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Dinosaurs: Everything You Need
Guide students through their study of dinosaurs with these articles, lesson plans, online learning activities, and writing assignments.
Dinosaur Times: A Dinosaurs! Activity
Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Reading | Biology and Life Science | Dinosaurs
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PreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Research Skills
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If Dinosaurs Were Alive TodayGrades 3–5 | Grades 1–2 | Articles | Creative Writing | Dinosaurs In this learning activity students are asked to imagine the world if dinosaurs were not extinct. Students are prompted to think about how... Save To Organizer |
Build a Dinosaur: A Dinosaurs! ActivityPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Computer Lab Activities | Interactive Whiteboard Activities | Biology and Life Science Students get acquainted with dinosaur anatomy while assembling dinosaurs from parts that scientists have found on a virtual “dig.” Save To Organizer |
Real or Make-Believe? A Dinosaurs! ActivityPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Computer Lab Activities | Interactive Whiteboard Activities | Biology and Life Science Is it a real dinosaur or is it make-believe? Scholastic poses nine dinosaur-related questions to students and challenges them to answer... Save To Organizer |
Dinosaurs!PreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Independent Reading Scholastic offers young students a chance to study a favorite subject of theirs — dinosaurs — through several engaging online... Save To Organizer |
Dino Don's Dinosaur Quiz: A Dinosaurs! ActivityGrades 3–5 | Computer Lab Activities | Interactive Whiteboard Activities | Biology and Life Science | Dinosaurs Students can find out how “dinosaur smart” they are with this 10-question multiple-choice quiz, hosted by dino expert Don Lessem. Save To Organizer |
Ancient Clues UncoveredGrades 3–5 | Articles | Archaeology | Dinosaurs and Fossils | Dinosaurs Scientists from the United States and Mongolia uncovered hundreds of ancient skeletons in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. Some of the bones... Save To Organizer |
Dinosaur Picture Book: A Dinosaurs! ActivityGrades 3–5 | Independent Reading | Online Learning Activities | Dinosaurs Students meet Brian Selznick, the talented illustrator whose book brings dinosaurs — and the first person ever to draw them — back to life! Save To Organizer |
DinosaurGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Articles | Archaeology | Dinosaurs Provides detailed information on dinosaur history and classification. Save To Organizer |
Fossil RecordGrades 9–12 | Grades 6–8 | Articles | Archaeology | Dinosaurs Discusses the history, discovery and classification of fossils through out the Earth's evolution. Save To Organizer |
Cretaceous PeriodGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Articles | Book Resources | Archaeology Discusses the dinosaurs that lived during the Cretaceous Period, as well as the geological events that took place preceding that time. Save To Organizer |
ProtoceratopsGrades 3–5 | Articles | Archaeology | Dinosaurs Introduces the oldest horned dinosaur group, Protoceratops. Save To Organizer |
Dinosaurs: General InformationGrades 3–5 | Articles | Archaeology | Dinosaurs Dinosaur experts answer some tough questions from students. Save To Organizer |
ApatosaurusGrades 3–5 | Articles | Archaeology | Dinosaurs Covers the plant-eating Apatosaurus dinosaur of the Late Jurassic Period. Save To Organizer |
DiplodocusGrades 3–5 | Articles | Archaeology | Dinosaurs Shares basic information about the size, physical features, and eating habits of a diplodocus dinosaur. Save To Organizer |
An Interview with Jane Yolen & Mark Teague, Author and Illustrator of HOW DO DINOSAURS GO TO SCHOOL?Confronting and Resolving Fears | Parenting and Child Development An interview with author Jane Yolen & illustrator Mark Teague. The two talk about why they made How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?. They... Save To Organizer |
Dinosaur Write: A Dinosaurs! ActivityPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Online Learning Activities Instead of writing a report on dinosaurs, Scholastic challenges students to write something unexpected, like a poem, mystery, or biography. Save To Organizer |
Fantastic Finds TimelineGrades 6–8 | Articles | Archaeology | Dinosaurs and Fossils Trace historic discoveries that helped us build our knowledge about dinosaurs. Save To Organizer |
Frozen In TimeGrades 6–8 | Archaeology and Anthropology | Dinosaurs and Fossils 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... Save To Organizer |
Digging Up FossilsGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Articles | Archaeology | Fossils Find out how paleontologists do their jobs. Save To Organizer |
Digging for Dinosaurs!Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Extension Activities | Dinosaurs and Fossils Go back to the Mesozoic era, or the “Age of Reptiles,” to find out more about dinosaurs. Save To Organizer |



















