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Lesson 1

Objectives:

Time Required:

Vocabulary:

dinosaur - a group of extinct mostly land-dwelling reptiles with long
tails and limbs used for walking
carnivores - a plant-eating animal
herbivores - a meat-eating animal
extinct - no longer existing

Materials:

Children's Book: Aliki. My Visit To The Dinosaurs. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1985 ( A similar children's book about dinosaurs may be substituted)
K-W-L chart
Computer with Internet Access
Paper and pencil
Did You Know Fact Cards

Procedures:

Begin a K-W-L (what I know about Dinosaurs..., What I Want to Know About Dinosaurs..., What I Have Learned About Dinosaurs...,). Provide students with a K-W-L handout.
Teacher will read story My Visit To The Dinosaurs by Aliki to introduce the unit. In this story a visit to a museum of natural history provides a little boy with an introduction to the habits, characteristics, and habitats of fourteen kinds of dinosaurs.
Students will visit Brainpop.com. Students will view the "Dinosaurs" movie and answer questions on the online quiz. Have students write answers on a sheet of paper for assessment purposes. To view movie click on Science Movies and then click on "Dinosaurs."
Students can download clips, sounds and pictures of dinosaurs from The Dinosaur Homepage.
Students can play a dinosaur game at Dinosaur Dig.

Evaluation:

Extension Activity:

Students can play Dinosaur Concentration. Ahead of time prepare a card with a picture of a dinosaur on it and on another card descriptive information about the dinosaur. Students will turn the cards face down and they have to match them. You can obtain information and pictures for cards on dinosaurs at Dino Facts

Home Learning:

Students will create two Did You Know Fact Cards about dinosaurs. Have students share their Did You Know Cards in class.

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