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Dinosaurs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use the internet to find information about dinosaurs. Using the information, they complete a database with where the dinosaurs lived, diet, and where bones were found. To end the instructional activity, they are given...
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Dinosaurs and Classification

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore dinosaurs and identify them by their size. They compare the dinosaurs with objects around the school or on the playground. Students predict which dinosaurs are the largest and then measure the length of dinosaurs.
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Dinosaurs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders classify and analyze living things by structure and function and make predictions based on observations rather than random guesses. They make predictions about where dinosaurs lived and correctly place their databases onto...
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What are Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore the attributes of dinosaurs. In this dinosaur lesson plan, students read books and watch videos featuring dinosaurs. Students also research dinosaur traits using Internet sources.
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Discovering Dinosaurs

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate the physical characteristics of dinosaurs. They participate in a puppet show, take a field trip to a dinosaur museum, and compare/contrast dinosaur characteristics at the museum.
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Discovering Dinosaurs

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use an online database to gather information about five dinosaurs that are of interest to them. Using a chart, they record their length, height and two interesting facts for each dinosaur. They draw a picture of the...
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Dinosaurs

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students are introduced to the various types of dinosaurs and write in their journals about their favorite one. After listening to a story and watching a filmstrip, they color a few pages in their Dinosaur Friends Book. They also examine...
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Dinosaur Database

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice using a database to find information related to dinosaurs. Using the data, they make informational cards to use while developing a timeline that shows when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. They answer comprehension...
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What Kind of Eaters Were Dinosaurs?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use a database to gather more information on dinosaurs. Using the information, they discover how the database is organized and how to get different information from it. They complete a worksheet with comprehension...
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Where Are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars explore the concept of extinction by studying dinosaurs. In this extinction lesson plan, students watch dinosaur video clips or complete a puppet finger play about dinosaurs. Young scholars may then complete a dinosaur...
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Dinosaurs 1: Where are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate world history by creating a diorama in class. For this dinosaur extinction lesson, students read assigned text discussing the time frame of the dinosaurs residence on Earth and their eventual demise. Students...
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What Were Dinosaurs Like?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students view a video clips about Dinosaurs.  In this dinosaur lesson, students begin to understand the extinction of the dinosaurs by comparing them to contemporary animals. Students complete a research sheet on one dinosaur by...
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Comparing Dinosaurs

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this dinosaur themed worksheet, learners answer 4 multiple choice questions where they compare dinosaur sizes. Next, students label 5 dinosaurs in a list from longest to shortest using the numbers 1 to 5.
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Dinosaurs: Fact or Opinion

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this fact or opinion worksheet, students evaluate 8 statements about dinosaurs and then determine whether each statement is a fact or an opinion by writing the number that corresponds to each statement in a column labeled fact or...
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Digging For Dinosaurs

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this dinosaur themed instructional activity, students work together as a team of paleontologists to draw the dinosaur bones they discovered at a dig site. They must label their drawing on a grid map and then provide data about the...
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Dinosaur Math

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover math vocabulary through dinosaur discovery. In this dinosaur math unit, 2nd graders practice using math terms for measurement and geometric shapes through a variety of worksheets, online games, and word...
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Digging Up Dino Data

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use the Internet to research a specific dinosaur. They work in pairs and individually to browse dinosaur websites, take notes on pertinent information, write, edit and illustrate reports. They post their work.
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When Dinosaurs Lived

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this dinosaur worksheet, students examine a time line of the periods in which certain dinosaurs lived and then answer 5 fill in the blank questions based on the timeline.
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The Dinosaur Diner

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore the food chain. For this dinoaur lesson, students identify charactersitics of an omnivore, carnivore, and herbivore. Students sort dinosaur picture/word cards into groups by their eating characteristics. Students also...
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Dinosaurs - Real and Make Believe

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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.
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The Extinction of Dinosaurs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students study the life and death of the dinosaur by building dioramas. In this dinosaur lesson, students research the extinct creatures, then build dinosaur dioramas. Afterward, the students engage in a discussion about the extinction...
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Desert Discoveries

Dinosaur Quiz

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scientists explore the world of dinosaurs. They engage in a variety of activities designed to help correct misconceptions about dinosaurs, and which help them to determine which animals are dinosaurs and which are not. There is a...
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Fossils and Dinosaurs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore fossils and dinosaurs. In this science lesson, students discuss how fossils are created. Learners draw muscles and skin on a stegosaurus.
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Dinosaur Name Parts and Their Meanings

For Students 4th - 6th
In this dinosaur vocabulary instructional activity, students analyze the meanings of 52 different dinosaur names by learning the meanings of prefix and suffixes.