REGULAR GUIDEBOOK LINKS (Early/Growing/Advanced Guidebooks)
You will reference these links when the guidebook prompts you to, so you don’t even have to think about it at all!
Lesson 1
Hell Creek Montana (Passion Path Detour) (reference to millions of years)
Cool Teacher Moment (CTM) Growth factor for tree calculations (scroll to bottom)
CTM Extension (height and weight of a tree)
Activity Option #2 – Aging Paper (one of many options)
Activity Option #3 – Further calculations for dinosaur weight
Lesson 2
Warm-blooded vs Cold-blooded review
Lesson 3
Activity Option #1 – Dino Impression
Activity Option #1 – Homemade Playdough (optional)
Activity Option #2 – Interactive Model of T-Rex
SYW Biases in Science 1, 2, 3, 4, [this is a very small compilation of how “theories” have been challenged and contradictory over time, consistently shifting re the bias or errors of said person/people in the scientific community]
Lesson 4/5
CTM – What bones are missing from T-Rex? (minute marker 18:56 – 20:15)
CTM – Professional Molds Bonus [the original link is no longer; we are looking for a replacement!]
Lesson 6
FUN FACT – Baby Parasaurolophus
Activity Option #1 – Fossilizing waterfall
**PARENTAL DISCRETION WARNING** You may want to fast forward to minute marker 3:57 or screen the first part of the video. There is more mature content discussed before this time.
Lesson 7
Activity Option #2 – Common Sense Test (all ages)
Activity Option #2 – Visual Test (better for older ages)
Activity Option #2 – Consider taking a real IQ test! No link available since you have to purchase the real ones 🙂
Lesson 8
Activity Option # 1 – Areas by State
Activity Option #3 – Animal Tracks (this is just one sample of many available online)
Lesson 10
Scales – It looks like chicken feet!
Ankylosaur Video! (reference to evolution)
Triceratops Video! (reference to evolution and sexual maturity in animals)
CORE CONNECTIONS LINKS
Lesson 1 – Field Guide Examples
Lesson 9 – Chinese Dragon Light Show in the Sky
BOOK LIST
This is here as a courtesy only. No books are required for the unit. Some of these books may contain errors about the event or time period.
Customers may also write in and suggest to add books to this list. All lists come recommended to us by others and have not all been vetted by us. If you have any suggestions to add to this list, please email in so we can do so. Some of these books may contain more mature themes or theology or other educational teachings that we do not necessarily endorse, so we advise all parents to screen for content and personal beliefs. Books can also be sub-categorized into different age groups, so feel free to jump around!
Early Learner
- Dinosaur Dance by Sandra Boynton
- How Do Dinosaurs Series by Jane Yolen
- I’m a Dirty Dinosaur by Janeen Brian and Ann James
- Dinosaur VS Series by Bob Shea
- If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur by Linda Bailey and Colin Jack
- Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
- There’s a Dinosaur on the 13th Floor by Wade Bradford
- Kid Sherriff and the Terrible Toads by Bob Shae and Lane Smith
Growing Learner
- Tommysaurus Rex by Doug TenNapel
- Edge of Extinction Series by Laura Martin
- The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth
- Barnum’s Bones by Tracey Fern
- The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kelley
- Magic Treehouse Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne
- Believing is Seeing: Dino Josh by Elise Lang
- Noah Drake and the Dragon Killer by Ben Russell
Advanced Learner
- The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan
- Dinotopia: A Land Apart From Time by James Gurney
- Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
Optional Activity List (supplies list follows)
LESSON 1 – WELCOME TO THE HUNT
PRE-READER – Dinosaur Fossils!
Activity Option 1 – Digging for Bones (fun for all)
Activity Option 2 – Field Guide (for all)
Activity Option 3 – Dinosaur weight (university level)
LESSON 2 – ZOOLOGY BASICS AND DINOSAURS
PRE-READER – Fizzing Dinosaur Eggs
Activity Option 1 – Whose Bone Is It? (University)
Activity Option 2 – Find Where it Belongs
LESSON 3 – FORGET WHAT YOU’VE BEEN TAUGHT
PRE-READER – Digging for Dino Sensory Bin
Activity Option 1 – Observe a Dino
Activity Option 2 – Redesign the Dinosaur (for more serious students)
LESSON 4/5 – TEETH TELL TALES
PRE-READER – Piece the Puzzle Together, These Teeth Do What?
Activity Option 1 – A Challenge
Activity Option 2 – Understanding the Teeth
LESSON 6 – IT SAID WHAT?
PRE-READER – Dinosaur Noises
Activity Option 1 – Fossilized Sponge
Activity Option 2 – Field Guide Continued
LESSON 7 – BATTLE OF INTELLIGENCE
PRE-READER – Smarter than a Dinosaur?
Activity Option 1 – Encephalization Quotient, Brain to Body Ratio (university)
Activity Option 2 – Are You Smarter Than A Dinosaur?
LESSON 8 – ON THE HUNT FOR DINOSAURS
PRE-READER – On the Hunt for Dinosaurs
Activity Option 1 – Become a Paleontologist (Field Notebook, etc)
Activity Option 2 – They Went How Fast?
Activity Option 3 – Hunt for Prints
LESSON 9 – BLOOD AND GUTS (INTERNAL ANATOMY)
PRE-READER – Blood & Guts (cold-blooded playdough), Mammals vs. Reptiles
Activity Option 1 – Learning from Lessons Before
Activity Option 2 – What’s in Your Blood?
LESSON 10 – SKIN, SCALES, FATHERS, ARMOR
PRE-READER – Dinosaur Skin, Dinosaur Horns
Activity Option 1 – How Different Would I Look?
LESSON 11 – CLADES & THEIR STORIES
PRE-READER – Glue Fossil Casting
Activity Option 1 – Dinosaur “D”
LESSON 12 – FASCINATING FINDS
PRE-READER – Time to Dig
Activity Option 1 – Dinosaur Eggs
Activity Option 2 – Time to Dig
This list includes anything that you might not typically find around your home, to simplify your shopping list.
For an overview, if you gather some:
- Kitchen supplies (flour, salt, baking soda, etc)
- Bones (from chicken, fish, or plastic alternatives)
- Toy dinosaurs
- Plaster of paris and/or playdough (optional)
… you should be pretty much covered for 90% of activity options!
LESSON 1 –
PRE-READER – 1/2 cup salt, 1 cup flour
Activity Option 1 – Two disposable containers (old whipped cream, aluminum bread pan, etc), plaster of paris (or homemade alternative), chicken bones or alternative plastic objects
Activity Option 2 – Nothing
Activity Option 3 – Toy dinosaur
LESSON 2 –
PRE-READER – Box of baking soda, food coloring (optional), vinegar
Activity Option 1 – A variety of bones (chicken, fish, etc–see lesson)
Activity Option 2 – Nothing
LESSON 3 –
PRE-READER – Cocoa powder, flour, oil
Activity Option 1 – Playdough, Plaster of Paris, Acryclic Paint or coffee water for homemade coloring
Activity Option 2 – Nothing
LESSON 4/5 –
PRE-READER – Nothing extra
Activity Option 1 – Nothing
Activity Option 2 – Nothing
LESSON 6 –
PRE-READER – Nothing Extra
Activity Option 1 – Sponge, salt
Activity Option 2 – Nothing
LESSON 7 –
PRE-READER – Masking tape or alternative
Activity Option 1 – Nothing
Activity Option 2 – Nothing
LESSON 8 –
PRE-READER – Nothing Extra
Activity Option 1 – Nothing
Activity Option 2 – Nothing
LESSON 9 –
PRE-READER – Option #2 – Nothing Extra; Option #1 – flour, salt, crea of tartar, baby oil, thermochromic pigement (online or craft stores)
Activity Option 1 – Nothing
Activity Option 2 – Nothing
LESSON 10 –
PRE-READER – Option #1 – Bubble wrap, acrylic paint; Option # 2 – Nothing Extra
Activity Option 1 – Nothing
LESSON 11 –
PRE-READER – White glue, Playdough
Activity Option 1 – Nothing
LESSON 12 –
PRE-READER – Q-tips or egg noodles or alternative
Activity Option 1 – Flour, Coffee grounds, salt, dirt, toy dinosaurs
Activity Option 2 – Nothing