They're huge. They're awesome. They're everyone's favourite. Through easy-to-do experiments, children can reconstruct the lives of the legendary beasts that once stalked prehistoric jungles. Packed with intriguing activities that use materials found around the house, this book will teach children the science of dinosaur biology and behaviour. It features such activities as making a dinosaur jigsaw puzzle, building an imaginary dinosaur called a "cubesaurus" and measuring tracks to calculate an animal's speed. The text also provides information on theories of what the dinosaurs ate, whether they were warm or cold blooded, and why they became extinct.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Science For Every Kid, Science Projects .

This book is aimed at children at US 3rd grade-7th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 238 pages in this book. This book was published in 1994 by John Wiley and Sons Ltd .

JANICE VANCLEAVE , the author of the popular Science for Every Kid series, is a former science teacher and a popular presenter at museums, schools, and bookstores nationwide.

This book has the following chapters: Buried Treasures: Find Out What Fossils are and how They are Formed; Drifters: Looking at the Distribution of Dinosaur Fossils Around the Earth; Track Records: How Palaeontologists Determine Facts About Dinosaurs From Their Fossil Remains; The Ticking Clock: To Determine When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth; How Old; Breakdown: Methods of Determining the Age of Dinosaur Bones and Other Fossils; What's in a Name?; Tiny to King Size; Modelling; Outer Coverings; Overlapping; What's for Dinner? Tails Up; Body Heat; Egg Hunt; Oversized; Water Dwellers?; Land Dwellers?; Slow Movers.