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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Heads Up!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate fossils through reading Digging Up Dinosaurs and the study of a scale triceratops head.  In this dinosaur fossil activity, students students each draw a portion of a picture of a dinosaur head.  Students must enlarge...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dino-Friends

For Teachers K - 1st
Students learn about dinosaurs. In this dinosaur lesson plan, students participate in an interactive read aloud of The Giant Book of Dinosaurs. They make play dough dinosaurs and write a dinosaur story about their sculpture. They dance...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Dinosaur Alphabet

For Students K
For this dinosaur alphabet worksheet, students will cut out colored, solid letters (with a dinosaur on each letter) and glue to the matching shadow letter.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Search: About Dinosaurs

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this dinosaur worksheet, students find the names of 15 dinosaurs, or dinosaur-related words. The puzzle is in the shape of a dinosaur.
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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Dinosaurs: Dinosaur Write

For Students 3rd - 5th
Show your knowledge of dinosaurs by writing about them. Pick a genre from poems, newspaper articles, biographies, and many more. Write your own and/or read what others have written.
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Handout
Scholastic

Scholastic: Research Starters: Dinosaurs

For Students 3rd - 5th
Good starting point for students needing to do research on dinosaurs. Find quick facts and dates, follow links to articles on fossils, the Mesozoic era, and reptiles, and click links to access some of the best dinosaur resources on the web.
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Website
PBS

Idaho Ptv: Science Trek: Dinosaurs

For Students 2nd - 6th
A comprehensive overview of dinosaurs. Includes three videos: a half-hour show, a video short, and a short video where an expert answers children's questions. Other features of the site include facts, links, games and activities, a...
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Website
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Paleont O Logy: The Big Dig

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This colorful and inviting resource houses tons of paleontology activities to explore. Play the Layers of Time puzzle game, create your own make-believe dig site by burying chicken bones in plaster of Paris, learn how to draw dinosaurs,...
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Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic: Dinosaurs: Dino Don's Dinosaur Quiz

For Students 3rd - 5th
Test how 'dinosaur smart' you are by taking this dinosaur quiz by Scholastic. Learn interesting facts about dinosaurs while you take this quiz.
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Website
Scholastic

Scholastic: Dwelling With the Dinosaurs

For Students 3rd - 5th
Have you ever contemplated what it would be like to live with dinosaurs as your neighbors? Check out this resource to learn more about these fascinating creatures. This site provides creative activities, lessons, reproducible materials,...
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Unit Plan
Other

Germantown Academy: Dinosaurs

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource presents numerous examples of student work during a Grade Two dinosaur unit. Included are poems, clay models, stories and other creative products.
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Website
Other

Dltk's Crafts for Kids: Dinosaur Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A collection of cute dinosaur arts and crafts activities for mainly younger children.