Dinosaurs: Everything You Need

Articles If Dinosaurs Were Alive Today Grades: 1–2, 3–5 In this learning activity students are asked to imagine the world if dinosaurs were not extinct. Students are prompted to think about how humans... Read more >	Computer Lab Activities, Interactive Whiteboard Activities Build a Dinosaur: A Dinosaurs! Activity Grades: PreK–K, 1–2 Students get acquainted with dinosaur anatomy while assembling dinosaurs from parts that scientists have found on a virtual “dig.” Read more >
Computer Lab Activities, Interactive Whiteboard Activities Real or Make-Believe? A Dinosaurs! Activity Grades: PreK–K, 1–2 Is it a real dinosaur or is it make-believe? Scholastic poses nine dinosaur-related questions to students and challenges them to answer correctly. Read more >	Online Learning Activities Dinosaurs! Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Scholastic offers young students a chance to study a favorite subject of theirs — dinosaurs — through several engaging online activities. Read more >
Computer Lab Activities, Interactive Whiteboard Activities Dino Don's Dinosaur Quiz: A Dinosaurs! Activity Grades: 3–5 Students can find out how “dinosaur smart” they are with this 10-question multiple-choice quiz, hosted by dino expert Don Lessem. Read more >	Articles Ancient Clues Uncovered Grades: 3–5 Scientists from the United States and Mongolia uncovered hundreds of ancient skeletons in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. Some of the bones belonged to... Read more >
Online Learning Activities Dinosaur Picture Book: A Dinosaurs! Activity Grades: 3–5 Students meet Brian Selznick, the talented illustrator whose book brings dinosaurs — and the first person ever to draw them — back to life! Read more >	Articles Dinosaur Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Provides detailed information on dinosaur history and classification. Read more >
Articles Fossil Record Grades: 6–8, 9–12 Discusses the history, discovery and classification of fossils through out the Earth's evolution. Read more >	Articles, Book Resources Cretaceous Period Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Discusses the dinosaurs that lived during the Cretaceous Period, as well as the geological events that took place preceding that time. Read more >
Articles Protoceratops Grades: 3–5 Introduces the oldest horned dinosaur group, Protoceratops. Read more >	Articles Dinosaurs: General Information Grades: 3–5 Dinosaur experts answer some tough questions from students. Read more >
Articles Apatosaurus Grades: 3–5 Covers the plant-eating Apatosaurus dinosaur of the Late Jurassic Period. Read more >	Articles Diplodocus Grades: 3–5 Shares basic information about the size, physical features, and eating habits of a diplodocus dinosaur. Read more >
An Interview with Jane Yolen & Mark Teague, Author and Illustrator of HOW DO DINOSAURS GO TO SCHOOL? Grades: An interview with author Jane Yolen & illustrator Mark Teague. The two talk about why they made How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?. They also... Read more >	Online Learning Activities, Writing Activities Dinosaur Write: A Dinosaurs! Activity Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Instead of writing a report on dinosaurs, Scholastic challenges students to write something unexpected, like a poem, mystery, or biography. Read more >
Articles Fantastic Finds Timeline Grades: 6–8 Trace historic discoveries that helped us build our knowledge about dinosaurs. Read more >	Frozen In Time Grades: 6–8 On an ice-shattered mountain at the very bottom of the world, in cold so strong it can freeze exposed skin in a matter of seconds, a small party... Read more >
Articles Digging Up Fossils Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Find out how paleontologists do their jobs. Read more >	Extension Activities Digging for Dinosaurs! Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Go back to the Mesozoic era, or the “Age of Reptiles,” to find out more about dinosaurs. Read more >