Educator Guide: A Tiny Dino and Iron Rain

This hummingbird-sized predatory bird is the smallest known dinosaur to live during the Mesozoic Era, the Age of Dinosaurs, between 252 million and 66 million years ago.
Han Zhixin
About this guide
In this guide, students will learn about the smallest-known Mesozoic dinosaur and use phase diagrams to explore meteorology on an exoplanet. In an activity, students will collect and analyze data in their own homes.
Editor's Note: A study included in this guide has been retracted. Please see the comprehension questions for more detail.
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Phase changes: cloudy with a chance of iron rain
The home as laboratory
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