Dinosaur diet picture sort

A little plan for play

What you need

A full sheet of paper and a large child-appropriate crayon.

Age: 6–12 years; choose for the individual child.

Let's make it happen

1. Draw three spaces labeled plants, animals, and both. Explain that these describe different diets.
2. Write Triceratops under plants and Tyrannosaurus under animals. Add Oviraptor under both, based on the Natural History Museum's classification.
3. Draw a leaf by the plant group and discuss how scientists use clues such as teeth and jaws to investigate diet.

For older children with an adult. Dinosaur diets are inferred from fossil evidence and can be revised with new discoveries.

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