects (at no cost).
Focus on elementary geology
articles & books | classroom resources | Dinos of the Deep
Written for children in grades K-4, this textbook introduces basic concepts of geology, including rocks and minerals, basic structure of the Earth, volcanoes, earthquakes, the water cycle, and Earth’s magnetism. […]
CK-12 Textbooks for elementary, middle, high school science
articles & books | classroom resources | Dinos of the Deep
This organization has free textbooks on Earth science and provides educational materials that support the use of their textbooks in classrooms. Textbooks can be downloaded as-is or custom-designed by the […]
Adventures in Paleontology
articles & books | classroom resources | Dinos of the Deep
This e-book contains 36 activities that students can take part in as they explore the world of paleontology. The publication also includes activities form other areas of geoscience, including the […]
Kansas Geological Survey
Dinos of the Deep
This website contains general information on the geology of the Kansas side of the Kansas City region. Visit The Kansas Geological Survey from the University of Kansas