Dinosaurs Pathfinder

Skeleton of the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex

Through the eyes of most children and many adults, dinosaurs are thought to have been among the
most fantastic groups of animals to have ever existed. The study of dinosaurs, and the learning of
each animal's name, length and weight, is for most children, their first introduction to science. The following pathfinder lists resources for a teacher to use to incorporate the learning of dinosaurs into a whole language classroom as well as the simple study of dinosaurs. The items listed are just a sampling of the material available in the Education Curriculum Library and the children's collection. This pathfinder is meant to lead you through a discovery process to find all the places where pertinent information can be found. Good hunting!

Curriculum Reference

Activity Books

Curr/Ref
ActBks B561a 1993 v.1 The Best of the Mailbox Preschool/ Kindergarten Edition. This book contains a wonderful theme unit on dinosaurs. The pages are full of ideas including booklets, art projects, background information and much more. Don't forget to check out the other Best of the Mailbox books for other ideas. Curr/Ref ActBks G434 1993 The Giant Encyclopedia of theme activities for Children 2 to 5 edited
by Kathy Charner This book contains many wonderful ideas contributed by teachers. Activities include making dinosaur eggs and footprints, and has a Dinosaur Dip recipe.

Curr/Ref ActBks W289 1989 Theme-A-Saurus by Jean Warren
This theme book has eight pages devoted to dinosaurs. Included are
facts, games, art activities, songs, food ideas and more. Curr/Ref ActBks R736 1990 Theme for a Day by Lisa Togulic-Newsome Daffy Dinosaurus Day begins on page 21 and is followed by pages of wonderful ideas that incorporate learning about dinosaurs.

Diorama created by Michael Rusher of Tyrannosaurus Rex and Velociraptors in a habitat they they could have lived in.
Art

Curr/Ref Art A513 1977 Draw 50 Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals by Lee J. Ames
This book gives you step by step instructions on how to draw very real looking dinosaurs.

Curr/Ref Art S236 1988 The All Purpose Pattern Book by B.T. St. Clair This book contains wonderful dinosaur pictures to be used as coloring and cutting activities, string puppets, bulletin board displays and much more.

Language Arts

Curr/Ref
LangArts F492 1990 Fabulous File Folders for Language Art by Karen Finch This book uses dinosaurs to help children learn rhyming with a file folder game titled "Dino Days!"

Curr/Ref LangArts C466 1993 Making Shaped Books with Patterns by Gillian Chapman and Pam Robson Learn how to make a dinosaur shaped book and fill it with the information the children have been learning about dinosaurs.

Science

Curr/Ref
Science F967 1994d Dinosaurs Whole Language Theme Unit by Mel Fuller This is a great book full of fun and educational activities that are all dinosaurs. You can make them , learn about them, learn to spell them, practice comparing and contrasting, and much more.

Fossilized Dendroolithus eggs found in China

Curr/Ref Science S312 1987 Dinosaurs: A Journey Through Time by Schatz A wonderful activity book for children that includes an adult teaching guide. It answers the questions "What is a dinosaur?" "How do we know about dinosaurs?" and others. It also includes two paper skeleton kits.

Curr/Ref Science B959 1989 The Big Fearon Book of Dinosaurs by Diane Calver Burkle and others
This book includes many reproducibles, great background information, and worksheets to enhance learning of dinosaurs.

Curr/Ref Science E18 1991 Animal Defenses by Jean C. Echols
This is a teachers guide for studying how dinosaurs and other animals defend themselves in their habitats.

Curr/Ref Science F967 1991 Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life by Mel Fuller This theme unit contains activities in Math, Creative Dramatics, Critical Thinking, Art, Social Studies, Reading Comprehension, Science, and Creative Writing that includes only information on dinosaurs.

Curr/Ref Science P119 1987 Dinosaurs Learning Experiences for Children by Ann Packard and
Shirley Stafford This book is divided into three categories: Language Arts, Math, and Cooking. Science and Art are both woven into various activities which include dinosaur match, crayon melt pictures as well as many
others. Curr/Ref
Science
T777
1991 Dinosaurs by Susan Traugh A theme unit on dinosaurs for grades 2-3. Learn where certain dinosaurs were found in America, learn how to name dinosaurs, and write some dinosaur poetry, as well as many other wonderful activities.

Tyrannosaurus Rex's sculpted by Tony McVey

Curriculum Elementary

Curr/El Science S425 1994 Gr.6:tx Discover the Wonder by David Heil For the sixth graders, this book will teach them basic information about dinosaurs, as well as about bones,their extinction, fossils, naming and other topics.

Curr/El Science A225 1989 Gr.2:te Addison-Wesley Science Teacher's Edition 2 by Charles Barman and others This second grade book information on dinosaurs for the beginners. The first two lessons in the book are devoted entirely to dinosaurs. It talks about fossils, background, their environment and gives many dinosaur facts.

Curr/El Science L185 1982 Gr.4:te The New Exploring Science Brown Book by Milo K. Blecha This teachers edition has information on dinosaur environments, what they ate, how they defended themselves and other important topics. It also has reproducible worksheets in the back for practice.

Curriculum Secondary

Curr/Sec
Science Bio M161 1989 tx Heath Biology by James E. McLaren and Lissa Rotundo This book talks about dinosaurs as the Mesozoic Era's reptiles, and as the basis for today's reptiles. Great for older children studying dinosaurs.

Curr/Sec Science Bio G653 1989 te Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Biology by Harvey D. Goodman and others
This book talks about dinosaurs in the history of reptiles as the prehistoric reptiles. Great information for the older grades or more advanced students.

Posters

All of the following posters are under Curr/TA Posters Science

22 Jurassic Period/Pleistocene Epoch 100 Dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period

53 Triassic Period/Cretaceous Period 101 Pterosaurs: Flying Reptiles

54 Dinosaurs 102 Dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period

95-98 Dinosauria Set: Stegosaurus,Tyrannosaurus Rex, Brachiosaurus and Triceratops 221-224 Dinosauria Set 2: Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex, and Brachiosaurus

Big Books

Curr/El
BigBooks
S263
1998 rb Grumbles, Growls and Roars by Elizabeth Savage Read about dinosaurs in their habitats with the harmonious rhyming found inside of this wonderfully illustrated big book. Curr/El BigBooks N382 1995 rb Dinosaur Toes by Lindsay Nesheim
This book is about a girl's encounter with a Brachiosaur. Read
all about it, then learn to sing all about it.

CD ROMs

Curr/TA Dinosaur Days Children can create their own dinosaurs and write stories about them through the various activities found within. Curr/TA Computer R233 1993 Dinosaur Safari Go on a safari wherever you choose, and take snapshots of dinosaurs that lived a particular area in prehistoric times. Also learn about the flora and fauna of the times you are visiting.

Curr/TA Computer R162 1996 Message in a Fossil While studying dinosaur fossils, take your students can go on an archeological dig to unearth bones of the great ancient dinosaurs.

Children's Collection

General

Children 821.9 C689d Dinosaurs and Beasts of Yore with verses selected by Wiliam Cole
Learn about Dinosaurs and remember their names and some characteristics with poems found in this cute book.

Children 567.9 D318e Everything Your Kids Ever Wanted to Know About Dinosaurs and You Were Afraid They'd Ask by Teri Degler This book states common questions and easy answers that will help you get ready to teach about dinosaurs.

Folio

Children Folio 5679 R196r Ranger Ricks Dinosaur Book by Howard F. Robinson A great book with detailed illustrations. It traces dinosaurs from their beginnings through the eras to extinction and their rediscovery through fossils.

Children Folio 567.9 S353d Dinosaurs of North America by Helen Roney Sattler A great book for a study of dinosaurs that lived in the States. There are pictures with names, and the meanings of their names and great descriptions. Dinosaurs are divided up into the eras when they lived.

Young Adult Fiction

YoungAdult Fic L238s The Shy Stegosaurus of Indian Springs by Evelyn Sibley Lampman A cute fiction story about a young boy who discovers a dinosaur and befriends him.

YoungAdult Fic G981d YoungAdult Dinotopia by James Gurney A delightful fantasy journal record of a man and his son who get ship wrecked on an island where dinosaurs and humans live and interact with each other.

General Collection

General

Folio

QE862.D5D525 1987,v.1 & v.2 Dinosaurs Past and Present Volume I and II edited by Sylvia J. Czerkas and Everett C.Olson These books contain pictures of an exhibition that took place in 1986. It was meant to show the drastic change of ideas of appearances of Dinosaurs over the past few decades. It also has information on the Symposium that was held in conjunction with the exhibition. The pictures are the best part. Be sure to check them out! FolioQE862 .D5L4246 1996 The Ultimate Dinosaur Book by David Lambert This wonderfully illustrated book goes through many important points:
"What is a dinosaur?", anatomy, life/behavior, extinction theories, fossilization, dinosaur finds, excavation, museums, restoration, Dinosaur Profiles.

Periodicals

Ranger Ricks Nature Scope Volume 1 Number 2 "Digging Into Dinosaurs"

Lollipops January/February 1996 pgs 49-51

This entire magazine is filled with wonderful ideas and activities. It is divided into various sections like "What Makes a Dinosaur a Dinosaur?" and "When Dinosoaurs Lived." Each section is then divided into activities and copy cat pages. All activities are marked for primary, intermediate and/or advanced students and are marked for the different subjects the activities explore.

Teach your students this Dinosaur Diet poem and ponder on what dinosaurs would buy at a grocery store. There is also the Dynamic Dinosaur page with easy dinosaur concepts, popular dinosaurs, learn how to make dinosaur skeletons out of popsicle sticks and more.

Challenge Magazine May/Summer 1997 pgs 26-27

The Mailbox Primary April/May 1990 pg 37

These pages contain four different brainstorming activities that will produce stories, a dinosaur baby book, dinosaur awards and a specialty catalog for dinosaurs.

This page is titled Prehistoric Punctuation and will spice up learning for children studying punctuation using dinosaurs as their subjects.

Internet Sites

http://www.dinosaurweb.com/resources/

This page contains a long list of dinosaur sites divided into several categories including: general dinosaur sites, K-12 education, museums, and scientific studies.

http://www.trib.com/DINO/

This site is for kids, featuring art, stories, poems and questions about dinosaurs all to aid in teaching about dinosaurs.

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/8147/index.html

Want to read about the world's fossil collection? This site has more information than you could ever use on fossils that have been found around the world. Includes maps, sites, information on the Geology Time Scale, and endless other things.

Baby Hypselosaurus sculpture

http://ericir.syr.edu/Projects/Newton/12/Lessons/dinoextn.html

This page, done by Newton's Apple, is about Dinosaur Extinction. It includes insights and connections, vocabulary, activities and other information. Structured for easy use for teachers.

http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/hccinfo/dinos/dinos.1.html

This site is about dinosaurs on display in Hawaii at Honolulu Community College. Take a look at what they have on display, take a narrated tour, and maybe even plan a trip to see it!

http://www.amnh.org/

This is the American Museum of Natural History where they have a link to their dinosaur exhibits. Learn about fossils, paleontology, and timelines.

All graphics and pictures found at the following sites:

http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/hccinfo/dinos/dinos.3.html#baby

http://www.inyrad.iupuiedu/public/jrafert/dinoart.html

http://www.search4dinosaurs.com/

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/4459

http://stonecompany.com/

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Curr/Ref ActBks B561a 1993 v.1	The Best of the Mailbox Preschool/ Kindergarten Edition. This book contains a wonderful theme unit on dinosaurs. The pages are full of ideas including booklets, art projects, background information and much more. Don't forget to check out the other Best of the Mailbox books for other ideas.	Curr/Ref ActBks G434 1993	The Giant Encyclopedia of theme activities for Children 2 to 5 edited by Kathy Charner This book contains many wonderful ideas contributed by teachers. Activities include making dinosaur eggs and footprints, and has a Dinosaur Dip recipe.
Curr/Ref ActBks W289 1989	Theme-A-Saurus by Jean Warren This theme book has eight pages devoted to dinosaurs. Included are facts, games, art activities, songs, food ideas and more.	Curr/Ref ActBks R736 1990	Theme for a Day by Lisa Togulic-Newsome Daffy Dinosaurus Day begins on page 21 and is followed by pages of wonderful ideas that incorporate learning about dinosaurs.

Curr/Ref Science F967 1994d	Dinosaurs Whole Language Theme Unit by Mel Fuller This is a great book full of fun and educational activities that are all dinosaurs. You can make them , learn about them, learn to spell them, practice comparing and contrasting, and much more.	Fossilized Dendroolithus eggs found in China
Curr/Ref Science S312 1987	Dinosaurs: A Journey Through Time by Schatz A wonderful activity book for children that includes an adult teaching guide. It answers the questions "What is a dinosaur?" "How do we know about dinosaurs?" and others. It also includes two paper skeleton kits.
Curr/Ref Science B959 1989	The Big Fearon Book of Dinosaurs by Diane Calver Burkle and others This book includes many reproducibles, great background information, and worksheets to enhance learning of dinosaurs.
Curr/Ref Science E18 1991	Animal Defenses by Jean C. Echols This is a teachers guide for studying how dinosaurs and other animals defend themselves in their habitats.
Curr/Ref Science F967 1991	Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life by Mel Fuller This theme unit contains activities in Math, Creative Dramatics, Critical Thinking, Art, Social Studies, Reading Comprehension, Science, and Creative Writing that includes only information on dinosaurs.
Curr/Ref Science P119 1987	Dinosaurs Learning Experiences for Children by Ann Packard and Shirley Stafford This book is divided into three categories: Language Arts, Math, and Cooking. Science and Art are both woven into various activities which include dinosaur match, crayon melt pictures as well as many others.	Curr/Ref Science T777 1991	Dinosaurs by Susan Traugh A theme unit on dinosaurs for grades 2-3. Learn where certain dinosaurs were found in America, learn how to name dinosaurs, and write some dinosaur poetry, as well as many other wonderful activities.

All of the following posters are under Curr/TA Posters Science
22	Jurassic Period/Pleistocene Epoch	100	Dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period
53	Triassic Period/Cretaceous Period	101	Pterosaurs: Flying Reptiles
54	Dinosaurs	102	Dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period
95-98	Dinosauria Set: Stegosaurus,Tyrannosaurus Rex, Brachiosaurus and Triceratops	221-224	Dinosauria Set 2: Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex, and Brachiosaurus

Curr/TA	Dinosaur Days Children can create their own dinosaurs and write stories about them through the various activities found within.	Curr/TA Computer R233 1993	Dinosaur Safari Go on a safari wherever you choose, and take snapshots of dinosaurs that lived a particular area in prehistoric times. Also learn about the flora and fauna of the times you are visiting.
Curr/TA Computer R162 1996	Message in a Fossil While studying dinosaur fossils, take your students can go on an archeological dig to unearth bones of the great ancient dinosaurs.

General		Folio
QE862.D5D525 1987,v.1 & v.2	Dinosaurs Past and Present Volume I and II edited by Sylvia J. Czerkas and Everett C.Olson These books contain pictures of an exhibition that took place in 1986. It was meant to show the drastic change of ideas of appearances of Dinosaurs over the past few decades. It also has information on the Symposium that was held in conjunction with the exhibition. The pictures are the best part. Be sure to check them out!	FolioQE862 .D5L4246 1996	The Ultimate Dinosaur Book by David Lambert This wonderfully illustrated book goes through many important points: "What is a dinosaur?", anatomy, life/behavior, extinction theories, fossilization, dinosaur finds, excavation, museums, restoration, Dinosaur Profiles.

Ranger Ricks Nature Scope Volume 1 Number 2 "Digging Into Dinosaurs"	Lollipops January/February 1996 pgs 49-51
This entire magazine is filled with wonderful ideas and activities. It is divided into various sections like "What Makes a Dinosaur a Dinosaur?" and "When Dinosoaurs Lived." Each section is then divided into activities and copy cat pages. All activities are marked for primary, intermediate and/or advanced students and are marked for the different subjects the activities explore.	Teach your students this Dinosaur Diet poem and ponder on what dinosaurs would buy at a grocery store. There is also the Dynamic Dinosaur page with easy dinosaur concepts, popular dinosaurs, learn how to make dinosaur skeletons out of popsicle sticks and more.
Challenge Magazine May/Summer 1997 pgs 26-27	The Mailbox Primary April/May 1990 pg 37
These pages contain four different brainstorming activities that will produce stories, a dinosaur baby book, dinosaur awards and a specialty catalog for dinosaurs.	This page is titled Prehistoric Punctuation and will spice up learning for children studying punctuation using dinosaurs as their subjects.