The University Of Utah: Museum Launches Triceratops Traits For Middle Schoolers

Salt Lake City UT

21 April, 2022

4:52 PM

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Press release from The University of Utah: April 20, 2022 Today, the Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU) is launching a new educational investigation as part of Research Quest, its award-winning and free online education program. the Natural History Museum of Utah Research Quest In Triceratops Traits, the new investigation, students work alongside paleontologists to solve an evolutionary mystery by analyzing and interpreting data from the fossil record. This data, documenting the diversity, evolution and extinction of life forms, are interpreted under the premise that natural laws have operated the same throughout the history of life on Earth to fit 7th grade learning standards in Utah and 6th-8th grades around the U.S. "We're excited to be expanding our library of Research Quest investigations. The program is a powerful tool for middle school science teachers to expand the critical thinking skills of their students," said Dr. Jason Cryan, executive director of NHMU. This press release was produced by The University of Utah. The views expressed here are the author's own.