{"id":358,"date":"2015-06-11T12:26:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2015\/06\/11\/head-back-to-dino-school-before-seeing-jurassic-world\/"},"modified":"2015-06-11T12:26:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T16:26:00","slug":"head-back-to-dino-school-before-seeing-jurassic-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2015\/06\/11\/head-back-to-dino-school-before-seeing-jurassic-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Head back to dino-school before seeing Jurassic World"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"223\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-1o4ujhW2cZo\/VXm2sH-SGfI\/AAAAAAAABtY\/RTvrsWcYWL0\/s400\/kids.png\" width=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;What will blow up the box office this summer? Dino might.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;okay, fine, we&#8217;re sorry. The point is that <i>Jurassic World<\/i>, the fourth movie in the <i>Jurassic Park<\/i> franchise, is going to be monstrously successful this weekend. Nearly every child of a certain age became obsessed with dinosaurs at the same time because of <i>Jurassic Park<\/i>. In fact, we&#8217;re certain you can still name your favorite dinosaur.<\/p>\n<p>We want to stoke that excitement again. So in addition to promoting our <i>Jurassic Park<\/i> movie collection (specifically the bonus disc that came with the trilogy box set, <a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.wrlc.org\/cgi-bin\/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=12212064\">DVD 4904)<\/a>, we want to talk about our educational dinosaur videos. A catalog search turns up over fifty dinosaur-related items in our collection; here are a few highlights to get your dino-juices flowing.<\/p>\n<p>(All these videos are available to watch streaming via the library catalog.) <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/proxyau.wrlc.org\/login?url=http:\/\/digital.films.com\/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8604&amp;xtid=40750\"><b>Dino Death Trap<\/b><\/a>: Take a close look at a Pompeii-type graveyard of dinosaur species trapped in lava \u2013 and well-preserved!<\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"http:\/\/proxyau.wrlc.org\/login?url=http:\/\/digital.films.com\/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8604&amp;xtid=52288\">Dino Revolution<\/a><\/b>: This video from 2000 sheds light on then-recent discoveries linking dinosaurs to birds<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/proxyau.wrlc.org\/login?url=http:\/\/digital.films.com\/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8604&amp;xtid=52493\"><b>How to Build a Dinosaur<\/b><\/a>: Watch up-close as scientists piece together dinosaur skeletons and reveal how they work on these reconstructions.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/proxyau.wrlc.org\/login?url=http:\/\/digital.films.com\/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8604&amp;xtid=52301\"><b>Reconstructing T-Rex<\/b><\/a>: A 2009 documentary about recent discoveries about everyone&#8217;s favorite giant terrifying apex predator.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/proxyau.wrlc.org\/login?url=http:\/\/www.aspresolver.com\/aspresolver.asp?EDIV;1828032\"><b>Dino Math<\/b><\/a>: So this one isn&#8217;t really about dinosaurs, but it has kids solving math problems with dinosaur manipulatives. We figured this would bring back some good memories. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Early reviews indicate that <i>Jurassic World<\/i> is exciting but not quite as inspiring as the original. We hope this doesn&#8217;t prevent a new generation of kids from having their own overly-excited-about-dinosaurs phase. Luckily, we have educational dinosaur content like the videos above the carry the torch.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;What will blow up the box office this summer? Dino might. &#8230;okay, fine, we&#8217;re sorry. The point is that Jurassic World, the fourth movie in the Jurassic Park franchise, is going to be monstrously successful this weekend. 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