The Godzilla Syndrome; Scientific Inaccuracies of Prehistoric Animals in the Movies
Howard Ross Feldman, Jeffrey Wilson 1998 Journal of Geoscience Education v46 n5 p456-459

This Journal of Geoscience Education article describes a project in which students in geologic history and paleontology courses were assigned to review a video that depicted prehistoric animals with the idea of evaluating their scientific accuracy. Class discussions resulting from the video review ranged from dinosaur functional morphology and ichnology to an overview of dinosaur ecology.


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Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology
Resource Type: Activities:Project:Independent Research, Journal Article
Research on Learning: Cognitive Domain:Misconceptions/barriers to learning