Scientists found the last food in the stomach of a very old dinosaur called a tyrannosaur. The dinosaur was 75 million years old and ate two baby dinosaurs. This tells us that young tyrannosaurs ate different things than grown-ups. The baby tyrannosaur liked to hunt small dinosaurs.
Before, we knew that big tyrannosaurs ate large dinosaurs because we found marks on bones. Big tyrannosaurs would bite hard and eat the meat and bones. But young tyrannosaurs could not hunt big dinosaurs yet. The young one they found ate just the legs of the baby dinosaurs.
The dinosaur bones were found in a place called the Alberta Badlands in 2009. It took a long time to clean the bones and see what was inside. They found tiny toe bones near the ribs, and then they found the legs of two baby dinosaurs. This shows us that young tyrannosaurs ate differently from the big ones. They were picky and careful when they ate.
Original news source: Tyrannosaurβs last meal was two baby dinosaurs (BBC)
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– Charades
Instructions: Divide the class into small groups. Give each group a slip of paper with a word related to the article (e.g. dinosaur, hunt, bones). One person from each group will act out the word without speaking, while the others try to guess what it is. The group that guesses correctly gets a point.
– News Summary
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– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Write down key vocabulary words from the article on small pieces of paper and put them in a hat. Divide the class into two teams. One student from each team comes up to the front and picks a word from the hat. They then have one minute to draw a picture representing the word while their team tries to guess what it is. The team that guesses correctly gets a point.
– Pros and Cons
Instructions: Divide the class into small groups. Give each group a large piece of paper and markers. In their groups, students discuss the pros and cons of young tyrannosaurs eating differently than adult tyrannosaurs, based on the information in the article. They should write their points on the paper and be prepared to share and defend their opinions with the class.
– Think-Pair-Share
Instructions: Ask the students to think about and write down one question they have about the article. Then, have them pair up with a classmate and share their questions. Encourage them to discuss and try to answer each other's questions. Finally, bring the class back together as a whole and have a few students share their questions and possible answers with the rest of the class.
π€ Comprehension Questions:
Scientists found two baby dinosaurs in the stomach of the old dinosaur.
The dinosaur was 75 million years old.
The young tyrannosaurs liked to hunt small dinosaurs.
Scientists knew that big tyrannosaurs ate large dinosaurs because they found marks on bones that showed they bit hard and ate the meat and bones.
The young tyrannosaurs ate the legs of the baby dinosaurs.
The dinosaur bones were found in a place called the Alberta Badlands.
Scientists figured out that young tyrannosaurs ate differently from the big ones because they found different things in their stomachs. The young ones were picky and careful when they ate.
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Scientists found the last in the stomach of a very old dinosaur called a tyrannosaur. The dinosaur was 75 million old and ate two baby . This tells us that young tyrannosaurs ate different things than grown-ups. The baby liked to hunt small dinosaurs. Before, we knew that big tyrannosaurs ate dinosaurs because we found marks on bones. Big tyrannosaurs would bite hard and eat the meat and bones. But tyrannosaurs could not hunt big s yet. The young one they found ate just the of the baby dinosaurs. The dinosaur bones were found in a place called the Alberta in 2009. It took a long time to clean the bones and see what was . They found toe near the ribs, and then they found the legs of two baby dinosaurs. This shows us that young tyrannosaurs ate differently from the big ones. They were picky and careful when they ate.
π¬ Discussion Questions:
1. What is a tyrannosaur?
2. How do you think the baby tyrannosaur felt when it found the baby dinosaurs to eat?
3. Do you like dinosaurs? Why or why not?
4. What do you think the big tyrannosaurs ate?
5. How would you feel if you found dinosaur bones?
6. Do you think it was hard to clean the dinosaur bones? Why or why not?
7. What do you think it means to be picky when you eat?
8. How do you think the baby tyrannosaur knew to eat just the legs of the baby dinosaurs?
9. Have you ever found something interesting? What was it?
10. Do you think it's important to study dinosaurs? Why or why not?
11. How do you think scientists know how old the dinosaur was?
12. If you were a dinosaur, what do you think you would like to eat?
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