Prehistoric Animals Teacher Resources

Students examine the differences between a scavenger and a predator.  For this predator lesson students research an animal and study its physical traits. 

Learners take a pre-test to show their prior knowledge of dinosaurs. Using the internet, they reasearch the time period in which they roamed the Earth. Focusing on the area of Connecticut, they compare and contrast the large and small...

Students discover how a paleontologist digs up fossils and what tools they use.  In this paleontology lesson, students discuss the importance of the job of a paleontologist, watch a video on the process of extracting fossils, and...

Students use the Internet to see photographs of fossils from dinosaurs. They read articles about dinosaurs and birds and what they had in common. They also examine a dinorama site in which they discover why some dinosaurs needed feathers.

Students explore cave art. In this Neolithic Age lesson plan, students get into groups and research a given topic. Students create a poster with information and visual aids. Students then look a pictures and watch a DVD about...

Young scholars read maps for chronological information in Los Angeles. They develop a multicultural chronology of Los Angeles.

In these subtraction worksheets, students will subtract single and double digit subtrahends from double digit minuends. Students will need to regroup to solve.

A database with detailed fact sheets for seventeen dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, including illustrations, a map, a timeline, physical characteristics, etc.

Scientists discuss their ideas about what led to the extinction of Ice Age animals. Aired Sep. 28, 2007 [7:44]

This animation, in a storybook format, discusses a wide variety of prehistoric animals from the mammoth to the mastodon.

Describes the different periods, epochs, and stages of the Cenozoic Era and the events that took place in them. Looks at geology and tectonic plate movements, climate, flora and fauna, and the emergence of mammals as the dominant life...

Crocodiles are among the largest reptiles in the world, and they are also some of the most dangerous creatures on the planet. Crocodiles and their close relative, the alligator, are responsible for more human deaths each year than any...

Discusses the mass extinction event that wiped out many prehistoric animals 65 million years ago and why there are no dinosaur fossils to be found in Indiana.

Read about the this flying reptile that has recently been rediscovered by scientists after approximately 80,000 years.

Newspaper-formatted Devonian Times reports on the ongoing exploration and research being conducted at Red Hill, a Devonian-period fossil site located in central Pennsylvania, where an impressive array of fossilized animal and plant life...

Explore life on ancient Earth with this site! Students can walk with dinosaurs to see what Earth looked like or investigate Earth's history. The site includes articles, pictures, timelines, and lots more.

600 Million Years is a permanent exhibition at the Melbourne Museum that examines how Australia evolved through the geological ages, and the dinosaurs and other prehistoric life that lived in the Victoria area in the distant past. The...

The focus of this guide is on exploring the massive ancient creatures that roamed the Earth millions of years ago.

Fourth graders will learn about prehistoric life in Utah.

Discusses some of the animals that lived in North America during the Ice Age, ones that are usually overlooked, and reasons they either went extinct or evolved and survived. Aired Sep. 28, 2012 [21:39]

In English and Spanish this site deals with animal life in Illinois past and present. With sections on dinosaurs, animals in Illinois 65 million years ago, animals in Illinois 10 million years ago, and animals in Illinois today, this is...

Learn about prehistoric sea creatures by playing this entertaining online game. A variety of skills are needed as you move through geologic time and encounter different sea creatures.

Learn more about the prehistoric Muskox from this brief but intriguing article that shows the vast distribution area of this creature.

Meet some real ancient giants and their modern relatives, in rhyming verse. [3:03]