fossils

Contains twenty-five projects that help teach young readers about fossils.

The Aldens visit a dinosaur dig in Montana and soon become involved in a mystery involving missing dinosaur bones.

An illustrated introduction to 16 prehistoric vertebrates that were not dinosaurs, based on specimens in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History.

Curious George visits a museum with a class of schoolchildren and causes much excitement by climbing up onto a dinosaur skeleton.

Explains how fossils are formed and what they tell us about the past.

Learn the relationship between dinosaurs and birds, and that rhinoceroses once lived in Nebraska. Bill also tracks down dinosaur footprints with paleontologist Grace Irby and travels to the La Brea Tar Pits to see what's underneath the tar. Comedy, interviews with scientists and hands-on experiments.

Explains how fossils form and how paleontologists determine their ages; visits the New Mexico Museum of Natural History, showing how fossils are restored for display; and demonstrates how molds and casts are made.

Bill Nye the Science Guy is joined by special guests to investigate dinosaurs, how they lived, and why they died. Includes related experiments.