Course Details

Get ready to unearth one of our planet’s greatest mysteries, the dinosaurs! Students will gain insightful and applicable information about the history and discoveries made about dinosaurs. The textbooks used within this course are written by leaders in the field of paleontology, including a text written by Dr. Stephen Brusatte, who is one of the foremost experts of the field and a New York Times Bestseller author. Students will take a complete journey through the age of the dinosaurs by exploring topics such as the era of the dinosaurs, drifting continents, different dinosaur species and their biology, the end of an era, and how fossils are found and identified. This course gives the student an understanding and appreciation of the 165 million years that dinosaurs ruled the Earth through relevant and up-to-date material.

This course is applicable towards the following certificate(s):
*Basic Biology for the Classroom

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