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The Busasaurus

From The Magic School Bus · 1995

The Busasaurus
26 min2nd3rd4th5thScience
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Summary

The bus travels back 67 million years and lands the class in the age of dinosaurs. They gather evidence about how these animals lived and behaved.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

The bus travels back 67 million years and lands the class in the age of dinosaurs.

  1. How do scientists learn about animals no one ever saw alive?
  2. What can a footprint tell us about a dinosaur?
  3. Why did dinosaurs need different teeth for different foods?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: dinosaur, fossil, evidence.

Try it: Pick a dinosaur and explain one thing a fossil could tell you about it.