Do you know your dinosaurs? This box contains a variety of puppets, models, books and games to improve your dinosaur knowledge, as well as a selection of replica fossils and bones to develop your skills as a palaeontologist.
Who could use this?
Year 3 children would also enjoy investigating the bones and fossils to become palaeontologists as part of their Rocks science topic.
Curriculum links
Year 3 Science: Rocks – describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock
What’s in the box?
Activities to support the use of this box in school and at home
Try our make a fossil activity. Find out how real fossils are formed by fossilising your own toy or object using plaster of Paris or flour.
Careers links
The Primary Science Teaching Trust has some additional careers links you may like to look at. These are called “A scientist just like me” and introduce children to a diverse range of scientists.
The downloadable power points relevant to this box are:
