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Contents About This Book 4 Notes For Teachers and Parents 5-6 Address Book 7 Online Libraries and References 8 Dinosaur Facts 9 More Dinosaur Facts 10 Dinosaur Fossils 11 The Age of Dinosaurs 12 The First Dinosaur Discovery 13 Dinosaur Tracks 14 Types of Dinosaurs 15 Dinosaur Extremes 16 Dinosaur Exhibits 17 Giganotosaurus 18 Tyrannosaurus Rex 19 Dinosaur Extinction 20 Southern Dinosaurs 21 Dinosaurs at the Movies 1 22 Dinosaurs at the Movies 2 23 Dinosaurs and Birds 24 Answers 25-26 3
Notes For Teachers and Parents The Internet Quests Series is designed to make use of the enormous amount of information that is available through the Internet. The term information superhighway is a buzz phrase that is constantly talked about in educational and other circles. As a generation that is comfortable with the idea of computers and associated concepts, the 10 to 12 year old children in our care deserve the opportunity of zooming down that superhighway. But just where is the on-ramp and how do children negotiate their way through the traffic jam that makes up the Internet? This book is produced to allow children to answer those questions for themselves. In doing so, they will understand the following concepts linked to the curriculum: Use recognised research skills to respond to questions posed as focusing activities. Use recognised research skills to extrapolate information from Internet references. Use selected World Wide Web addresses to extend understanding on a theme. Use a variety of net search engines to expand on the information available. Use the links provided at addresses to broaden the scope of their investigations. Some Internet Warnings 1 Net Nasties In recent years there has been a great deal of publicity about negative aspects of the Internet, so much so that the uninitiated may well have severe concerns about what young users might encounter when surfing the Net. There is no doubt that this concern could be well-founded if children are left to their own devices when online. The key to avoiding the net nasties is supervision, just as it is to avoid inappropriate experiences for children in selecting movies, television programmes and books. It is most unlikely that violent, racist or erotic sites are reached accidentally and the Internet Quests materials and addresses have been carefully screened to avoid this happening. However, the Internet is a fluid, dynamic resource that is always in motion and we can t guarantee that what is appropriate now will still be next year. With this in mind, it is strongly recommended that parents/teachers preview sites if at all possible. Filter tools have been designed by some companies to help protect children from the undesirable aspects of the Internet. Some of the filter tools which offer online information are: Net Nanny - 4www.netnanny.com Cyber Patrol - 4www.cyberpatrol.com/ 5
Dinosaur Facts Go to: 4www.zoomdinosaurs.com/subjects/dinosaurs/allabout/ This site is an excellent place to start your dinosaur quest. It might be wise to print these pages out so that you can easily refer back to them. Use this website to answer these Dino Facts and don t forget to click on any underlined words for extra links. 1. When did dinosaurs first start roaming the Earth? 2. When did they suddenly disappear? 3. Were most dinosaurs plant eaters (herbivores) or meat eaters (carnivores)? 4. The earliest known dinosaurs are from which period? 5. Name two dinosaurs from this period and describe them. 6. What is Palaeontology? 7. Write down a dino myth. Dino Dictionary While completing the activities in this book you will come across many new dinosaur related words. Find definitions for the words below by clicking on Dinosaur Dictionary at the site below. www.zoomschool.com/subjects/dinosaurs/ Body Fossils: Biomass: Bipedal: Extinct: Sauropod: Theropod: Extra! Cut out a dinosaur shape on a large piece of card. Write out the new word list above. Include words that you may discover at other dinosaur sites. 4 For some amazing dinosaur pictures dive into this site: 4www.search4dinosaurs.com/ 9
Types of Dinosaurs Go to: 4www.zoomschool.com/subjects/dinosaurs/ dinoclassification/saurischian.html Dinosaurs are divided into two main categories known as orders. The two groups have a different hip structure. The first group known as Saurischians, have a hip structure similar to that of lizards. The second group, Ornithischians, have a hip structure similar to that of birds. Answer the questions below. 1. Name the two basic kinds of Saurischians: 2. Number of legs Size of head Diet List some of the characteristics of the Ornithischians dinosaurs: 3. Which groups do these dinosaurs belong to? Triceratops: Tyrannosaurus rex: Diplodocus: Use the website and any links that you come across to build a fact file for each group of Saurischian dinosaurs. Complete the profiles below and add some interesting facts of your own. Length of neck Brain size Speed Sauropods Stegosaurus: Giganotosaurus: Hadrosaurus: Theropods Interesting features 15
Giganotosaurus The Giganotosaurus (sometimes spelt Gigantosaurus) is thought to have been the largest meat eating dinosaur. According to certain findings it grew up to 14 metres long and weighed up to approximately eight tonnes. The Giganotosaurus was only discovered in 1994 as before that, T. rex was thought to have been the biggest meat eating dinosaur. 4www.zoomschool.com/subjects/ Go to: dinosaurs/giganotosaurus.html Read all about this enormous reptile and explore further links that you come across. 1. What is the full name of the Giganotosaurus? 2. What group does it belong to? 3. 4. The Giganotosaurus walked on legs making them b. This dinosaur lived around 95 million years ago in what is known as the 5. Where were the Giganotosaurus remains discovered? 6. Who discovered the remains? Discovery Go to: 4www.zoomschool.com/subjects/dinosaurs/news/Giganotonews.shtml Read about the historic dinosaur find in 1993. Outline important facts known about the Giganotosaurus based on what has been found at the digs and describe the features below. Skull length: An Even Bigger Dinosaur? Teeth: Hands: Height at Hips: What percentage of the skeleton has been found? Go to: 4www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/dino-directory/ Explore the site at the Natural History Museum Dino Directory. Click on Name A - Z and then G (for Giganotosaurus). Search the site and any links that you come across for news of the recent discovery of an even bigger carnivore than the Giganotasaurus. Use the information at this site as well as your own research skills to write an exclusive article for The Palaeo Times. *Dig up as many interesting facts as you can about the Carcharodontosaurus discovery. 18