{
  "title": "Extinct Atlas resource catalog",
  "version": "2026-09-04",
  "publisher": "Extinct Atlas",
  "editor": "OliverHart",
  "contact": "contact@extinctatlas.com",
  "website": "https://extinctatlas.com",
  "access": {
    "price": 0,
    "registrationRequired": false
  },
  "rights": {
    "teachingPermission": "https://extinctatlas.com/educators#permissions",
    "terms": "https://extinctatlas.com/terms",
    "creativeCommonsLicence": null
  },
  "editorialDisclosure": "AI-assisted secondary educational content. No independent expert review or institutional endorsement is claimed unless explicitly documented on the resource.",
  "descriptions": {
    "short": {
      "en": "Extinct Atlas is an independent extinct-life education site offering free dinosaur worksheets, interactive timelines, size comparisons and source-linked reading. Suggested classroom activities are designed for ages 10–14. Materials are AI-assisted and are not independently expert-reviewed unless a named reviewer is listed.",
      "zh": "灭绝生物图鉴（Extinct Atlas）是独立维护的灭绝生命科普与教学网站，提供免费恐龙任务单、互动时间轴、尺寸比较和带来源的阅读材料。课堂活动建议面向 10–14 岁，内容采用 AI 辅助制作；未列具名审校者的材料不代表已获独立专家审校。",
      "englishWordCount": 41
    },
    "medium": {
      "en": "Extinct Atlas is an independent website for learning about extinct life. It offers species records, interactive dinosaur timelines and size comparisons, and free English and Chinese teaching PDFs. The six-page Reading Dinosaur Evidence pack includes student tasks and teacher answers, supported by a timeline and size chart. Suggested ages are 10–14; the core lesson takes an estimated 45–60 minutes. Resources are available without registration. Non-commercial teaching permission requires retaining source and version credits. Content is AI-assisted, with review disclosures and links to underlying sources.",
      "zh": "灭绝生物图鉴是独立维护的灭绝生命学习网站，提供物种档案、互动恐龙时间轴和尺寸比较，以及免费中英文教学PDF。六页《读懂恐龙证据》包括学生任务和教师答案，配套时间表与尺寸图。建议面向10–14岁，核心活动约45–60分钟，无需注册即可使用。非商业教学需保留来源与版本信息。内容采用AI辅助制作，并提供审校披露与来源链接。",
      "englishWordCount": 84
    },
    "long": {
      "en": "Extinct Atlas is an independently maintained educational website for exploring extinct life through species records, interactive tools and printable activities. Its educator collection provides English and Chinese editions of a dinosaur timeline, a size chart and the six-page Reading Dinosaur Evidence activity pack. Students order geological periods, compare approximate lengths, distinguish observations from interpretations and explain the limits of a claim. Suggested ages are 10–14; the core lesson is planned for 45–60 minutes, with an optional 20–30 minute source-research extension. These are planning suggestions, not classroom-trial results or curriculum certification. The materials are free to print and project for non-commercial teaching with source and version credits retained. Public pages and downloads require no registration. A secondary CSV compilation contains 570 archive records, of which six have additional specimen-linked checks. Editorial responsibility is identified under the public byline OliverHart. Content production is AI-assisted; generative reconstructions are not fossil photographs. Independent expert review is not claimed unless a named reviewer and scope are listed. Resource listings can link directly to the relevant teaching page, tool or article. Contact: contact@extinctatlas.com.",
      "zh": "灭绝生物图鉴（Extinct Atlas）是独立维护的教育网站，通过物种档案、互动工具和可打印活动介绍灭绝生命。教师资源提供中英文恐龙时间表、尺寸图和六页《读懂恐龙证据》活动包，帮助学生排列地质时期、比较近似体长、区分观察与解释，并说明论点的局限。建议面向10–14岁，核心活动45–60分钟，另有20–30分钟的可选来源研究拓展；这些属于备课建议，并非课堂试验结果或课程标准认证。材料可保留来源与版本后免费打印、投影并用于非商业教学，页面和下载均无需注册。公开CSV包含570条二次汇编档案，其中6条额外核对了标本关联字段。OliverHart以公开编辑署名承担编辑职责。内容采用AI辅助制作，生成式复原图不是化石照片；没有具名审校者和审校范围时，不宣称独立专家审校。推荐时可直接链接教学页、工具或相关文章。联系邮箱：contact@extinctatlas.com。",
      "englishWordCount": 177
    },
    "classroom": {
      "en": "Reading Dinosaur Evidence is a free, six-page classroom activity pack from Extinct Atlas. Students order geological periods, compare approximate lengths, distinguish observations from interpretations, and write a claim with evidence and a limitation. A one-page timeline and size chart accompany the worksheets and teacher answer guide. Suggested ages: 10–14. Core lesson: 45–60 minutes; optional source-research extension: another 20–30 minutes. English and Chinese editions are available without registration. Free to print and project for non-commercial teaching with source and version credits retained. The resource is AI-assisted; ages and timing are planning suggestions, not classroom-trial results or curriculum certification.",
      "zh": "《读懂恐龙证据》是灭绝生物图鉴提供的免费六页课堂活动包。学生通过排列地质时期、比较近似体长、区分观察与解释，练习写出有依据和局限说明的论点。配套一页时间表、一页尺寸图、学生任务单和教师参考答案。建议面向10–14岁，核心活动45–60分钟，可选来源研究拓展另加20–30分钟。中英文版本均无需注册即可下载，可保留来源与版本后免费打印、投影并用于非商业教学。材料采用AI辅助制作；年龄和时长属于教学规划建议，不代表课堂试验结果或课程标准认证。",
      "englishWordCount": 97
    }
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "id": "classroom",
      "title": {
        "en": "Dinosaur evidence classroom pack",
        "zh": "恐龙证据课堂包"
      },
      "format": "PDF",
      "audience": {
        "en": "Suggested ages 10–14; teachers and informal educators",
        "zh": "建议 10–14 岁；教师与科普教育工作者"
      },
      "note": {
        "en": "A suggested 45–60 minute lesson, with printable tasks, reference charts and teacher answers.",
        "zh": "建议 45–60 分钟的课堂活动，配套任务单、参考图表和教师答案。"
      },
      "url": {
        "en": "https://extinctatlas.com/educators#classroom-pack",
        "zh": "https://extinctatlas.com/zh/educators#classroom-pack"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "timeline",
      "title": {
        "en": "Interactive dinosaur timeline",
        "zh": "互动恐龙时间轴"
      },
      "format": "HTML",
      "audience": {
        "en": "Science learners, library readers and museum visitors",
        "zh": "科学学习者、图书馆读者与博物馆观众"
      },
      "note": {
        "en": "Dated events and linked species records for discussing deep time and the survival of birds.",
        "zh": "通过年代事件与物种档案，讨论地质时间与鸟类的延续。"
      },
      "url": {
        "en": "https://extinctatlas.com/tools/dinosaur-timeline",
        "zh": "https://extinctatlas.com/zh/tools/dinosaur-timeline"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "comparison",
      "title": {
        "en": "Dinosaur size comparison",
        "zh": "恐龙尺寸比较器"
      },
      "format": "HTML",
      "audience": {
        "en": "Teacher-led science and numeracy activities",
        "zh": "教师引导的科学与数学活动"
      },
      "note": {
        "en": "Compare two dinosaurs and a human scale; follow the linked records to question the estimates.",
        "zh": "对比两种恐龙与人体尺度，并通过关联档案追问估算依据。"
      },
      "url": {
        "en": "https://extinctatlas.com/tools/dinosaur-size-comparison",
        "zh": "https://extinctatlas.com/zh/tools/dinosaur-size-comparison"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "questions",
      "title": {
        "en": "Extinct-life questions",
        "zh": "灭绝生物问答"
      },
      "format": "HTML",
      "audience": {
        "en": "General readers, bloggers and science communicators",
        "zh": "普通读者、博客作者与科学传播者"
      },
      "note": {
        "en": "Focused questions with further reading. Choose an individual article that matches your topic.",
        "zh": "围绕具体问题展开，并提供延伸阅读；可按主题选用单篇文章。"
      },
      "url": {
        "en": "https://extinctatlas.com/questions",
        "zh": "https://extinctatlas.com/zh/questions"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "data",
      "title": {
        "en": "Extinct-life archive dataset",
        "zh": "灭绝生命档案数据集"
      },
      "format": "CSV + HTML",
      "audience": {
        "en": "Source-literacy exercises and reference discovery",
        "zh": "来源辨析练习与参考资料发现"
      },
      "note": {
        "en": "570 archive records; six include additional specimen-linked checks. A secondary compilation with a field guide.",
        "zh": "570 条档案，其中 6 条补充了标本关联核对；附字段说明的二次汇编。"
      },
      "url": {
        "en": "https://extinctatlas.com/data",
        "zh": "https://extinctatlas.com/zh/data"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "updates",
      "title": {
        "en": "Research and museum reading notes",
        "zh": "论文与博物馆阅读简报"
      },
      "format": "HTML",
      "audience": {
        "en": "Science writers, associations and specialist readers",
        "zh": "科学作者、协会与专业读者"
      },
      "note": {
        "en": "Dated summaries linking to the underlying publication or museum announcement.",
        "zh": "标注日期的摘要，直接链接原始论文或博物馆公告。"
      },
      "url": {
        "en": "https://extinctatlas.com/updates",
        "zh": "https://extinctatlas.com/zh/updates"
      }
    }
  ],
  "printables": [
    {
      "id": "classroom-pack",
      "file": "extinct-atlas-dinosaur-classroom-pack",
      "pages": 6,
      "minutes": "45–60",
      "title": {
        "en": "Reading Dinosaur Evidence",
        "zh": "读懂恐龙证据"
      },
      "note": {
        "en": "Student worksheets, evidence cards and teacher answers. The optional species-record extension adds 20–30 minutes.",
        "zh": "学生任务单、证据卡和教师参考答案；选做的物种档案拓展另加20–30分钟。"
      },
      "outcome": {
        "en": "Build a claim from an observation, cite its source and identify a limitation.",
        "zh": "从观察建立论点，注明来源，并指出证据的局限。"
      },
      "suggestedAgeRange": "10-14",
      "timingStatus": "Planning suggestion; not classroom-tested",
      "files": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "url": "https://extinctatlas.com/downloads/extinct-atlas-dinosaur-classroom-pack.pdf",
          "encodingFormat": "application/pdf",
          "pages": 6
        },
        {
          "language": "zh",
          "url": "https://extinctatlas.com/downloads/extinct-atlas-dinosaur-classroom-pack-zh.pdf",
          "encodingFormat": "application/pdf",
          "pages": 6
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "timeline",
      "file": "extinct-atlas-dinosaur-timeline",
      "pages": 1,
      "minutes": "10–15",
      "title": {
        "en": "Dinosaur timeline",
        "zh": "恐龙时间表"
      },
      "note": {
        "en": "An A4 landscape reference for the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous, with dated boundaries and sources.",
        "zh": "A4 横版三叠纪、侏罗纪与白垩纪参考表，包含年代界线和来源。"
      },
      "outcome": {
        "en": "Order geological periods and calculate their approximate durations.",
        "zh": "排列地质时期，并计算各时期的大致持续时间。"
      },
      "suggestedAgeRange": "10-14",
      "timingStatus": "Planning suggestion; not classroom-tested",
      "files": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "url": "https://extinctatlas.com/downloads/extinct-atlas-dinosaur-timeline.pdf",
          "encodingFormat": "application/pdf",
          "pages": 1
        },
        {
          "language": "zh",
          "url": "https://extinctatlas.com/downloads/extinct-atlas-dinosaur-timeline-zh.pdf",
          "encodingFormat": "application/pdf",
          "pages": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "size-chart",
      "file": "extinct-atlas-dinosaur-size-chart",
      "pages": 1,
      "minutes": "10–15",
      "title": {
        "en": "Dinosaur size and uncertainty",
        "zh": "恐龙尺寸与不确定性"
      },
      "note": {
        "en": "An A4 landscape chart for reading a common length scale and discussing rounded estimates.",
        "zh": "A4 横版尺寸图，用统一长度比例讨论近似估算。"
      },
      "outcome": {
        "en": "Calculate a difference or ratio and explain why length is not mass.",
        "zh": "计算长度差或比值，并解释体长为什么不等于体重。"
      },
      "suggestedAgeRange": "10-14",
      "timingStatus": "Planning suggestion; not classroom-tested",
      "files": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "url": "https://extinctatlas.com/downloads/extinct-atlas-dinosaur-size-chart.pdf",
          "encodingFormat": "application/pdf",
          "pages": 1
        },
        {
          "language": "zh",
          "url": "https://extinctatlas.com/downloads/extinct-atlas-dinosaur-size-chart-zh.pdf",
          "encodingFormat": "application/pdf",
          "pages": 1
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "audienceUses": [
    {
      "id": "education-resources",
      "resource": "classroom",
      "title": {
        "en": "Education resource directories",
        "zh": "教育资源目录"
      },
      "use": {
        "en": "List a complete lesson with age guidance, learning goals, a printable pack and answers.",
        "zh": "收录有年龄建议、学习目标、任务单和参考答案的完整活动。"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "courses",
      "resource": "classroom",
      "title": {
        "en": "Course platforms",
        "zh": "课程平台"
      },
      "use": {
        "en": "Link the pack as a supplementary activity on geological time, scale or evaluating evidence.",
        "zh": "作为地质时间、比例或证据评价单元的补充活动链接。"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "libraries",
      "resource": "timeline",
      "title": {
        "en": "Libraries",
        "zh": "图书馆"
      },
      "use": {
        "en": "Add a free, registration-free reference to a dinosaur subject guide or family learning list.",
        "zh": "为恐龙主题书单或家庭学习指南提供免费、无需注册的延伸资源。"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "museums",
      "resource": "classroom",
      "title": {
        "en": "Museums",
        "zh": "博物馆"
      },
      "use": {
        "en": "Use observation-and-inference prompts before or after a visit; consult the museum's own specimen labels.",
        "zh": "用于参观前后的观察与推断练习，具体标本仍以馆方标签为准。"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "palaeontology",
      "resource": "data",
      "title": {
        "en": "Palaeontological associations",
        "zh": "古生物协会"
      },
      "use": {
        "en": "Use a small set of traceable records for source-literacy outreach and evidence discussions.",
        "zh": "以少量可追溯档案支持公众来源辨析与证据讨论。"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "education-organizations",
      "resource": "classroom",
      "title": {
        "en": "Education organizations",
        "zh": "教育组织"
      },
      "use": {
        "en": "Offer teachers an optional science-literacy activity with a suggested lesson sequence.",
        "zh": "向教师提供可选的科学素养活动及建议课堂流程。"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "science-media",
      "resource": "updates",
      "title": {
        "en": "Science media",
        "zh": "科学媒体"
      },
      "use": {
        "en": "Find background reading and follow the original paper or museum source for reporting.",
        "zh": "获取背景阅读，并回到原始论文或博物馆资料开展报道。"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "blogs",
      "resource": "questions",
      "title": {
        "en": "Blogs",
        "zh": "博客"
      },
      "use": {
        "en": "Link a specific answer or teaching tool that adds context to an article.",
        "zh": "链接与文章主题直接相关的问答或工具，补充读者需要的背景。"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "professional",
      "resource": "data",
      "title": {
        "en": "Professional organizations",
        "zh": "专业组织"
      },
      "use": {
        "en": "Consider a public-engagement resource alongside primary references; inspect the documented scope first.",
        "zh": "在公众教育资源中搭配一手文献使用，先核对资源范围与方法说明。"
      }
    }
  ]
}