Dinosaur footprints

Make dinosaur feet and footprints. Learn what footprints can tell us about dinosaur behaviour and adaptations.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To learn about dinosaur behaviour and adaptations from their footprints.
• To try different techniques to make dinosaur feet and footprints.

Children will:

• Explain how footprints can tell us about dinosaur behaviour.
• Explain some adaptations of dinosaurs to their environment.
• Create a scenario using dinosaur feet that they have created.

• Presentation on what dinosaur footprints can tell us
• Making dinosaur feet and footprints
• Different scenarios
• Dino-dictionary entries

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

David Attenborough explaining what dinosaur footprints tell us from bbc.co.uk
Dinosaur species from nhm.ac.uk