Related Resources
Lesson Plan Database contains ideas for school day and afterschool lessons in the Arts, Literacy, Math, Science, and Technology.
SEDL Home ADVANCING RESEARCH, IMPROVING EDUCATION
Paso Partners - Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Language: An Instructional Program Purchase a print copy of Paso Partners
Introduction Grade K Lessons Grade 1 Lessons Grade 2 Lessons Grade 3 Lessons Bibliography
Table of Contents
Lesson Overview
Teacher Background Information
Lesson Focus
Objective Grid
Lesson 1: Long Ago
Lesson 2: Extinction
Lesson 3: Fossils
Lesson 4: Types of Dinosaurs
-Class Favorite Dinosaur
-Appendix B - Dinosaur Shape Book
-Appendix C - Geometric Dinosaurs
Lesson 5: Meat and Plant Eaters
Lesson 6: The Dinosaur's Life Cycle
Lesson 7: Nature and Change
References
Spanish Language Translations

Dinosaurs - Lesson 4: Types of Dinosaurs
APPENDIX C: Geometric Dinosaurs

After the students make various dinosaur models with the geometric shapes, they sort the geometric shapes by color, size and any other variable they wish and then count the number of geometric shapes they used to make their figures by variables sorted, and then by the total number of shapes they used.

Copyright ©2025 American Institutes for Research (AIR)
About Us | Contact AIR | Terms of Use

Try our new, free, resource called Mosaic

Mosaic is a K-5 supplemental instructional program that provides engaging and rigorous lessons and resources that integrate math, science, and technology while supporting English learners and academic language skills.

Visit the Mosaic web site