Curated OER
Dig This: A Relief Sculpture of Dinosaur Bones
This is a truly amazing project. Perfect to use during your next dinosaur unit. Second and fifth graders work together to draw and make a relief sculpture of a nine foot-long stegosaurus. They discuss what paleontologists do and then...
Curated OER
Introduce Vocabulary: Dinosaur Bones (Barner)
Dig into some prehistoric vocabulary in Bob Barner's informative book Dinosaur Bones. This works best if you introduce the primitive words before reading the story. These are the focus terms in the text: ancient, climate, extinct,...
Curated OER
Introduce Vocabulary: Dinosaur Bones
Students discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read Dinosaur Bones, listening for 3 pre-selected, tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and students practice...
Seeker
Seeker: Week of 5 19 14: Two New Huge Dinosaurs Discovered
Learn about the discovery of two very large scale dinosaurs.
University of California
Ucmp: Building the Perfect Beast
Gain an appreciation of what is involved in building a free standing mount of a forty-foot dinosaur skeleton. Text explanations are supplemented with excellent slide pictures of the actual work.
University of California
Ucmp: The Tyrant Lizards: The Tyrannosauridae
This site from the University of California provides basic information on T. rex with links to related material great for a quick introduction.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: N q.a.3: Dinosaur Bones
The purpose of this task is to illustrate through an absurd example the fact that in real life quantities are reported to a certain level of accuracy, and it does not make sense to treat them as having greater accuracy. Aligns with N-Q.A.3.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Play! Scholastic: You Dig?
Play this interactive game to uncover the bones of a dinosaur. Pick your favorite dinosaur then use the tools to find their bones. When completed , a picture will appear. Click on "factoid" to learn information on each dinosaur.
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Week of 1 13 14: Dinosaur Bones Found in Saudi Arabia
Article reports on dinosaur bones which have been discovered for the first time in Saudi Arabia.
Other
Clever Island: Dinosaurs
This primary age website requires no reading to construct the jigsaw dinosaur puzzle out of six pieces. The instructions are all spoken by the cartoon characters. Children can then watch a cartoon where one character goes back in time...