Dinosaurs–junior

(for 7–9 year-olds)

Resources

• Dinosaurs PowerPoint
  The presentation is divided into the following sections for delivery over several sessions: notes for teachers and presenters are provided within the PowerPoint.

1. 1. Questions about dinosaurs
   2. Question: How big were dinosaurs?
   3. Geologic time scale
   4. Animals of the Mesozoic Era:  Land, air and sea
   5. Brain Challenge:  Dinosaur Defences
   6. Activity:  How fast could dinosaurs run?
   7. Question:  Why did the dinosaurs die?
   8. Brain Challenge:  Questions about dinosaurs

• Activity sheets
  1. Dinosaur activity sheet – (Word or pdf)
  2. Dinosaur brain challenge (Word or pdf)

[Image right] Polacanthus, an ornithischian dinosaur whose name means “many spined”