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Dinosaur Pack: Deep Dive
Dinosaurs are a prodigious unifier.
Everyone loves dinosaurs.
At Craft Crate, our Dinosaur Pack is suitable for all ages, interests, and abilities, and has been known to result in greater creative expression and imaginative play.
But it got us thinking- How can we improve?
Running activities in an engaging and informative manner is essential for children to enjoy their play. Therefore, it is important educators know how to complete an activity as well as obtain background knowledge that is likely to entertain children and create a fun learning environment.
So while our products are engaging and develop a plethora of cognitive skills, how can we improve our children’s overall play experience?
It comes down to the educator.
We need to equip the educator with the knowledge and tools necessary to get the most of each activity and therefore, each child.
So here we have constructed a list of cool facts in specific relation to our Dinosaur Pack, which can be shared by the educator running the activity. By hopefully eliciting a broader response from children, the educator will be able to monitor a discussion and allow children to share thoughts and feelings associated with the marvelous world of dinosaurs.
But we need your help.
If you would like us to provide facts and information concerning our other products, please let us know by sending an email to andrew@craftcrate.com.au :)
Our number one goal is to ensure children have the best experience possible with our products, and if we can do that and make the educator’s role slightly easier in the process, then we are extremely happy to continue to provide this service.
Stegosaurus
(meaning ‘roofed lizard’)
- Era: 150 million years ago (late jurassic/ early cretaceous period)
- Size: 9 metres long and 4 metres tall
- Weight: 2 tonnes (the same as a large car)
- Food: Herbivore- ate plants and trees
- Features:
- Small head and a long body and tail
- 4 legs with three toes on each foot (like an elephant)
- Large plates along the top of its body for defence against predators
- Spikes on its tail used to injure an attacker
- Wacky fact: Stegosaurus could barely chew its food! This was due to the fact it had hardly any teeth and coupled with its small beak-like mouth, it was almost impossible to eat a satisfying meal!
Triceratops
(meaning ‘three-horned face’)
- Era: 83.5 - 66 million years ago (late cretaceous period)
- Size: 9 metres long and 3 metres tall
- Weight: 5 tonnes (about the same as a truck)
- Food: Herbivore- ate plants and trees
- Features:
- A large armoured head, four legs and long tail
- Large plate bone around its head and neck to protect against predators
- Two long horns above it eyes to defend against attackers and a smaller horn on its nose
- Wacky fact: Throughout its lifetime, Triceratops could grow as many as 800 teeth! Teeth would constantly be dislodged while eating but would quickly regrow, meaning Triceratops had almost an endless supply of pearly whites!
Tyrannosaurus Rex
(meaning ‘tyrant lizard’)
- Era: 70 - 65 million years ago (late cretaceous period)
- Size: 12 metres long and 6 metres tall
- Weight: 8 tonnes (as much as a bus)
- Food: Carnivore- ate other dinosaurs such as the Triceratops, Hadrosaurus
- Features:
- Enormous head with flexible neck, large body and tail but very short arms
- Teeth up to 30 centimetres long
- 2 razor sharp claws at the end of each arm used for clinging onto prey if it attempted to escape
- Feet were over 1 metre long and each of its three toes had curved claws for extra grip
- Wacky fact: Tyrannosaurus Rex actually had feathers! As well as scales, T-Rex had feathers on its head, neck and tail and its closest relatives today are birds such as chickens and ostriches!
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