WORKSHEETS
Students build a box that has information about dinosaurs on it.
Use this reference sheet with the Dinosaur Detectives lesson.
Pupils compare the size of a dinosaur to items in and around the school, including the school itself.
Students match pictures of dinosaurs with their physical descriptions.
ACTIVITIES
Here is a play from which children will learn dinosaur facts.
Students learn about dinosaurs like the Nanotyrannus, which was a fearsome predator.
Students read dinosaur descriptions with clues to help classify dinosaur species into their subgroups.
Students learn how dinosaur names are related to their physical characteristics.
Demonstrate the break-up of Pangaea into the continents by making pastry.
In this writing activity, students complete a paragraph about their favorite dinosaur.
Fingertip Facts are designed to serve as a resource and quick reference about dinosaurs.
Integrate life science, archeology, and physical science as you review how the half-life of radioactive elements is used…
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Students make a Venn diagram to classify different types of dinosaurs.
Identify different kinds of dinosaurs and what facts scientists have learned about them.
Students can practice earth science vocabulary relevant to fossils by reading the definition and using the word in a…
BOOK GUIDES
Take students on a prehistoric time travel adventure through the Cretaceous Period with this activity kit for Chronal…
REFERENCE
Find answers to your dino questions, for example, are all fossils dinosaurs, what was the biggest dinosaur, what was the…
LESSON PLANS
Become an instant expert on dinosaurs. Find motivational mini-lessons and the reference material you need to introduce…
An article explaining the classification of dinosaurs.
The first of four articles answering questions about dinosaurs. This article covers the following issues: when dinosaurs…
The second of four articles answering questions about dinosaurs. This article covers the following issues: how dinosaurs…
The third of four articles answering questions about dinosaurs. This article covers the following issues: what dinosaurs…
The last of four articles answering questions about dinosaurs. This article covers the following issues: what colors…
Read about recent discoveries concerning dinosaurs.
