DINOSAUR FOOTPRINT
MEASURING
How big were the dinosaurs?
CURRICULUM LINKS
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SCIENCE
YOU WILL NEED
Animals Inc Humans (all years)
Rocks & Soils (year 3)
• Rulers & Metre sticks
Evolution & Inheritance (year 6)
:
MATHS
• Dinosaur footprints
Problem solving
• Dino Measuring Chart
Measurement: length & height
• Paper, pencils &
Estimation
scissors (to make your
:
ICT
own prints)
Use search technologies effectively
STEM VOCABULARY
Bipedal -
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an animal that walks on 2
Paleontologist -
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a scientist who
legs
studies fossils
Estimation -
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a rough calculation of
Stride -
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the distance between
a number or value
footprints
Footprint -
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an impression left by a
Trackway
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- a path formed by the
foot on a surface
repeated treading of people or animals
Fossil -
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the preserved remains or
Vertebrate -
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an animal with a
impression of a prehistoric plant or
backbone
animal, embedded in rock