July 27, 2011: Exploring Dinosaur Hall

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Activities:

1. Make a game by writing the names of dinosaurs on note cards. Write facts about these dinosaurs on different cards. Have a friend match each dinosaur with the correct facts.

2. Circle five things in the newspaper that are bigger than a full-grown T. rex.

3. Find seven pieces of clothing or equipment that you would need on a dinosaur dig.

4. Which dinosaur (a) had a helmet head, (b) was as small as a chicken, (c) had two small horns, and (d) had a duckbill?

5. Pretend you are training new people at a dinosaur dig. Make a list of things you would tell the new workers.

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:

• Students understand the relationship between organisms and the environment.(Science: Life Science)
  
  
  (standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)