Dinosaur Characteristics and Groupings

Take your class of youngsters on a prehistoric adventure with this four-lesson series on dinosaurs. Accompanying the Meet the Dinosaurs books by Don Lessem, these lessons engage children in writing their own dinosaur books, making...

Learners explore the food chain. In this dinoaur lesson, students identify charactersitics of an omnivore, carnivore, and herbivore. Learners sort dinosaur picture/word cards into groups by their eating characteristics. Students also...

Learners investigate raptors. In this raptors lesson, students view pictures of raptors and generate questions they want answered about the birds. Learners list characteristics of the raptors and determine the meaning of vocabulary words...

Students explore dinosaurs. In this science instructional activity, students discuss the characteristics of various dinosaurs and color masks and pictures of the dinosaur groups they have chosen.

Students write a report on dinosaurs. In this dinosaurs lesson plan, students research, classify characteristics, fill out KWL charts, read books about dinosaurs, and finally write a report about dinosaurs.

Students study the lives of dinosaurs. In this dinosaur lesson plan, students create dinosaur dioramas that depict how and where the creatures lived. Students also discuss extinction with their teacher.

Students use the internet to search for information and pictures of dinosaurs. They distinguish between meat-eating and plant-eating dinosaurs and explore theories about the extinction of dinosaurs.

Kindergarten and first graders watch a video about the characteristics of birds.They then go outside, observe local birds, and discuss the characteristics. Next, they choose one to draw, and are instructed to include all of its...

Students use the Internet to search for dinosaurs, then distinguish between meat-eating and plant-eating dinosaurs. They explore theories about the extinction of dinosaurs and create illustrations of dinosaurs using Kid Pix or other...

Students, in groups, examine dinosaur pictures and classify them according to their characteristics. They verify their classifications by conducting Internet research. Students also select dinosaurs and draw detailed pictures of them.