Dinosaur Sizes
Compare dinosaur sizes to familiar things — some dinosaurs were as tall as a house, others were as small as a chicken — and understand that dinosaurs came in a huge range of sizes
What a learner can do afterwards
- Compare the size of a large dinosaur to a familiar object like a bus or house
- Name a very large dinosaur (e.g. Brachiosaurus) and a small one (e.g. Compsognathus)
- Use words like 'taller than', 'longer than', 'heavier than' when comparing
The lesson
Dinosaurs came in many sizes. Some were tiny. Some were huge, taller than a house.
Mia stands by a Brachiosaurus skeleton. It is taller than her house! Then she sees a tiny Compsognathus. It is about as small as a chicken.
Use words like taller than or heavier than. This helps you compare dinosaur sizes.
Dinosaurs ranged from house-sized giants to chicken-sized tinies.
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