Students learn how dinosaurs are named for unique body parts or behaviors, for the location where they were found, or after a person and create their own dinosaur using the naming conventions they learn.

For this unit, middle schoolers look at what is known about three dinosaurs - Maiasaura, Troodon and Orodromeus - and learn how paleontologists develop hypotheses about their behavior.

Research and analyze theories on why dinosaurs became extinct.

Fourth graders will make inferences and interpretations from sets of dinosaur tracks.

A short lesson plan for early elementary students to help them recognize four major dinosaurs. Use the provided drawings of the dinosaurs to make posters for students to identify.

Use a k-w-l chart to learn about dinosaurs or fossils.

In this investigation, students examine an image of multiple fossil footprint tracks. They try to construct an explanation for the events that created the pattern of tracks. Even though students come up with different explanations for...

Learners will learn how dinosaurs were classified, compare shapes and sizes, and explore how paleontologists make discoveries. They'll analyze how dinosaurs interacted back in the day, and make their own dinosaur drawings and a fossil cast.

Fourth graders will learn about prehistoric life in Utah.

A collection of links to activities and lessons that could be used for Earth science concepts including the foil record, creating a timeline of Earth's history, plate tectonics, dinosaurs, and the progression of life on Earth.