Dinosaurs Before Dark

by Mary Pope Osborne



In this first adventure, Jack and Annie find a mysterious tree house in the woods near their home in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania. Before they realize what is happening or discover the secrets of the tree house, the children are taken back to the time of dinosaurs. Once there, Jack and Annie must figure out how to get home.

Will Jack and Annie figure out how to get home? Or will they be stuck in prehistoric times forever?

Let's join them on this adventure and learn about dinosaurs along the way. The links below should help us on our journey. Enjoy!




Research | Fun Stuff | Games | Project
Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6
Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10

Research Links

Kid Dinos
BBC Dinosaur information
Enchanted Learning - Dinosaur information
Name that Dinosaur
15 Cool Dinosaur Facts

Fun Stuff

Dinosaur Jokes
Dinosaur Riddles
Online Colouring book (scroll down to find link)
Interactive Dino-viewer
Video Gallery (windows media and real viewer)
Dinosaur Don's Dinosaur Videos
Ankylosaur Slide Show
Make a Dino Card

Games

Super Dino Game
Dinosaur Place Value
Dinosaur Dig
Dinosaur Egg hunt
Dinosaur Scramble Puzzle


Magic Tree House Links



Chapter 1

Triceratops and other Dinosaurs
Dinosaur Pictures
Build Your Own Dinosaur

Chapter 2

Enchanted Learning
Oceans of Kansas

Chapter 3

Cretaceous Period Dinosaurs
Cretaceous Period - good image of cretaceous earth
Getting into the Fossil Record
Fossils

Chapter 4

Prehistory.com
Discovery Channel Dinosaurs -- Click Quezalcoatlus Flies
Dinosaur Don's Dinosaur Videos

Chapter 5

Discovery Channel Dinosaurs -- Click Cretaceous Park
Enchanted Learning - Triceratops
Learning Page - Triceratops
Triceratops
Read about Triceratops, then answer questions
Online Quiz

Chapter 6

Enchanted Learning - Anatosaurus
Prehistory - Anatosaurus
Trachodon (Anatosaurus)

Chapter 7

Enchanted Learning - T Rex
Wikipedia - T Rex
T Rex
Build a T Rex
Online T Rex Quiz

Chapter 8

Video Gallery (windows media and real viewer)
Online Vocabulary Activity

Chapter 9

Frequently Asked Questions(FAQs) about Dinosaurs

Chapter 10

Finish off your slide show.





Project

Make a dinosaur research project. Click on the project links to find out about different dinosaurs.Choose 1 to do a project on. Get a record sheet from Ms. G. Record your facts from the project link. Then explore the other links and find out more about your dinosaur. Once you have your facts down, we will use the information to make a Kid Pix slide show.

Don't forget to check out the game and fun stuff links. We will use the Chapter links together as we work through Dinosaurs Before Dark.

Dinosaur Research PDF

Albertosaurus
Allosaurus
Anchisaurus
Ankylosaurus
Apatosauru
Barosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Centrosaurus
Ceratosaurus
Coelophysis
Compsognathus
Corythosaurus
Deinonychus
Dilophosaurus
Diplodocus
Edmontosaurus
Eoraptor
Hadrosaurus
Iguanodon
Maiasaurus
Ornithomimus
Oviraptor
Parasaurolophus
Plateosaurus
Procompsognathus
Saltopus
Saurolophus
Stegosaurus
Thecodontosaurus
Triceratops
Troodon
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Velociraptor
     


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