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Science Worksheets

Dinosaur Worksheets

Hook readers with a favorite subject of many kids – dinosaurs! Students can read about many different kinds of dinosaurs. Extend their learning by providing them with dinosaur puzzles, coloring pages, and word play activities.

Dinosaur Worksheets

Bulletin Board

"Search-a-Saurus" Bulletin Board

Pick and Stick Patterns - Bulletin Board Display for Class Discussion

Pick and Stick Patterns "Dinosaurs"

Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
     Meet Ankylosaurus (Short Reader; Grades 1-2 Readability)
     Meet Apatosaurus (Very Quick Reader; Grades 1-2 Readability)
     Triceratops, Three-Horned Face (Very Quick Reader; Grades 1-2 Readability)
     Meet Velociraptor (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Ankylosaurus (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Brachiosaurus (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Diplodocus (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Ichthyosaurs (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Iguanodon (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Meet Baryonyx (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Meet Triceratops (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Pterosaurs (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     The Coelophysis (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Compsognathus (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Meet Minmi (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Ornithomimus (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Troodon (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Allosaurus (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Maiasaura (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Mosasaurs, Not Dinosaurs (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Plesiosaurs (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Velociraptor (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Compsognathus (Very Quick Reader; Grades 5-6 Readability)
     Deinonychus (Very Quick Reader; Grades 5-6 Readability)
     Megalosaurus (Very Quick Reader; Grades 5-6 Readability)
     Dinosaurs! (Very Quick Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)
     Baryonyx, or Heavy Claw (Very Quick Reader; Grades 7-9 Readability)
     Anklosaurids (Very Quick Reader; Grades 7-12 Readability)

Short Readers
     Meet Brachiosaurus (Short Reader; Grades 1-2 Readability)
     Meet Chasmosaurus (Short Reader; Grades 1-2 Readability)
     Meet Coelophysis (Short Reader; Grades 1-2 Readability)
     Meet Compsognathus (Short Reader; Grades 1-2 Readability)
     Meet Maiasaura (Short Reader; Grades 1-2 Readability)
     Meet Spinosaurus (Short Reader; Grades 1-2 Readability)
     Meet Stegosaurus (Short Reader; Grades 1-2 Readability)
     Meet Troodon (Short Reader; Grades 1-2 Readability)
     Meet Tyrannosaurus Rex (Short Reader; Grades 1-2 Readability)
     Meet Utahraptor (Short Reader; Grades 1-2 Readability)
     Meet Diplodocus (Short Reader; Grades 1-3 Readability)
     Meet Allosaurus (Short Reader; Grades 2-3 Readability)
     Oviraptor (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Spinosaurus, a Sail-back Dinosaur (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Stegosaurus (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Meet Deinonychus (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Brachiosaurus (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Ceratopians (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Hadrosaurs, the Duckbilled Dinosaurs (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     The Hunchback from Spain (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Tyrannosaurus Rex (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Ankylosaurus (Short Reader; Grades 5-6 Readability)
     Apatosaurus, Also Known As Brontosaurus (Short Reader; Grades 5-6 Readability)
     Chasmosaurus (Short Reader; Grades 5-6 Readability)
     Coelophysis (Short Reader; Grades 5-6 Readability)
     Oviraptor, a Misnamed Dinosaur? (Short Reader; Grades 5-6 Readability)
     Spinosaurus (Short Reader; Grades 5-6 Readability)
     Minmi (Short Reader; Grades 5-6 Readability)
     Ornithomimus (Short Reader; Grades 5-6 Readability)
     Utahraptor (Short Reader; Grades 5-6 Readability)
     Living Amongst Dinosaurs (Short Reader; Grades 5-7 Readability)
     How Are Dinosaurs Named? (Short Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)
     Elasmosaurus (Short Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)
     Triceratops (Short Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)
     When Did Dinosaurs Live? (Short Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)
     The Crater of Doom (Short Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)
     Fearsome Allosaurus (Short Reader; Grades 7-9 Readability)
     Chasmosaurus, Chasm Reptile (Short Reader; Grades 7-9 Readability)
     Coelophysis, a Bird-like Dinosaur (Short Reader; Grades 7-9 Readability)
     Compsognathus, the Tiny Terror (Short Reader; Grades 7-9 Readability)
     Troodon, or Wounding Tooth (Short Reader; Grades 7-9 Readability)
     The Cretaceous Period (Short Reader; Grades 8-12 Readability)

Make a Daily Dinosaurs Activity Lesson Plan Book

Daily Dinosaurs Activity Lesson Plan Book

Reading Comprehensions
Dr. Dinosaur Theme (Grades 1-3)

     Meet Dr. Dinosaur! (Grades 1-3)
     Dr. Dinosaur's Question (Grades 1-3)
     Pictures in Rocks (Grades 1-3)
     The Horrid Three-Horned Face (Grades 1-3)
     The Dinosaur Bully (Grades 1-3)
     Letters to Dr. Dinosaur (Grades 1-3)

The Dinocam (Grades 2-3)

     Carmen the Camarasaurus Gets Her Wish (Grades 2-3)
     A Treat for Trudy the Troodon (Grades 2-3)
     Percy the Pterosaur's First Flight (Grades 2-3)

Fiction

     Dino Dance (Grades 1-2)
     Dinosaur Hunters - Ankylosaurus (Grade 2)
     Marie's Race (Grades 2-3)
     I Wish I Were ... (Grades 2-3)
     The Teacher and Her Dino (Grades 2-3)
     Meet Mr. T (Grades 2-3)
     Dino Sore (Grade 3)
     Snifflesnort (Grades 3-4)
     Dinosaurs Don't Do Ballet, Pt. 1 (Grades 3-4)
     Dinosaurs Don't Do Ballet, Pt. 2 (Grades 3-4)
     Strength is a Strength (Grades 3-4)
     A Brachiosaurus Rain Storm (Grades 3-4)
     Hadrosaur Family (Grades 3-5)
     The Flyer Colony (Grades 3-5)
     Digging into the Past, Part 1 (Grades 6-7)
     Digging into the Past, Part 2 (Grades 6-7)
     Dinosaur Eggs (Hi/Lo Grades 3-4)

Non-Fiction
     Dinosaur Defense Strategies (Grades 3-4)
     Armor and Helmets-Decked Out Dinosaurs (Grades 3-4)
     Surprising Shrimp at the Burgess Shale (Grades 3-4)
     Where's the Beef? Giant Meat Eaters (Grades 3-5)
     An Ancient Swim Team-Sea Reptiles! (Grades 3-5)
     Stampeding Dinosaurs - The Hypsilophodont Family (Grades 3-5)
     An Aquarium from the Age of Fishes (Grades 3-5)
     Cretaceous Copycats - Bird Mimics (Grades 3-5)
     Happy Hadrosaurs! (Grades 3-5)
     How Do Dinosaur Fossils Get to Museums? (Grades 3-5)
     The Mesozoic Era (Grades 5-6)
     Dinosaur Timeline (Grades 5-7)
     Extreme Dinosaurs (Grades 5-7)
     Why Did the Dinosaurs Die Out? (Grades 5-7)
     Life in the Triassic Period (Grades 5-7)
     Dinosaur Central (Grades 5-7)
     Tyrannosaurus Rex (Grades 5-7)
     Ankylosaurus (Grades 5-7)
     Allosaurus (Grades 5-7)
     Brachiosaurus (Grades 5-7)
     Pterosaurs (Grades 5-7)
     Triceratops (Grades 5-7)
     Hunting for Dinosaur Fossils (Grades 5-7)
     Spinosaurus: A Sail or a Hump? (Grades 7-9)
     Terrible Lizards (Hi/Lo Grades 5-7)

Spanish
     Quisiera ser... (grades 2-3)
     LA MAESTRA Y SU DINOSAURIO (grades 2-3)
     Te presento al Sr. T (grades 2-3)
     Dino dolorido (grade 3)
     Escarbar en el pasado (primera parte) (grades 6-7)
     Mimos del Cretáceo: imitadores de aves (grades 3-5)
     ¿Por qué se extinguieron los dinosaurios? (grades 7-8)
     Lagartos terribles (grades 9-12)

Graph Drawing Challenge Puzzle

Dinosaur Graph Puzzles

Leveled Books

Dinosaur Extremes

Ten of the Biggest Dinosaurs That Ever Lived

Tyrant Lizard King: The T-Rex

Some Dinosaurs (PDF file)

Dinosaurs Came in Many Shapes! (October)

Dinosaurs (mini book)

Where Did the Dinosaurs Go?

Five Mighty Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs

Digging for Dinosaurs

Document Based Activities

Document Based Activities

Books

Guess Which Dinosaur (Grades 2-3)

My Favorite Dinosaurs (Grades 2-4)

Let's Go Digging For Dinosaurs! (Grades 2-3)

Evidence of Dinosaurs (Grades 5-6)

Solving the Mystery of What Killed the Dinosaurs (Grades 5-7)

Fossils From Bone Cabin Quarry, 1898 (Grades 5-7)

Where Dinosaurs Walked (Grades 5-7)

Wild and Wacky Dinosaur Facts (Grades 5-6)

Compare and Contrast

Dinosaur Traits: Compares three dinosaurs with unique appearances (Grades 3-4)

Compare and Contrast Two Things (fourth grade)
Compare and Contrast Two Things (fifth grade)
Compare and Contrast Two Things (sixth grade)

Glyphs

Dinosaurs Glyph

Alphabet

Dino Alphabet (1 of 2)

Dino Alphabet (2 of 2)

Plays: Reader's Theater Scripts
Dinosaur Survival School (Grades 1-3)

Prehistoric Mammals

Prehistoric Mammals Theme Unit

Conversations
Spanish
     Dinosaur Survival School - Spanish and English

French
     Dinosaur Survival School - French and English

German
     Dinosaur Survival School - German and English

Italian
     Dinosaur Survival School - Italian and English

Board Game

Dinosaurs Vocabulary Board Game

Book Units
    Fossil Hunters (Grades 1-2)
    Bones and the Dinosaur Mystery (Grades 1-3)
    Dinosaur Hunter (Grades 1-3)
    Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House) (Grades 2-3)
    Dinosaurs (Grades 2-4)
    Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones (Grades 3-4)
    Enormous Egg (Grades 4-6)
    Paleo Bugs: Survival of the Creepiest (Grades 4-8)
    T. rex and the Crater of Doom (Grades 9-12)

Finish the Story
     Bone Diggers (Grades 2-3)
     Maggie's Museum Mystery (Grades 2-3)
     Excuse Me, Mr. Dinosaur (Grades 3-4)
     The Day the Dinosaur Egg Cracked! (Grades 3-6)
     What If The Dinosaurs Came Back? (Grades 3-6)
     A Very Large Visitor (Grades 4-6)

Draw and Write

Dinosaurs Draw and Writes

Dinosaurs Analogies

Dinosaurs Analogies

Funda-blanks
Dinosaurs (grades 2-3)
Dinosaurs Next Door (grades 3-4)

Dinosaur Puzzles

Dinosaur Puzzles

Dinosaur Puzzles (with pictures)

     Unscramble names of dinosaurs
     Fill-in missing letter (one missing letter)
     Fill-in missing letter (two missing letters)
     Circle names of dinosaurs (correct spelling)
     Match names of dinosaurs with pictures
     Dinosaurs word search

     Dinosaurs with pictures puzzle book

Dinosaurs Picture Puzzles

Picture
Word Search

Cut and paste picture
and write the word

Circle letters
and write the word

Writing

Replying to Letters

Art Projects

Using shapes to draw dinosaurs (PDF file)

Triassic Dinosaurs (grades 2-6)
Dinosaur Fun - Make a dirorama, mobile, decorate pencils, or a bulletin board (PDF file)

Cretaceous Dinosaurs (grades 2-6)
Dinosaur Fun - Make a dirorama, mobile, decorate pencils, or a bulletin board (PDF file)

Dinosaur Coloring Books

Cretaceous Dinosaurs Coloring Book (PDF file)

Triassic Dinosaurs Coloring Book (PDF file)

Dinosaurs Word Wall

Pre-made dinosaurs word wall with all of the words (PDF file)

Make a custom dinosaurs word wall

Dinosaurs Dot to dots (booklets - PDF files)
Spelling
     Spelling (challenging)
     Alphabet (lowercase letters)
     Alphabet (CAPITALIZED letters)
Counting
     Mixed: Each page count by a different number
     Count by 1's (easier)
     Count by 1's
     Count by 2's
     Count by 3's
     Count by 4's
     Count by 5's
     Count by 6's
     Count by 7's
     Count by 8's
     Count by 9's
     Count by 10's
     Count by 25's
     Completed drawings (no dot to dots)

Dinosaurs Coloring Pages
     Dinosaurs coloring page #1
     Dinosaurs coloring page #2
     Dinosaurs coloring page #3
     Dinosaurs coloring page #4
     Dinosaurs coloring page #5
     Dinosaurs coloring page #6
     Dinosaurs coloring page #7
     Dinosaurs coloring page #8

Write about a Dinosaur
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Grades 1-3:

	Give details about your dinosaur. Did it walk on one or two legs? Was it a meat eater or a plant eater? Tell which time period it lived in.
	If you could decide the coloring for this dinosaur, which would you choose? Tell why you think it would be best to have it be the color you chose.
	What do you think a day in the life of this dinosaur would be like? What would it do from the time it woke up in the morning until it went to sleep at night? Where would it sleep? Would it be with a group or by itself?
	Describe the food choices for this dinosaur.
	Where did this dinosaur live? Who are some of the people that have found the fossils from this dinosaur?
	How big was this dinosaur? What are some things from our time period that would compare to the size of this dinosaur?
	Imagine you can go back in time and see this dinosaur. Describe what happens to you as you travel. What do you see? Where on earth are you? How do you survive?

Grades 4-6:

	If this dinosaur were alive today, what would it eat?
	Where have this dinosaur's fossils been found? Choose one place and tell how this area has changed since the time this dinosaur was alive.
	What are some of the predators that this dinosaur had to fear? How did this dinosaur protect itself?
	Imagine you are planning a trip to help a paleontologist. If you wanted to find fossils of this dinosaur where would you have to go? What do you take with you? When would you go?
	Did this dinosaur travel in groups or alone? Describe how this dinosaur lived its days.
	Compare this dinosaur with an animal of today. Tell how they are alike and how they are different.

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