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!
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?
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