Plant-Eaters vs Meat-Eaters
Sort dinosaurs into plant-eaters (herbivores) and meat-eaters (carnivores) by looking at clues like tooth shape — flat teeth for plants, sharp teeth for meat
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If you showed your child a picture of a dinosaur's teeth, could they guess whether it ate plants or meat?
Sort dinosaurs into plant-eaters (herbivores) and meat-eaters (carnivores) by looking at clues like tooth shape — flat teeth for plants, sharp teeth for meat
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- Sort a set of dinosaur pictures or models into herbivore and carnivore groups
- Explain that sharp pointed teeth are for tearing meat and flat teeth are for grinding plants
- Give an example of one herbivore and one carnivore dinosaur
“If you showed your child a picture of a dinosaur's teeth, could they guess whether it ate plants or meat?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Dinosaurs & Paleontology
- Age range
- Ages 5–7