This document provides information about three different dinosaurs - Triceratops, Stegosaurus, and Tyrannosaurus rex. It includes facts about each dinosaur such as what they ate, how they defended themselves, and what their names mean. The document also contains interactive quiz questions about each dinosaur. The purpose is to educate about different types of dinosaurs from the Mesozoic era.

2. Let’s Learn A Little More About
Dinosaurs
To get you started on your journey in
dinosaurs, please click on the link below to
the watch the video.
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video
/science/prehistoric-world-sci/dinosaur-
builders-sci/

3. Dinosaur means “fearfully great lizard”. Dinosaurs lived
between 230 and 65 million years ago.

4. Dinosaurs
Click on the picture of the dinosaur that you would like
to learn about.
Triceratops Stegosaurus Tyrannosaurus rex

5. Triceratops
Triceratops means “three-horn face”. Their horns
were used as weapons. The Triceratops was about 30
feet long and 9 ½ feet tall. Triceratops were plant
eaters.

6. Directions: Click on the answer that you think is correct
What did the Triceratops use their horns for?
A) eating
B) weapons
C) seeing
D) hearing

7. GREAT JOB!
You are correct!

8. Good try, but let’s try again

9. Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus means “roof lizard”. This dinosaur
was about 30 feet long and 14 feet tall. The
Stegosaurus was a plant eater who used its tail
and spiked back to protect itself.

10. What parts of the body did the Stegosaurus
use to protect itself?
A) Mouth and teeth
B) Legs and arms
C) Tail and spiked back
D) Fingers and toes

11. GREAT JOB!
You are correct!

12. Good try, but let’s try again

13. Tyrannosaurus Rex
Tyrannosaurus Rex is also called the T. Rex and its
name means “terrible king lizard”. This dinosaur was
about 45 feet tall and 42 feet long. The T. Rex was a
meat eater.

14. Tyrannosaurus Rex, a plant eater or a
meat eater?
A) Plant eater
B) Meat eater

15. GREAT JOB!
You are correct!

16. Good try, but let’s try again

17. Thank you for playing!
Directions: You are going to be an archaeologist.
1. Choose a dinosaur
2. Try to answer the questions below. You may
answers the questions with a video, PowerPoint
presentation, podcast, an app(s), create your own
handout(s), tweet(s), website(s), magazine(s), book(
s), and blog(s).
3. Please remember you are sharing your finding with
your group.
4. Each findings should not be more than 15 minutes.

18. What does its name mean? Often this will tell you something important or interesting about the dinosaur.
What did your dinosaur look like? For example, how big was it, what shape was its body, were its legs long or short, did it have
horns, plates, crests or claws, describe the teeth, head, neck, tail, etc. Draw a picture if you can. Remember that dinosaur weights are
very hard to estimate and can vary widely from one reference to another.
How did its anatomy affect its life? For example: a giant Sauropod had to eat a lot but did not have to worry much about protecting
itself, a tiny dinosaur probably had to run fast to escape being eaten for dinner, an armored dinosaur did not have to be fast, but did
have to avoid being flipped over, and so on.
What did the dinosaur eat and how did it get its food? Where was this dinosaur in the food chain?
Is there anything special about this dinosaur? This can often be the best part of the report, taking you off on interesting topics. For
example, how did blood get to a Brachiosaurus' head, what were Stegosaurus' plates used for, what was Parasaurolophus' unusual crest
probably used for, or how did Spinosaurus use its Sailback?
What is known about your dinosaur's behavior, if anything? For example: Is there evidence of herding? Did it nurture its young? Have
any nests or eggs been found? How did your dinosaur rate in terms of intelligence?
How did it defend itself (and/or attack other animals)?
What animals might have attacked it? Or what animals might it have preyed upon? (See the section on when your dinosaur lived during
the Mesozoic Era to find some of its contemporaries - the animals with which it lived.)
What type of dinosaur was it (how is it classified and what dinosaurs is it closely related to)?
When did your dinosaur live? Say it both in terms of how many millions of years ago it was, and what the name of the geologic time
period was. Was it an early dinosaur or one of the last before the K-T extinction?
What was the Earth like at that time? What was your dinosaur's environment like and what other dinosaurs (and other interesting
animals) lived in that environment? What did the Earth's continents look like at that time? (This information is available in the section
called "Mesozoic Era.") For example, when the early dinosaurs lived, the earliest mammals had also just appeared.
Where have fossils been found? Are there just a few fragments or are there almost complete specimens?
Who named the dinosaur? Is there anything interesting about that scientist who named it?