How to write an EPIC report about dinosaurs!
There's more to it than watching Buddy and Mr. Conductor!
Choose your dinosaur from types of dinosaurs, time period, or even by what they ate.
Pick your dinosaur and get to know him.
Really, get to know him.
Visit the library, do some online research, or even watch Dinosaur Train or Dino Dan.
When you are ready to write your report here's a few things to remember to include....
- What does its name mean? Often this will tell you something important or interesting about the dinosaur.
- What did your dinosaur look like? For example, how big was it, what shape was its body, were its legs long or short, did it have horns, plates, crests or claws, describe the teeth, head, neck, tail, etc. Draw a picture if you can. Remember that dinosaur weights are very hard to estimate.
- What did the dinosaur eat and how did it get its food?
- How did it walk (2 or 4 legs )?
- Is there anything special about this dinosaur? This can often be the best part of the report, taking you off on interesting topics. For example, was your dinosaur faster than another dinosaur? How did blood circulate up to the head of a Brachiosaurus? Why did a Stegasaurus have plates?
- How smart was your dinosaur?
- How did it defend itself?
- What type of dinosaur was it? Did your dinosaur have relatives that were like him?
- When did your dinosaur live? Say it both in terms of how many millions of years ago it was, and what the name of the geologic time period was. Was it an early dinosaur or one of the last before extinction?
What
was the Earth like at that time? What was your dinosaur's environment
like?
- Where have fossils been found? When were they first found? Are there just a few fragments or are there almost complete specimens?
- Who named the dinosaur? Is there anything interesting about that scientist who named it?
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