Monday, June 16, 8 PM
Get more out of Mountain Lake PBS series and specials with Watch & Wonder Program Highlights. Watch Walking with Dinosaurs and then dive deeper with media rich educational resources on PBS LearningMedia.
The legend is back as Walking with Dinosaurs returns. Meet six iconic dinosaurs, emerging from incredible dig sites as we tell these heroes’ stories of struggle, love and survival. In the season’s first episode, The Orphan, an orphaned baby Triceratops must outwit a deadly T. rex. Watch as paleontologists uncover her remains and use stunning VFX to bring her story vividly to life.
Ignite your students’ curiosity with the classroom-ready resource below. Then unearth more fascinating facts, games, and activities all about dinosaurs on our Learn & Play blog.
How Fossils Explain the Rise of Dinosaurs | Smithsonian Science How
Grades 6-8
Discover the mass extinction event 200 million years ago that opened the door for dinosaurs to dominate life on land. Meet Dr. Hans Sues, a paleontologist at the National Museum of Natural History. While you may be familiar with the asteroid strike 66 million years ago that ended the dinosaur reign, have you ever wondered what started it? Join Hans in exploring what lived in the Triassic landscape and how the dinosaurs rose to prominence. Examine the fossil evidence that dinosaurs might not have diversified so much were it not for the cataclysmic event that ended the Triassic.
Take advantage of the Mountain Lake PBS broadcast schedule with Watch & Wonder Program Highlights. Great for classroom viewing, distance instruction, and families looking to spend extra quality time together, these programs are suitable for middle and high school aged learners.
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