Go digging. Embed plastic dinosaurs in “stone” and let your amateur paleontologist dig them out: Mix together equal parts of plaster of paris (find it at craft or hardware stores), vermiculite (available at gardening stores), and water in a disposable bowl. Drop in a few dinosaur figures and cover with the mixture. Let harden for […]
Measuring Dinosaurs  Identify and compare the length of four dinosaurs. State that dinosaurs needed food to grow and that food helps us to grow too.  Prepare the Dinosaur Cards (PDF) Cut 144 feet string to the length shown on each dinosaur card. Attach and wrap length around each card as follows:  70 […]
Materials: Plastic eggs, small dinosaurs and “sand goop” (recipe below).  “Sand Goop” Recipe 1 cup sand 1/2 cup cornstarch 1/2 tsp. alum 1/2 c. water.  Cook on medium heat stirring until thick. Cool to touch.  Put dino into the plastic egg and cover with “sand goop”. Place in “nest”. On Monday, talk […]
 Create your own prehistoric dinosaur scene in a box. Just print out the dinosaurs, paste, color, cut, arrange them in the box, and – welcome to the Mesozoic Era, the “Age of Dinosaurs.” Supplies needed: paper and a printer (stiff paper works best – colored paper is great for this project)  a shoe […]
