Dinosaur Themed Extension Activity for Key Stage 1
Everything Dinosaur team members are getting ready for the start of the summer term (UK). Staff have a lot of dinosaur and fossil themed workshops and other activities to prepare. For example, in a few days, a team member is visiting a school to conduct some dinosaur workshops with Year 2 classes and once the workshops have been concluded they have been invited to a question and answer session with two classes of Year 2.
As part of our extension activities to help support the teaching team’s scheme of work, we have developed a lesson plan based around answering the question how did dinosaurs keep themselves clean?
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A Helpful PDF – Dinosaur Extension Activity for Key Stage 1
To assist the teaching team, we have developed a lesson plan outlining the learning aims and objectives. Fossil bones and teeth help scientists to work out what extinct animals looked like, what they ate and how they moved, but evidence from fossils can’t tell palaeontologists much about the way that prehistoric animals behaved.
Trace fossils such as trackways and burrows can provide some evidence, but in order to answer questions about Dinosauria hygiene, scientists have to study animals alive today in order to get some clues. By studying living creatures palaeontologists can make educated assumptions about how extinct animals kept themselves clean.
Did Some Dinosaurs Roll Around in the Dust to Help Keep Themselves Clean?
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A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented:
“When we visit schools, we like to provide additional resources to help support the topic area. We are happy to provide lots of free information including prepared lesson plans and lesson guides. It is all part of our extensive programme of dinosaur and fossil themed workshops in schools.”
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