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Dinosaurs are a constant amazement to children of all ages.
The mystery of dinosaurs is what encourages us to know more about them and learn about their amazing existence and their extinction, and therefore makes them an interesting and exciting topic on which to base learning across all areas of the curriculum. Their varying sizes and shapes enables us to use them to learn about numbers and attributes for a mathematical perspective. The mystery and discovery of knowledge by paleontologists makes dinosaurs a perfect foundation on which to develop and extend children's observation and analytical skills for the science perspective. Recreating bodies and habitats and producing fictional and non-fictional pieces of writing extend children's language, literacy and artistic abilities, all while developing a sense of social and environmental awareness. Students are encouraged to consider extinction theories and link them to more real immediate issues in their own community regarding endangered species.