But there is one thing that was the same for all of them, and that is one of the things we will discover today. The children study pictures of at least five dinosaur types, noting features that suggest that dinosaurs may have lived on land, been able to fly or lived in the water. Discuss the features that suggest that they were able to fly or live in the water. 2. complete Activity - Looking for Fossils, as below. Those holding the fossil parts hide while the paleontologists look for them.
Students take turns in the different roles.
They use the shapes to draw several dinosaurs. See Appendix C - Geometric Dinosaurs. 2. complete Activity - Dinosaur Math Links, as below. The paired students say how much longer or how much shorter each dinosaur is by counting the unmatched links. 3. complete Activity - Class Favorite Dinosaur .