You will
learn about one
dinosaur and the time period in which it lived. You will
then work together
with the other members of your class to design a Dinosaur Zoo.
1. Learn
about the time
of the dinosaurs.
a. Where in time did the dinosaurs live?
a. Where in time did the dinosaurs live?
Look at
the picture of the
staircase below. Each step shows millions of years
in the age of the earth.
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The bottom step is when the earth was very young. We live at the top of the yellow stair step. Dinosaurs lived 245 million years ago, where the green stair steps begin. The Age of Dinosaurs, the Mesozoic era, lasted for three green stair steps or for 185 million years. At the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago, dinosaurs suddenly died out and became extinct. |
b. We learn about
dinosaurs
by digging up their bones. Click below to watch a clip
about dinosaur fossils.
Then use your Back button on your web browser to return to
your webquest.
Albertosaurus |
Coelophysis |
Iguanodon |
Stegosaurus |
Allosaurus |
Compsognathus |
Maiasaura |
Thecodontosaurus |
Anchisaurus |
Corythosaurus |
Ornithomimus |
Triceratops |
Ankylosaurus |
Deinonychus |
Oviraptor |
Troodon |
Apatosaurus |
Dilophosaurus |
Parasaurolophus |
Tyrannosaurus |
Barosaurus |
Diplodocus |
Plateosaurus |
Velociraptor |
Brachiosaurus |
Edmontosaurus |
Procompsognathus |
|
Centrosaurus |
Eoraptor |
Saltopus |
|
Ceratosaurus |
Hadrosaurus |
Saurolophus |
Make a
stand-up model
of your dinosaur.Draw a stand
on the
bottom. See the example below.
crosspiece
Make a crosspiece
to help your dinosaur stand-up.
Glue
the dinosaur picture
and the crosspiece onto cardboard. Cut them
out and put them together.
Colour the picture
of the
habitat for the time
period.
Stand your
dinosaur
up in front of your picture.
Meet with construction
crew foreman (your teacher) to discuss your group presentation and construction
on the dinosaur zoo.
