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Lesson 4: Types of Dinosaurs

Lesson 5: Meat and Plant Eaters

-	Dinosaur Teeth
-	Name Matching

Lesson 6: The Dinosaur's Life Cycle

Lesson 7: Nature and Change

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Dinosaurs - Lesson 5: Meat and Plant Eaters
ACTIVITY: Name Matching

Objective
The students form a chain of linking cubes - one link for each letter of a dinosaur word and/or the student's name - to compare the length of different words.

*********
Carnivore

*********
Herbivore

pteranodonone
*************

iguanodon
********* four longer

stegosaurus
***********
tyrannosaurus
************* two longer

diplodocus
**********

triceratops
*********** one longer

reptile
*******

fossil
****** one longer

claw
****

horn
**** same

and other comparisons

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Dinosaurs - Lesson 5: Meat and Plant Eaters ACTIVITY: Name Matching

Dinosaurs - Lesson 5: Meat and Plant Eaters
ACTIVITY: Name Matching