Dinosaurs and the mesozoic era (resource list)

Dinosaurs and the mesozoic era, October-November 2011

Topics of focus:
Evolution of dinosaurs
Plate tectonics
Environmental fluctuation
Extinction of dinosaurs and onset of mammalian age
Archaeology

Books (fiction):
Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House), by Mary Pope Osborne
Time Flies, by Eric Rohmann
The Magic School Bus in the Time of Dinosaurs, by Joanna Cole

Books (non-fiction):
We continued to use many of the books from the Evolution and the beginning of time resource list
Dinosaur (DK Eyewitness), by David Lambert (review)
Dinosaurs: A Non-fiction Companion...(Magic Tree House), by Mary Pope Osborne (review)
Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs
Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Dinosaurs (pop-up), by Robert Sabuda
Evolution: The Story of Life, by Douglas Palmer
From Lava to Life: The Universe Tells our Earth Story, Book 2, by Jennifer Morgan (review)
Great Prehistoric Search, by Jane Bingham (review)
Voyages Through Time: The Beginning, by Peter Ackroyd (review)

Videos:
Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special (BBC)
Dinsaurs Unearthed (National Geographic)
Walking With Dinosaurs (BBC)

Websites/computer resources:
Back in Time (iPad app)
March of the Dinosaurs (iPad app)
Britannica Kids: Dinosaurs (iPad app)
Plate tectonic timeline (HSU Natural History Museum website)

Other fun things:
Dinosaur puzzle (Melissa and Doug)
The Days of the Dinosaur Coloring Book (Dover, by Matthew Kalmenoff)
Usorne Dinosaur Stencil Book, by Alice Pearcey
How to Draw Dinosaurs, by Frank C. Smith
Magic School Bus: Back in Time With the Dinosaurs (The Young Scientist Club)

Activity list:
Reading, reading, reading
Drawing, drawing, drawing, and coloring, too
Researching a few specific creatures and adding them to our felt collection
Continuing the timeline (and playing with it)
Making up our own dinosaurs and giving them Latin names.
Visiting our local Natural History Museum (University of Michigan)