Curated OER
Boning Up on Fossil Features
Students investigate a specific dinosaur; produce a poster relating what is known or speculated about where and how the dinosaur lived to the physical features of the dinosaur.
Curated OER
Dinosaurs - Real and Make Believe
Students examine the differences between real and make believe dinosaurs, and identify survival techniques utilized by dinosaurs. They create dioramas illustrating dinosaurs using survival techniques.
Curated OER
Fossils and Dinosaurs
Learners explore fossils and dinosaurs. In this science lesson, students discuss how fossils are created. Learners draw muscles and skin on a stegosaurus.
Curated OER
An Introduction to Dinosaurs
Students research to collect information about dinosaurs. In this dinosaurs lesson, students brainstorm what they know about dinosaurs and chart the information that are fats. Students take a pretest about the topic and view a PowerPoint...
Curated OER
Dinosaur Party
Students explore dinosaurs. In this dinosaurs lesson, students view a PowerPoint presentation and write 2 or 3 facts about their favorite dinosaur. Students sculpt a figure of this dinosaur using modeling clay. Students...
Curated OER
Where are the Dinosaurs?
Learners find the similarities of dinosaurs and the animals of today. In this dinosaurs lesson, students understand why dinosaurs have become extinct. Learners research and create dinosaur dioramas and finger puppets.
Curated OER
Dino-Friends
Students learn about dinosaurs. In this dinosaur lesson, students participate in an interactive read aloud of The Giant Book of Dinosaurs. They make play dough dinosaurs and write a dinosaur story about their sculpture. They dance around...
Curated OER
Where Are The Dinosaurs?
Students study the existence of dinosaurs as a precursor to learning about extinction. In this dinosaurs instructional activity, students watch dinosaur video at assigned web sites. They discuss what they observed in the videos including...
Curated OER
Dinosaurs
Students study the lives of dinosaurs. In this dinosaur lesson, students create dinosaur dioramas that depict how and where the creatures lived. Students also discuss extinction with their teacher.
Curated OER
Where Are the Dinosaurs?
Learners examine the concept of extinction by studying dinosaurs. In this living environment lesson, students view dinosaur video clips and define the word "extinction." Learners visit the "Zoom Dinosaur" website to investigate various...
Curated OER
Film: Jurassic Park
In this dinosaur instructional activity, students answer questions about the film Jurassic Park and relate what they view to their understanding of climate, selection and evolution.
Curated OER
Dinosaur Name Parts and Their Meanings
In this dinosaur vocabulary instructional activity, students analyze the meanings of 52 different dinosaur names by learning the meanings of prefix and suffixes.
Curated OER
Dinosaur Sentences
In this dinosaur themed worksheet, students examine 10 statements about dinosaurs and then indicate whether each statement is a complete sentence by coloring a picture of a dinosaur next to the statements which are complete sentences.
Curated OER
Dinosaur Acrostic Poem
In this language arts worksheet, students use the letters in the word DINOSAUR to begin each line of an acrostic poem about dinosaurs.
Curated OER
Dinosaur Mathematics
In this science and math worksheet, 5th graders answer four different questions related to dinosaurs. They graph the information with data located at a given website.
Curated OER
Fossil Adventure
Students work as a class to write a general definition of fossil based on their discussion and examine pictures of the different types of fossils. Once discussion is complete, they write and illustrate a book about a T Rex that has died...
Curated OER
Geologic Timelines
Young scholars view geologic time lines and discuss how old the Earth and solar system is, when dinosaurs roamed Earth, and when humans first appeared. They review the four major eons and life that was present in each before creating a...
Curated OER
The Bare Bones Of Fossils
Studentsare able to understand the three ways foosils were created. They are able to make a reconstruction of a puzzle or draw a picture based on cluses and limited pieces of the puzzle or animal. Students are able to explain how fossils...
Curated OER
Dinosaur Days
Students investigate the age of dinosaurs while examining the characteristics of three kinds of dinosaurs. They examine plant eaters, meat eaters, and flying dinosaurs while determining how to classify things. They rotate through centers...
Curated OER
Dinosaur Math
Pupils participate in an activity to discover patterns. They make cutouts of bones and decorate them in patterns. They work together in pairs and removes the number of bones they roll on the die. They also practice writing their numbers.
Curated OER
Dino Hunt
Students use the Internet to gather information about dinosaurs. They practice navagating through the different websites. They also practice listening to directions and also explore how to fill out a KWL chart.
Curated OER
Dinosaurs - Creatures Of The Past
Young scholars use the internet to search for information and pictures of dinosaurs. They distinguish between meat-eating and plant-eating dinosaurs and explore theories about the extinction of dinosaurs.
Curated OER
Digging Up Facts About Dinosaurs
Second graders conduct research on a given dinosaur using various resources, complete an information sheet that be used to create their graphic organizer from, and produce a graphic organizer, using the Kidspiration software.
Curated OER
Dinosaurs
Students use educational software about different dinosaurs to determine what group of dinosaurs each belongs in.