Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Dinosaur Research

Once you have completed your Dinosaur Vocabulary it will then be time to begin your Dinosaur research! You will be answering a series of questions on each Dinosaur and Non-Dinosaur. You will also be creating an illustration to go with each.

Starting on pg. 108 label each page of your research as follows:

Heading: Name of Dinosaur
1.)Picture------------------------------------------------------->
2.)Meaning of their name or nickname
3.)Anatomy description
4.)Diet
5.)Herbivore/Carnivore
6.)Height/Weight/Length
7.)Time period Title in which they lived
8.)Time in years ago during which they lived
9.)Intelligence
10.)Locomotion
11.)Fossil discovery locations
12.)Ornithischian or Saurischian (look at Classification - ORDER)
13.) Interesting Fact 1
14.) Interesting Fact 2
15.) Interesting Fact 3
16.) Interesting Fact 4
17.) Interesting Fact 5




Find the above information out about each of the following animals:
NON-DINOSAUR LIST
  1. Archaeopteryx
  2. Archelon
  3. Dimetrodon
  4. Elasmosaurus
  5. Eryops
  6. Ichthyosaurs
  7. Kronosaurus
  8. Pteranodon
  9. Pterodactylus
  10. Trilobite

DINOSAUR LIST

  1. Albertosaurus
  2. Ankylosaurus
  3. Apatosaurus
  4. Corythosaurus
  5. Diplodocus
  6. Giganotosaurus
  7. Homalocephale
  8. Iguanodon
  9. Megalosaurus
  10. Plateosaurus
  11. Spinosaurus
  12. Stegosaurus
  13. Triceratops
  14. Tyrannosaurus rex
  15. Velociraptor

Bonus Dinosaurs and non-Dinosaurs

1.)Troodon
2.)Parasaurolophus
3.)Allosaurus
4.)Pachycephalasaurus
5.)Kentrosaurus
6.)Chasmosaurus
7.)Yangchuanosaurus
8.)Microvenator
9.)Gallimimus
10.)Plesiosaurs
11.)Quetzalcoatlus
12.)Deinonychus
13.liopleurodon

Each Bonus Animal is worth up to 8 points!

Use the following websites to complete this research. You will need to go to multiple websites to find the information for each animal.

1.) Research Link ONE
2.) Research Link TWO (click on All About Dinosaurs, then scroll down)
3.) Research Link THREE
4.) Research Link FOUR
5.) Research Link FIVE
6.) Research Link SIX

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Mr.Simoni this is a great project we are doing.

P.S.
I'm the first one to comment, sweet :)

-Henry N. :)

Anonymous said...

i really enjoy this project and hope to do more --- jacob b and gabby l

Anonymous said...

thanks for putting this on our projects of the year with ms.timmons
love your student of first period
shawna b.