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Why should we study dinosaurs? Why should we study dinosaurs? They are, after all, animals that disappeared about 60 million years before

the earliest human. What makes dinosaurs important to us now? Not only do they capture our imagi-nation as few animals do, they are also huge, mysterious, scary, and fascinating. Paleontologists, scientists who study the fossils of dinosaurs, learn about the connection

between dinosaurs and animals of today. By studying dinosaurs, we can learn how they lived and come closer to understanding how they became extinct. This is

an important lesson to learn as today we are faced with protecting many endangered animals, such as the manatee, whooping crane,

orangutan, and grizzly bear.

We have access to more information about dinosaurs than ever before. Scientists have made new discoveries in Africa, Asia, Antarctica, and the United States. New pow-erful electron microscopes now show tiny details of dino-saur remains. High-powered drills enable scientists to dig deep into the earth to find fossils. These new tools and

others like them allow scientists to learn things about dino-saurs they couldn’t have discovered before.

For example, did you know that some dinosaurs sat on a nest of eggs to hatch their babies? Also, we’ve recently learned that dinosaurs were probably not warm-blooded like mammals or cold-blooded like reptiles of today but somewhere in between. The tracks of dinosaurs show us that some lived in herds and nested together.

Dinosaurs ruled the earth about 225 million to 65 mil-lion years ago during a time known as the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. The continents that are now separate were all together at that time, so dinosaurs could walk everywhere. They shared the land with other animals, marine reptiles lived in the seas, and primitive birds flew in the skies. The world was much hotter, wetter, more humid, and filled with many plants. These were dangerous times for all creatures that might be eaten or trampled to death.

We’ll take a close look at dinosaurs and marvel at these awe-inspiring creatures. Dinosaurs rock, and you know it!

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Dinosaurs rock!There are lots of dinosaurs and they are as different as night and day. Paleontologists (the scientists who study dinosaur fossils) learned much of what they know about dinosaurs from bones, teeth, claws, and horns – all of which turned to stone and became fossils. Some of their soft parts, such as skin, hearts, and brains seldom formed fossils, so paleontologists have to make some educated guesses about dinosaurs.

Piecing these parts together tells us many things about dinosaurs. The bones show the size of the dinosaur. The largest were 100 feet long and weighed about 100 tons while the smallest were only two feet long and weighed about six pounds. Some dinosaurs walked upright on two feet while others walked on all fours. Long-necked dinosaurs were able to reach far up into trees for their meals, while those with strong necks were able to rip the flesh of their prey with a twist and a jerk. A bill like a duck’s was good to have for getting leaves from plants.

The teeth show us which dinosaurs ate meat (carnivores) and which pre-ferred plants (herbivores). Sharp teeth were for slicing and cutting, while flat teeth were for crushing and grinding. Some dinosaurs had many sets of teeth, too.

Some dinosaurs used their tails for clubbing their attackers. Other tails were used for better balance. Horns were good weap-ons, and dinosaurs used spikes, or armor-like skin, for defending themselves. Some of the smaller dinosaurs were speedy, moving at up to 45 miles per hour, while the gigantic ones lumbered along as their feet pounded the earth. Crested dinosaurs made trumpeting sounds while some dinosaurs roared or managed only a hissing sound. Their brains were different, too. A large brain probably meant the dinosaur had better senses and control of

their movements. Small-brained dinosaurs had little brainpower.

Learning activities Learning standard: locating diverse places, summarizing, giving oral reportsDinosaur fossils have been found recently in Africa, Asia, and the United States. Search the Houston Chronicle for datelines of countries or cities in Africa and Asia or of cities in the United States. Make a list of the places.

Animals are often in the news. Look through your eEdition for any stories about animals. Read the article and underline the important parts of the story. Write a summary of the story or give a short report in front of your class.

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Dinosaurs are a large group of extinct ________ that lived millions of years ago. For more than 150

million years – a huge span of time – dinosaurs ruled the land. The word “dinosaur” means

“terrible ____________,” and these animals came in a huge variety of shapes, ______, and colors, from

long-necked plant-eaters that weighed 100 tons to small-legged _____-eaters no bigger than a rooster.

So far, _______, scientists who study prehistoric animals, have found almost 400 different kinds

of dinosaurs in virtually every corner of the globe, from the Mamenchisaurus in China to the

Iguanodon in England to the Hadrosaurus in Haddonfield, _________________. And these creatures

had all kinds of cool features they used to find food and defend themselves: horned

heads, _______ tails, armored plates, sharp ______, massive teeth, parrot beaks, _________ necks,

ostrich legs, and so on. We know that dinosaurs existed because we find their ____________, the

remains they have left behind. Examples of fossils include bones, eggs, skin

impressions, ___________, and more. And every time we find a new dinosaur, we learn something

new. There are so many mysteries about dinosaurs: what colors they were, what they _________ like,

what each one ate, and, of course, the big mystery, why they became _____________. So we’ll keep

digging into the Age of Dinosaurs and learn a lot about these magnificent prehistoric creatures.

The Story about DinosaursRead the paragraph below, then try to fill in the missing blanks with the words from the

list. Work alone, then read the paragraph aloud to share answers.

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Do you know the names of any dinosaurs? Sure you do! Here’s a dinosaur guessing game for you to play alone, in small groups, or with the whole class. Follow your teacher’s instructions. If alone, read the verses below to guess which dinosaur each verse is about, then fill in the dinosaur’s name in the blank provided.

CLUE: the dinosaur’s name just happens to complete the rhyme!

If playing this guessing game in groups, take turns reading the verses aloud, and see if everyone guesses the same dinosaur. Don’t worry about spelling yet!

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There’s a dinosaur named “three-horned face,”Leader of the horned dinosaur race.

Upon its head was a bony shieldAgainst meat-eaters it would wield.

Scissor-like teeth on plants would cropThis dinosaur’s name is

__________________________

There’s another one that we all like.Its bony tail has four sharp spikesThis dinosaur was simply great.Along its back were 17 plates.

Shout its name in one loud chorus.The spike-tail one is

___________________________

Guess the name of the meat-eating king,The one that ate most anything.

Its head could touch the second story,And when it ate, oh, it was gory!

Powerful muscles it did flex.This dinosaur’s name is

_____________________

Guess the name of the giant wonderWhose name translates as “lizard of thunder.”

This dinosaur was as tall as trees,Teeth pluckin’ off the treetop leaves.This dinosaur just could not bore us.

This dinosaur’s name is

______________________

There’s a reptile with wings that knows how to fly,Soaring through the dinosaur sky.

Its wing was a long skinny flap of skinThat stretched from arm to leg, so thin.Like a hawk it soared ’til it had its fill.

This reptile is called the

______________________________

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Match the name with its meaning by drawing a line like the one shown. Then match the name with a special feature that a dinosaur used to defend itself or catch prey. The first one has been done for you. Use any classroom books or Internet resources your teacher recommends.

Creature Features

Tyrannosaurus rex

Pachycephalosaurus

Brachiosaurus

Ornithomimus

Velociraptor

Maiasaura

Pentaceratops

Stegosaurus

“Five-horned face”

“Good mother lizard”

“Fast grabber”

“Bird mimic”

“Tyrant lizard king”

“Thick-headed lizard”

“Roof lizard”

“Long arm lizard”

Long neck for eating treetop leaves

Sharp horns for defense

Ostrich-like body

Two rows of plates atop its back

Thick bone atop head for ramming

Long running hind legs

Found living in nesting groups

60 powerful meat-tearing teeth

Dinosaur Meaning Feature

Dinosaur NamesA dinosaur is named by the scientist who discovers it. The name often includes Latin and Greek root words that describe the animal, like Triceratops meaning “horned face” or Brontosaurus meaning “thunder lizard.” Sometimes, the name tells us where it came from, as Edmontosaurus was a plant-eating duckbill from the Edmonton region of Canada and Montanaceratops is a cousin of Triceratops that came from, well, can you guess? Finally, some dinosaurs are

named after people, Othnielia for famed dinosaur hunter Othniel Marsh and Avaceratops for a woman, Ava, who stumbled upon a dinosaur skeleton on her Montana ranch and called a paleon-tologist. If you found a dinosaur, what would you name it?

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Learning in the NewsLearning standard: understanding fact and opinion, writing for fluency

Look at the stories on the front page of the Chronicle. See how the important stories are written. Write a two-paragraph story about the day you found a dinosaur. Tell who found it, where, how, when, what you named it, and why. Then see whether you can find another story in the eEdition that has those same five facts – who, what, when, where, and why.

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The time machine landed smack in the swamp with a loud “SPLASH!” The

three of us stared at each other in surprise. We were in the machine

for what seemed like only seconds, but we had traveled back in time to the Age of Dinosaurs.

Peeking out the window, I could see an amazing landscape, filled with lush greenery and big leaves. I could hear animal sounds everywhere – cackling, shrieking, growling, bellowing. I think our splash surprised everything living in and around the swamp.

We all smiled, and Laura said, “Let’s get to business.” We unbuckled ourselves, threw on our jungle helmets and backpacks, and opened the cabinet to hand out our rifles. Some people hunt deer, some hunt bears, some even hunt lions and tigers. We landed in the Cretaceous Era 65 million years ago to do something really different. We were hunting dinosaurs.

I threw open the latch, and we stepped into the bright ancient sunlight. SUDDENLy,

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Read the beginning of the following short story. Finish the story in the space provided, and, in the box on this page, draw a picture to illustrate your story.

Learning activities Learning standard: categorizing, evaluating job opportunities

Do an eEdition search for a week and see whether you can find any pictures or drawings of ani-mals. Print them and put them into groups based on their characteristics.

Check the Help Wanted ads for jobs where people work with animals. Circle those jobs. Then write your own Help Wanted ad for a job you like that involves working with animals.

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Feel free to use more paper to write as long a story as you’d like! Read stories aloud or share in small groups.

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The Record FiercestAThe Giganotosaurus is the fiercest of all the dinosaurs, with its razor-sharp teeth and its size (slightly larger than the formerly fiercest Tyrannosaurus Rex). Fossils of the Giganotosaurus found in Argentina show a carnivore (meat-eater) with a powerful body and huge tail.

Smallest VThe Compsognathus was a tiny but fast-moving dinosaur about 2 feet long and weighing about 6 1/2 pounds. It had sharp claws and a long neck to make catching insects easy.

Longest NeckBMamenchisaurus had a neck that was 49 feet long. The long neck allowed the herbivore, or plant-eating Mamenchisaurus, to reach high up into the trees for food to enjoy a hearty meal.

Heavyweight ChampWeighing in at more than 100 tons is Seismosaurus, also known as the Earthshaker. The earth trembled as Seismosauras’ feet came crashing down with each step. The previous record holder was Brachiosaurus at 50 tons.

BrainiacTroodon was a smallish dinosaur at about 6 feet long, but it had a rather large brain and was probably one of the most intelligent. That might account for Troodon’s keen eyesight and use of its well-developed hands.

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Learning activities Learning standard: recognizing words, writing creatively and for fluency

Biggest, smallest, slowest, fastest, smartest, dumbest – these are the extreme words that describe dinosaurs. Look in your eEdition for other extremes for the day. Make a list of the words you find. Make a drawing of a dinosaur illustrating one of the extremes. Dinosaurs capture the imagination, especially in young people. Do an eEdition search to see whether there are movies or television shows about dinosaurs. Are there advertisements using dinosaurs to promote the product? Then create your own ad to promote a movie, television show, or product using your favorite dinosaur.

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Least SmartWith a brain the size of a walnut, Stegosaurus ranks at the bottom of the class. Its tiny brain and large body gave it the ability to find food, reproduce, and defend itself. Stegosaurus was a harmless plant-eater that couldn’t even run and hide from its attackers.

HungriestBrachiosaurus weighed 50 tons and had an enormous appetite, eating about 500 pounds of vegetation every day. Now there’s a meal fit for a king or queen.

“Tail-gaiting”Ankylosaurus, about 35 feet long, had an enor-mous clubbed tail with two lumps of solid bone that could knock down even Tyrannosaurus Rex.

My What Big Teeth you HaveCarcharodontosaurus, with its large head and sharp fangs, probably had the largest teeth to eat the flesh of its prey. And when a dinosaur’s teeth were broken or worn, they simply grew a new replacement set.

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The Dinosaur Poster

In the columns below, look for the names of 25 dinosaurs. Every student in the classroom will be assigned one of

the 25. Once you have been assigned your dinosaur, use library and Internet resources to research it. Draw it on a sheet of paper, and fill in the blanks below with the infor-mation you discover through your research. Leave blank

whatever information you cannot find.

your dinosaur’s name: _______________________________________

The name’s meaning: ________________________________________

Length: _______________________ Height: ___________________

What it ate: ________________________________________________

When it lived: ______________________________________________

Where it was discovered: _____________________________________

Special features or interesting facts: ______________________________________________________________________________

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The 25 DinosaursFollow your teacher’s directions to choose from one of the dinosaurs below to make your poster.

Carnivore. An animal that eats only meat. Dinosaurs. A reptile, but the word actually means “terrible lizard.” Scientists once thought dinosaurs were giant lizards.Extinct. A description of an animal or plant of a certain type that has died.

Fossil. The remains of living things from prehistoric times.Herbivore. An animal that eats only plants.Paleontologist. A scientist who studies fossils.Reptiles. An animal with backbones, scales covering their bodies, and claws. They breathe air with lungs, and present-day reptiles are cold-blooded.

MaiasauraOrnitholestesOviraptorPachycephalosaurusParasaurolophusSpinosaurusStegosaurusStruthiomimusStyracosaurusTriceratopsTyrannosaurus rexVelociraptor

Albertasaurus Allosaurus Ankylosaurus Apatosaurus Brachiosaurus Compsognathus Corythosaurus Deinonychus DiplodocusEdmontosaurusIguanodonGiganotosaurus Lambeosaurus

What other words can you find about dinosaurs that should be added to this list? Can you find the meaning of those words?

Dinosaur Glossary Here are some words that will help you learn about dinosaurs.

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Not every big and extinct reptile was a dinosaur. In fact, during the Age of Dinosaurs, the land teemed with reptiles that, while related to dinosaurs, were not dino-saurs.

Take Pteranodon (pronounced ter-ANN-o-don), for example. A flying reptile, Pteranodon flew during the Age of Dinosaurs, and while it may have been eaten by dinosaurs, it was not a dinosaur. So this time period is better called the Age of Reptiles, as reptiles were the dominant land animal at the time.

Snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodiles are the major groups of reptiles alive today. But back then, there were many, many more groups of reptiles. They all shared several traits, one being arrangements of their bones and skeleton, another being their blood. Today’s reptiles are cold-blooded, but back in the Age of Dinosaurs, the dinosaurs were probably somewhere in between cold-blooded and warm-blooded. Can anyone in your class explain what “cold-blooded” and “warm-blooded” mean?

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Here are the dinosaur rules.

If an animal fits all three of these statements, then it is a dinosaur. If not, oops, it’s a different kind

of reptile, or something else altogether.

1. All dinosaurs live in the Mesozoic Era, between 225 million and 65 million years ago. If it is an

older creature, or a younger one, it is not a dinosaur.

2. All dinosaurs lived on land.None could fly, and none lived in the ocean.

3. All dinosaurs walked upright, belly off the ground, just like elephants and rhinos.

This is the key to a dinosaur’s success—their upright stance allowed them to be faster and more mobile

than other reptiles at the time. Any belly-dragging creature is a different animal—

definitely not a dinosaur.

A. Dimetrodon. With its finned back and sharp teeth, this one is included in many dinosaur books. It lived 230 million years ago and had a sprawl-bellied posture like that of a large crocodile.

B. Pteranodan. One of the flying reptiles, alive 150 million years ago in Africa.

C. Allosaur. A giant meat-eater that lived 150 million years ago.

D. Ichthyosaurus. A fish-eating dolphin-like animal that swam during the Mesozoic Era.E. Wooly mammoth. A large, hairy, extinct elephant that lived during the Ice Age 100,000 years ago.F. Elasmosaurus. An ocean-living reptile that lived 80 million years ago.

Now try the three rules with the animals below. Only one of the six creatures here is a dinosaur. Can you use the rules to figure out which one?

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Here’s a bunch of dinosaur facts for you to use in solving the dinosaur math problems below.Tyrannosaurus rex measured 40 feet long.

Brachiosaurus weighed 50 tons, stood 40 feet tall, and measured 75 feet long.Triceratops measured 25 feet long.

Compsognathus, a meat-eating dinosaur, stood 1 foot (12 inches) tall and measured 2 feet long.

Supersize It!

How many inches tall are you? ________________ inches How many feet tall are you? Round to the nearest foot. _________________ feet

1. An elephant weighs five tons when full grown. How many elephants will weigh as much as one Brachiosaurus? ____________ elephants

2. If an apartment building has floors that are 10 feet tall, what floor window would a Brachiosaurus head reach? _________________ floor

3. Diplodocus is one of the longest dinosaurs of all, measuring 90 feet long. Which dinosaur was longer, Diplodocus or Brachiosaurus? By how many feet was it longer? ____________________ was longer by ______________ feet.

4. Are you taller than a Compsognathus, or is a Compsognathus taller than you? By how many inches?

The taller creature is ___________________ inches taller.

5. Superstar basketball player Shaquille O’Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers is a lit-tle more than 7 feet tall. Laid end to end, how many Shaqs would be as long as Tyrannosaurus rex?

6. How many Compsognathus dinosaurs laid end to end would be as long as one Triceratops? One Brachiosaurus?

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Chalk-a-saurusChoose a very large dinosaur, such as Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus, or Tyrannosaurus rex. Use chalk and library books to draw a life-sized version of this dinosaur on the asphalt of your schoolyard. (Make sure it’s not a rainy day.) When you’re done, give tours of your creation to groups.

Dino-LengthsChoose a variety of different sized dinosaurs, such as the following: Compsognathus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Ankylosaurus, Allosaurus, and Diplodocus. Research the lengths of these dinosaurs from two or three sources to get ideas for how long each one was. Using different colored electri-cal or craft tape, measure out their lengths on a hallway floor and use the tape to show the length of that dinosaur. Draw pictures of each dinosaur and mark the tape clearly so everyone knows which dinosaur is which.

King of the DinosaursHave your students elect the “king of the dinosaurs,” the favorite dinosaur of students in your grade, or even your whole school. Draw up a ballot, and ask students to vote, either by a show of hands or by writing on paper ballots, for their favorite dinosaur. The group assigned to this project conducts the poll, then creates a poster-sized bar graph that interprets the results.

TimelinesDinosaurs lived for a very long time, the first ones dating to more than 225 million years ago and the last ones disappearing 65 million years ago. In the school’s hallway, create a timeline using string. One end of the hall is the current year and the other end is 225 million years ago, at the beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs. Use your math skills to figure out what year marks the halfway point of the hallway as well as the one-quarter and three-quarter points.

Then find a sample of different dinosaurs that lived at different ages, and place drawings with their names at correct points along the timeline. Also, fill in the correct times that the following events occurred: America’s independence, Columbus’ voyage, the Ice Age, the first humans, the first mam-mals, the first birds, and the first flowers.

Give tours of your timeline to fellow students.

Dino-RamasCreate a dinosaur museum of clay dinosaurs representing those that lived at the same time and in the same place as each other. Use library books to assist you, look for large drawings of groups of dinosaurs living in the same environment. Have groups pick one diorama to bring to life, and arrange them in the hallway on tables as a small dinosaur museum.

One diorama might include Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops, another Allosaurus, Stegosaurus, and Apatosaurus. Other books will show you other examples of dinosaurs that belong together.

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Imagine your class celebrating Dinosaur Day, a day when your class presents a variety of dino-saur projects for each other and the rest of the school. Break into small groups selected by your teacher and tackle one of the projects below. When all the projects are gone, have a Dinosaur Day, a day when your class gives tours of the exhibits it creates. Have fun!

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Learning in the NewsLearning standards: contrasting the life cycle of living things, describing weather conditions, making graphic representationsFind pictures in the Chronicle of things that did not exist 25 years ago. Then find pictures of things that you think will not exist 25 years from now.Some scientists believe that dinosaurs became extinct because the Earth became too hot and dinosaurs were unable to survive. Check the weather page to see if today is a good weather day for dinosaurs. Write a weather report for the day based on the information.Lost – all the dinosaurs! Dinosaurs disappeared about 65 million years ago. Found – fossil dinosaur bones, teeth, claws, and footprints of all shapes and sizes. Look in the Lost and Found section of the eEdition. you won’t find ads for dinosaurs, but make a list of some of the interesting items. Then create your own ad for a lost or found dinosaur.

Extinction:The Big MysteryRead the paragraph below, to yourself or aloud, as your teacher recommends. Then answer the questions below on the lines provided.

Dinosaurs lived for millions of years, and millions of dinosaur fossils have been found all over the world. One of science’s biggest mysteries has been what happened to the dinosaurs. Something happened, the Earth changed, and dinosaurs became extinct. Exactly what happened has been the subject of a long debate.

We know that rocks older than 65 million years contain fossils of dinosaurs. Rocks younger than that age, however, have no dinosaur fossils at all. We know that the last dinosaurs vanished 65 million years ago.

We also know that many other creatures vanished at the same time as dinosaurs. The oceans were home to large reptiles called plesiosaurs, mosasaurs and ichthyosaurs, as well as squid-like animals called ammonites. All of these vanished when the dinosaurs died out. So did ptero-saurs, the winged cousins of dinosaurs. So did families of small plankton floating on the ocean surface. There were big changes then.

Since the 1800s, many theories have come up to explain the mystery of dinosaur extinction. They grew too tall. Mammals ate all their eggs. The planet got too hot, or it got too cold. No theory worked, because any good theory should also tell us why ammonites and pterosaurs died too. And any good theory should also help us understand why turtles, fish, opossums, snakes, alligators, ants, and birds all survived.

In the late 1970s, it was suggested that an asteroid or comet from outer space smashed into the earth 65 million years ago, causing tidal waves to upset the oceans and raising a massive dust cloud that darkened the skies. One good thing about this theory is that we can find evidence for it: There is an impact crater in Mexico that dates to the right time, and a rare metal found in asteroids has been found in rock at the end of the Dinosaur Era.

Many scientists think this is what happened. But not all. Some scientists even say that if the asteroid hit, dinosaurs had already died out.

The debate continues. Dinosaur-hunters still search for clues. One day we may know for sure, but not yet.

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Questions to consider:1. Can you name any other creature that became extinct at the same time as

dinosaurs?_____________________________________________________________2. Can you name three animals that survived the extinction?_____________________________________________________________3. What evidence supports the asteroid theory for dinosaur extinction?_____________________________________________________________4. Do all scientists today agree that an asteroid killed the dinosaurs?______________________________________________________________

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Dinosaurs - Going, Going, Gone Using your school or public library, find a book about dinosaur extinction or one with a section about

dinosaur extinction. Read the book and give a book report about the book.

Dinosaur DebateHold a debate in your classroom about what caused the death of dinosaurs. Choose sides,

choose theories, and have each side debate why one theory is better than another.

What did you Learn?Now that you have finished reading “Dinosaurs Rock!,” think about what new infor-

mation you have learned about dinosaurs. Then write down the information in a story or a list.

Be a Know-asauras

Answer keyPage 5: Name that Dinosaur!Here are the names of the dinosaurs featured in the rhyming verse:Tyrannosaurus rexBrontosaurusTriceratopsStegosaurusPterodactyl

Page 11: The Dinosaur RulesC. Allosaur, a giant meat-eater that lived 150 million years ago, is a dinosaur. The rest are different kinds of reptiles, except for the woolly mammoth, which is a prehistoric and extinct reptile.

Page 12: Supersize it! Dinosaur Math Answers1. 10 elephants weigh as much as one

Brachiosaurus (10 elephants x 5 tons= 50 tons) 2. Brachiosaurus could look into the 4th floor ( 40 feet divided by 10 feet/floor= 4 floors) 3. Diplodocus was 15 feet longer than Brachiosaurus (90-75=15) 4. Answers will be different for each student.5. More than 6 Shaqs will equal one Tyrannosaurus

(40 divided by 7= 5.71)6. 12 1/2 Compsognathuses would equal one Triceratops (25 divided by 2= 12 1/2) 37 1/2 would equal one Brachiosaurus (75 divided by 2= 37 1/2)

Credits: Written by Ned Carroll and Mike Weilbacher • Edited by Ken Bookman Design by Gilbert & Associates © Copyright Hot Topics Publications 2004

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There’s been a wonderful marriage of something very old and something very new, as dinosaurs are all over the World Wide Web. Here’s a bunch of Web sites for you to visit for research and more. Happy hunting!

www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/ Great all-purpose online encyclopedia of cool stuff.

www.fmnh.org/sue/ V This is the Field Museum in Chicago’s site, and tells the story of the famous Tyrannosaurus named Sue.

www.acnatsci.org/museum/dinohall/index.html 4 The Web site of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.

www.nhm.ac.uk/trex/ 1The Natural History Museum—of England!

www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/dinoeggs/intro.html CWhat’s inside a fossilized dinosaur egg? Why, baby dinosaurs! Check out these amazing skeletons in their eggs.

Books Before the Dinosaurs by Miriam Schlein and Michael RothmanDinosaur Bones by AlikiDinosaurs by Peter ZallingerDinosaurs Are Different by AlikiDinosaur Time by Peggy ParishGiant Dinosaurs by Erna RoweIn the Time of the Dinosaurs by William WiseThe Giant Dinosaurs by David EldridgeLast of the Dinosaurs: The End of an Age by David EldridgeWhat Happened to the Dinosaurs? by Franklyn M. BranleyDinosaur Mountain: Graveyard of the Past by Caroline ArnoldHunting the Dinosaurs by Dougal DixonDinosaur Dig by Kathryn Lasky

Reference BooksAllosaurus and Other Jurassic Meat-Eaters(Dinosaurs of North America) by Daniel CohenAsk Me Anything About Dinosaurs by Louis Phillips and Kevin WasdenDid Dinosaurs Live in Your Backyard? by Melvin and Gilda BergerThe Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Michael Benton The Dinosaur Question and Answer Book by Sylvia FunstonDinosaur Discoveries: How to Create Your Own Prehistoric World by Robin West, Bob Wolfe, Diane Wolfe, and Mindy Rabin Dinosaurs by Kathleen DalyDinosaurs and More Dinosaurs by M. Jean CraigDinosaurs and Their Young by Russell Freedman Dinosaurs Walked Here, and Other Stories Fossils Tell by Patricia LauberHow Big is Brachiosaurus by Susan CarrollHow Do We Know Dinosaurs Existed? by Mike BentonThe Eyewitness Visual Dictionary of Dinosaurs by David LambertTyrannosaurus Rex by Millicent Selsam

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