Model Dinosaur Skulls for Use in Classrooms
The enthusiastic teaching team at Everything Dinosaur have been busy advising teachers and teaching assistants as they prepare for the start of the academic year. Many schools are undertaking a term topic on dinosaurs this autumn and Everything Dinosaur has a wide range of dinosaur themed teaching resources available, all designed to meet the learning needs of children as well as the objectives of the teaching team.
Model Dinosaur Skulls
Whether it’s the creative curriculum and “footprints in the past”, the “Jurassic forest” or “the land before time” dinosaurs as a term topic lends itself to all sorts of creative and imaginative teaching ideas that can support literacy, numeracy as well as introducing the concept of working scientifically.
A Set of Model Dinosaur Fossil Skulls
A set of eleven dinosaur fossil skulls.
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Herbivore, Omnivore or Carnivore?
The set of eleven dinosaur fossil skull models can be used for sorting games and/or identifying (from the skull, jaws and teeth), the diet of the dinosaur. Ask the class to see if they can name the particular dinosaur that the skull model represents, the set features a mix of well-known and lesser known dinosaurs so this is a great way to differentiate, Fortunately, for customers of Everything Dinosaur, we supply a handy key to help the teaching team work out which dinosaur skull is which.
Everything Dinosaur Supplies a Handy Identification Guide with Each Set of Model Fossil Skulls
Identifying dinosaur skulls.
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A Lesson Plan Idea
A teacher could split the class up into eleven groups. Each group of children could be given their own dinosaur skull to research, can they produce a science poster all about their dinosaur? Can the children create a fact sheet all about their particular dinosaur? Once the children have studied their dinosaur skull model and prepared some facts and information about it, you could challenge each group to make a short presentation to the rest of the class about the dinosaur. Typical things for them to find out include:
- When did it live?
- What is the dinosaurs name?
- Where did it live?
- What did it eat?
- How big was it?
- What does its name mean?
At Everything Dinosaur we are mindful of the need to stretch teaching resources, the models can be used over and over again and they can play a role in helping older children learn about adaptation, evolution and natural selection too.
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