Plant-Eaters vs Meat-Eaters
Sort dinosaurs into plant-eaters (herbivores) and meat-eaters (carnivores) by looking at clues like tooth shape — flat teeth for plants, sharp teeth for meat
What a learner can do afterwards
- Sort a set of dinosaur pictures or models into herbivore and carnivore groups
- Explain that sharp pointed teeth are for tearing meat and flat teeth are for grinding plants
- Give an example of one herbivore and one carnivore dinosaur
The lesson
Some dinosaurs ate plants. Some dinosaurs ate meat. You can tell which is which by looking at their teeth.
Flat teeth are for grinding plants. Sharp, pointy teeth are for tearing meat. Teeth match the food a dinosaur ate.
Triceratops had flat teeth. It munched on plants all day. Tyrannosaurus rex had sharp teeth. It tore into meat.
Look at the teeth first. Flat means plant-eater. Sharp and pointy means meat-eater.
Flat teeth grind plants, sharp teeth tear meat.
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Where this leads
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