Science worksheet · Dinosaurs
Plant Eater or Meat Eater?
Sort ten dinosaurs into plant eaters and meat eaters, with a clue about their teeth.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–3
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Dinosaurs
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Dinosaurs, Fossils, Comparing and measuring
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Teeth clue: plant eaters had flat or peg-like teeth for munching leaves. Meat eaters had sharp, pointed teeth.
- Write each dinosaur in the right column.
- Plant eater (herbivore)
- Meat eater (carnivore)
- Why do you think plant eaters needed flat teeth?
Teacher tip
Show photos of sharp and flat teeth so kids can use the clue.
How to use it
- Bring in a toy dinosaur and ask kids what clues tell us what it ate.
- Measure a dinosaur’s length in the hallway with string.
- Let partners compare answers and settle any differences with a book or a video.
Watch for
People and dinosaurs never lived at the same time.
Talk about it
- Which dinosaur would you want to meet?
- What did you notice that surprised you?
Take it further
Hold a class fossil dig with plaster and small toys.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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