Dinosaur Webquest 

 

Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion

Introduction

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The Task

You will learn about one dinosaur and the time period in which it lived. You will then work together with the other members of your class to design a Dinosaur Zoo.

The Process

1. Learn about the time of the dinosaurs.
a. Where in time did the dinosaurs live? 

Look at the picture of the staircase below. Each step shows millions of years in the age of the earth. 
 


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The bottom step is when the earth was very young. We live at the top of the yellow stair step. Dinosaurs lived 245 million years ago, where the green stair steps begin. The Age of Dinosaurs, the Mesozoic era, lasted for three green stair steps or for 185 million years. At the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago, dinosaurs suddenly died out and became extinct.

b. We learn about dinosaurs by digging up their bones. Click below to watch a clip about dinosaur fossils. Then use your Back button on your web browser to return to your webquest.

Getting Into the Fossil Record

 

1. Click on your dinosaur’s name in the table below. 

1.
Albertosaurus

10.
Coelophysis

19.
Iguanodon

28.
Stegosaurus

2.
Allosaurus

11.
Compsognathus

20.
Maiasaura

29.
Thecodontosaurus

3. 
Anchisaurus

12.
Corythosaurus

21.
Ornithomimus

30.
Triceratops

4.
Ankylosaurus

13.
Deinonychus

22.
Oviraptor 

31.
Troodon

5.
Apatosaurus

14.
Dilophosaurus

23.
Parasaurolophus

32.
Tyrannosaurus

6.
Barosaurus

15.
Diplodocus

24.
Plateosaurus

33.
Velociraptor

7.
Brachiosaurus

16.
Edmontosaurus

25.
Procompsognathus

 

8.
Centrosaurus

17.
Eoraptor

26.
Saltopus

 

9.
Ceratosaurus

18.
Hadrosaurus

27.
Saurolophus

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Answer questions about your dinosaur.
a. Print out the dinosaur question worksheet.

Dinosaur Fact Sheet

b. Use your dinosaur information sheet and fill in the answers.

4. Make a stand-up model of your dinosaur. 
a. Take the second print-out of your dinosaur information sheet. 
b. Draw a stand on the bottom. See the example below.

crosspiece

c.  Make a crosspiece to help your dinosaur stand-up.
d. Glue the dinosaur picture and the crosspiece onto cardboard. Cut them out and put them together.

5. a. Click here to learn about how the earth looked during the Mesozoic Era.
b. Click on the time when your dinosaur lived to find out about  the habitat for that time period.

6. a. Print out a picture for the time period when your dinosaur lived. 

b. Colour the picture of the habitat for the time period.
c. Stand your dinosaur up in front of your picture. 

7. Meet with construction crew foreman (your teacher) to discuss your group presentation and construction on the dinosaur zoo.

Evaluation
Evaluation Sheet

 

 

Conclusion

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