We’ve been learning about dinosaurs and have enjoyed our visits to the American Museum of Natural History. The kids tried their hands at assembling a dinosaur skeleton made of macaroni.
- printout of the outline of a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton
- clear plastic
- crayons, color pencils, and/or markers
1. Tape clear plastic over the printout of the skeleton.
3. Remove the plastic and allow to dry while you draw a prehistoric scene on the paper.
4. We added ferns because ferns have been around for more than 300 million years!
5. Add a border of glue around your drawing and then place the plastic on top.
- Paleontology: How do paleontologists assemble dinosaur skeletons from fossilized remains? How do they determine which bones go where and whether the dinosaurs stood upright or walked parallel to the ground?
- Botany: What plants are around today that were around in the time of the dinosaurs?
- Museum Studies: If you were curating a dinosaur exhibit what would you include in the displays?