If the kids have ever been interested in anything this year, it has been this study! Dinosaurs! Who doesn't love dinosaurs?? Our focus throughout this study was learning the differences between herbivores and carnivores.
After read several non-fiction books about dinosaurs, the kids drew pictures of food that "Carla Carnivore" and "Harriet Herbivore" would eat. They then got to "feed" the dinosaurs!
The kids said that Carla Carnivore would eat fish, other smaller dinosaurs, deer, etc.
Harriet Herbivore was said to eat flowers, leaves, trees, etc.
We also discussed the body types of carnivores and herbivores and how they are different. We learned that carnivores have sharped teeth and herbivores have flatter teeth.
After studying the differences and similarities between the two types, we used a hands on experiment to make herbivore and carnivore teeth. We used salt dough to make our teeth.
The students got to choose if they wanted to make a herbivore tooth or a carnivore tooth.
Here is an example of a herbivore tooth.
Carnivore teeth were very popular!
After about a week of drying, we put the teeth on necklaces and wore them home!
