“Dinosaurs” explained in 4 pictures
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Young children understand that dinosaurs were animals that lived long ago, that they had many different shapes and sizes, that what they ate differed by type, and that we can learn about them from fossils
💬 What kind of living things were dinosaurs?
Dinosaurs were animals that lived on Earth long ago. They lived long before people were born. Today, we cannot meet living dinosaurs.
🤔 Are dinosaurs animals from today, or animals from long ago?
💬 There were many kinds of dinosaurs
There were many kinds of dinosaurs. Some dinosaurs had long necks. Some dinosaurs had horns, and some had plates on their backs.
🤔 Which dinosaur shape are you most curious about?
💬 What did dinosaurs eat?
Some dinosaurs ate leaves and grass. Some dinosaurs also ate meat. Their mouths and teeth had different shapes to match their food.
🤔 What kind of mouth do you think a dinosaur that eats leaves might have?
💬 We can learn from fossils
Dinosaur bones and footprints can sometimes remain like stone. These are called fossils. By studying fossils, we can learn about dinosaurs' bodies and lives.
🤔 If you found a fossil, what do you think you could learn about dinosaurs?