100 Facts Dinosaurs introduces students to the primeval world in easily-digestible, numbered facts. Topics covered in 100 Facts Dinosaurs: • Periods of time such as the Mesozoic Era and which dinosaurs lived at that time • The first fossils to be discovered and the most famous discovery of all • How dinosaurs became extinct and what happened next ‘I don’t believe it’ fascinating facts: • The name ‘dinosaur’ means ‘terrible lizard’. But dinosaurs weren’t lizards, and not all dinosaurs were terrible! • Early plant-eating dinosaurs did not eat fruits or grasses – there weren’t any! Instead they ate plants called horsetails, ferns, cycads and conifer trees. • Diplodocus is also known as ‘old Whip-tail’! It may have swished its long tail so hard and fast that it made an enormous crack like a whip. • Students learn more easily with bite-sized information • Photographs and artworks aid children who learn through visual prompts • Activities allow children to put what they have learned into practice
