Prehistoric Animals Teacher Resources

Dig into this collection of dinosaur resources offered for dinosaur walkers of all ages. Hit the Dinosaur Playground with younger students to engage in a variety of games, activities, and puzzles.

Watch this video to learn about the African lungfish, a prehistoric fish that travels through water and mud, and across land, and discover the unique adaptations that make survival possible for this fish. [4:41]

Learn many facts about the Ice Age and the large animals alive in Ice Age North America, such as the muskox, short-faced bear, American lion, and the grounds sloth.

Can you imagine finding something in the ground that may be more than 30,000 years old? Read about the 11 year old boy who made an incredible discovery.

The Dinosaur Museum is located in Blanding, Utah. Use this site to learn all about the exhibits and dinosaur information.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses therapsid ancestors of mammals.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of life of the Cenozoic Era.

Read about this extraordinary mammal, the Western Camel, that originated in North America during the ice age. A fascinating article with many additional sites to explore.

Get profiles of 10 different examples of Australia's extinct megafauna. Each profile includes a picture of what the animal looked like.

Students study prehistoric people and animals and create trading cards with an original illustration of an animal on one side and facts about that animal on the other.

Lions were among the largest predators during the ice age. Get other interesting facts about this ancestor of the American Lion.

Is it a feathered dinosaur, or the ancestor of birds? Find out about the Archaeopteryx lithographica whose fossil remains show feathers similar to that of a bird, and whose skeleton resembles that of a dinosaur.

Brief descriptions of the climate of the Triassic Period and of the plants and animals. Includes a lengthy list of the animals that lived during that time.

The BBC host talks about his latest documentary on pterosaurs, Flying Monsters 3D.

Describes several types of organisms that lived in the Precambrian Era and provides a list of others. Some of these still exist today.

Printable coloring sheets of Ice Age animals, such as the dire wolf, the giant beaver, the American mastodon, and the saber-toothed cat.

45,000 - 50,000 years ago the megafauna of Australia became extinct. This interview investigates several possible causes such as, continental drift, human impact, and climate change.