Grades 2–4
How Long Were Dinosaurs?
Use the lengths of four dinosaurs to compare and subtract, then measure your classroom.
Science worksheet · Dinosaurs
A Paleontologist’s Tools
Match six tools to the jobs they do at a fossil dig.
- Grade level
- Grades 2–4
- Time
- About 15 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:
- A paleontologist is a scientist who digs up and studies fossils, like dinosaur bones.
- Draw a line from each tool to its job.
- Would you like to be a paleontologist? Why or why not?
Words on this sheet
brushhammer andchiselmagnifying glassfoundnotebook andcamerafossiltape measure
Teacher tip
Set up a mini dig in a sand tub with brushes and spoons.
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.
- Start with a two-minute “I notice, I wonder” talk about the picture on the sheet.
Watch for
People and dinosaurs never lived at the same time.
Talk about it
- How do scientists know what dinosaurs looked like?
- What question do you still have?
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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