Dinosaur topic web - Showcaves

1 DinosaursDinosaurs Personal & Social Development, Well-beingand Cultural Diversity discuss the importance of looking after our worldand caring for the environment What does the term extinct mean? How can wehelp endangered species? discuss attributes required to be apalaeontologist patience, perseverance etcand link to own activities in and Understanding of the World Places and People use an atlas or globe to locatewhere Dinosaur fossils have been found (great toplace in role play). Design a map to lead a lostdinosaur from your school back to Dan yr natural and human features will it pass onthe way?

2 Time and People discuss changes caused by do you think the earth looked like whendinosaurs roamed? How is it different now? (youcan create a Dinosaur land in the texture trayusing ferns, sand etc). Myself and Other Living Things group dinosaursaccording to observations horns/no horns,walks on 2 legs/walks on 4 legs etc. Myself and Non-Living Things freeze minidinosaurs in ice and investigate how to free Development develop gross motor movements to mimic variousdinosaurs moving on all fours, on two legs,flapping wings etc.

3 Develop fine motor movements through digging,scraping, chipping etc at fossils using various smalltools Dinosaur stations game call Dinosaur name andchildren follow commands to travel to correctstation Stomp to stegosaurus Mathematical Development(Also see extended notes for mathematicalactivities) Number have a Dinosaur /egg hunt. Estimatenumber of dinosaurs in a jar. Number recognitiongames. Measures and Money measure out the actuallength or height of a Dinosaur . Shape, Position and Movement create dinosaurpictures using various shapes, 2D and friend and give directions to find ahidden Dinosaur .

4 Handling Data create a class pictogram or graphof favourite dinosaurs. Collect data on Development make Dinosaur skeletons using pipe cleaners orcollages using various dried pasta shapes design and create models using recycled waste rolls, bottle tops etc. explore using various materials such as paper mache(place a small Dinosaur in a balloon, inflate thencover with paper mache. Children can crack openthe egg and identify the baby Dinosaur ) and plasterof paris (use to create an imprint of a skeleton orfoot print and bury in soil/sand for children todiscover) compose music in response to a scene dinosaursfleeing a volcanic eruption create a Dinosaur danceLanguage, Literacy andCommunication Oracy describe and name adinosaur they have a role a palaeontologistin the role play area (fill withpaper mache fossils, paintbrushes,magnifying glasses, maps etc).

5 Reading create a reading area offiction and non-fiction books onthe topic . Share Dinosaur storiesand encourage relative books fromhome to be brought in Writing experiment by composingnew Dinosaur names, possibly todescribe their own designs Meanosaurus or using their ownnames Oliverosaurus . Listadjectives to describe a Dinosaur (can be scribed or writtenindependently). Who am I? Children to write a description ofa Dinosaur for the others to postersdescribing Language Development Role play with a Dinosaur puppetintroducing or revising sentencepatterns and instruction Boreda Mr T-Rex, sut wyt ti?

6 Introduce/revise colours using modeldinosaurs Write about the dinosaurs likes anddislikes using familiar sentencepatterns