Dinosaurs - Nonfiction

Dinosaurs is a nonfiction book written by Peter Zallinger. It begins with the author telling about scientists finding fossils and assembling to make the bone structure of a dinosaur. It then proceeds to tell about all different types of dinosaurs, such as stegosauruses, diploducuses, tyrannosaurus, and many others. For each dinosaur, it told specifics of each one. For example, it told whether it stood on two legs or four, if it ate meat or plants, how large it was, and other characteristics of the dinosaur. The book ended by saying that scientists did not know why dinosaurs became extinct, but that they had some ideas as to why.

I would use this book to introduce a unit on dinosaurs. I would ask students to do a research project. They would look at the facts that scientists have found on dinosaurs becoming extinct. The book lists a change in climate, a change in food, or a great world disaster. The students would pick a area to focus on and find all the information they could. They would present this information in a paper. They could create a Glogster to go along with their ideas. I made one on different types of dinosaurs but they would make one on the concept of dinosaur extinction. 

Glogster:

http://kefurche.edu.glogster.com/dinosaurs-glog/