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Dinosaurs Alli Whitmore

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Dinosaurs Grade Level -Second Content Area Covers- *What dinosaurs are *What a Paleontologist is *The difference between a few Dinosaurs *Why they went extinct Academic Content Standers- Explain why organisms can survive only in environments that meet their needs Participation-They will participate by watching the video clips, playing the matching game, participating in the real or make believe game

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Game Time Worksheet Make believe or real? T-Rex Stegosaurus Triceratops Apatosaurus Question! Birds vs. Dinosaurs Paleontologist Extinct

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Hint: The word dinosaur means terrible lizard

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What are they? Dinosaurs were living millions of years ago, long before there were any people! Dinosaurs were one of several kinds of prehistoric reptiles that lived during the Mesozoic Era Mesozoic Era= "Age of Reptiles.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m56kbq3wdaI Lets see some Dinosaurs!

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http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/dinosaurs/realorm akebelieve/index.htm

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If you took a field trip to the zoo what kinds of animals would be there? Would the zoo more fun if it had all kinds of different animals or only one type, like all monkeys? What if there were only tigers in the zoo, would it be as exciting as having many animals?

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Well in the time of the Dinosaurs, it was the same as a fun zoo, many animals lived on the earth! There were many dinosaurs but they were all different kinds with different shapes and even sizes

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O Tyrannosaurus comes from the Greek words meaning tyrant lizard, while the word rex means king in Latin. O Tyrannosaurus rex is often called T-Rex. O They are Carnivores Carnivores O Tyrannosaurus rex lived in an area of the Earth that now makes up western North America. O Tyrannosaurus rex walked on two legs, balancing its huge head with a long and heavy tail O Tyrannosaurus rex could weigh up to 7 tons! O They were the largest Dinosaurs of their time

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O The Stegosaurus is the most famous dinosaur from a group of dinosaurs known as Stegosauria. O They were all herbivores herbivores O The name Stegosaurus comes from the Greek words stegos meaning roof and sauros meaning lizard. O The Stegosaurus was alive in the late Jurassic Period (around 150 million years ago) O Stegosaurus fossils have been found in western North America O The Stegosaurus was large and heavily built. O Although the Stegosaurus body was large, the size of their brain was only around the size of a dogs. O Scientists say because they had short stubby legs they were most likely slow O The Stegosaurus had tail spikes and spikes along its back

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O The name Triceratops comes from the Greek language, with tri meaning three and keratops meaning horned face O Triceratops lived in the late Cretaceous Period (around 65 million years ago). O The Triceratops have a large body, unique frill and three horns O It needed its three horns to try and protect itself from the Tyrannosaurus Rex O Scientists think they weighed anywhere between 6 to 12 tons. O The skull of a Triceratops were very big! O The Triceratops was a Herbivore.. Which means what?Which means what? O Triceratops had anywhere between 400 and 800 teeth

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Herbivore means plant eater

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Canivore means meat eater

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O Apatosaurus lived in the Jurassic Period (around 150 million years ago) O The Apatosaurus is one of the largest animals to have ever walked on Earth O They weigh over 23 tons O According to studies, it took an Apatosaurus only around 10 years to reach its full size. O Apatosaurus had long whip-like tails and very long necks O Apatosaurus were herbivores Which means what? O Their nickname is Long Neck

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1. How many horns did Triceratops have? 2. True or false? The name dinosaur means terrible lizard 3. A person who studies fossils and prehistoric life such as dinosaurs is known as a what? 4. True or false? Birds evolved from dinosaurs. 5. What is a Herbivore? 6. True or False? A Carnivore is a plant eater

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1.Triceratops has THREE HORNS 2.TRUE- Dinosaur does mean terrible lizard 3.A person who studies the fossils is known as a PALENTOLOGIST 4.TRUE- birds did evolve from Dinosaurs 5.A Herbivore is a PLANT EATER 6.FALSE- Carnivores eat meat

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnjrwacqDLc Scientists believe that Birds came from Dinosaurs---- Dinosaurs are like Birds Great great great great great grandparents!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_04IlYBAiI

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A paleontologist is a person who studies FOSSILS!FOSSILS! What is a Paleontologist?

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Works cited http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/worksheets/dinosaurs/matching- worksheet.asp http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/worksheets/dinosaurs/matching- worksheet.asp http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/allabout/ http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/dinosaurs/stegosaurus.html http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/dinosaurs/triceratops.html http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/quizzes/dinosaur.html http://www.ask.com/question/what-is-a-person-who-studies-fossils-called http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_birds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnjrwacqDLc http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/why-did-all-dinosaurs- become-extinct http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/why-did-all-dinosaurs- become-extinct

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A meteorite crashed into Earth, changing the climatic conditions so the dinosaurs could not survive Why Did they go extinct?extinct Noone knows for sure why the Dinosaurs went extinct, but some people believe that either: Ash and gas spewing from volcanoes suffocated many of the dinosaurs Diseases wiped out entire populations of dinosaurs Food chain imbalances lead to the starvation of the dinosaurs

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Extinct- means no longer existing or living Gone, dead, wiped out, no more