Tiny dino worlds Create your own prehistoric habitats
Book - 2020
Shows dinosaur lovers of all ages how to make prehistoric habitats with real plants. Design a Jurassic world with plants that look just like the ones from prehistoric times--or stage an epic battle between the vicious T. rex and the stubborn Triceratops. From projects like making sticky mud traps with homemade slime and DIY dino poop, this book offers fun educational activities and hands-on learning for kids ages 4-10. With weird but true dino facts from a team of paleontologists, you and your kids can learn real science while making an impressive project to show off in your classroom or home.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Terrariums
- Published
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Boulder, Colorado :
Roost Books
[2020]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
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- Edition
- First edition
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- xxiv, 147 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBN
- 9781611805864
- Welcome to the Mesozoic!
- Dino Worlds 101
- CH. 1. Herds of a Feather Flock Together: Coelophysis
- Fallen Log Terrarium
- Dragonfly in Amber
- CH. 2. Tracks: Behavior but No Bones
- Sand Ribbons Terrarium
- Baked Tracks
- CH. 3. Under the Sea: Plesiosaurus
- Underwater Terrarium
- Salt Dough Ammonite
- CH. 4. Jurassic Giants: Stegosaurus, Allosaurus, and Apatosaurus
- Box Terrarium
- Designer Dinos
- CH. 5. Down by the Seashore: Tapejara Takes to the Skies
- Seaside Terrarium
- Colored Sand
- CH. 6. Dino Doo-Doo: Everybody Poops, Even Maiasaura
- Forest Floor Terrarium
- Coprolites (Dino Poop)
- CH. 7. Cretaceous Clash: Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops Fight to the Death
- Cliff side Battle Terrarium
- Leaf Hunt and Gratitude Tree
- CH. 8. Dino Mummies and Wormy Carcasses: What Happens When a Brachylophosaurus Dies?
- River Run Terrarium
- Stuck in the Slime
- CH. 9. End of the World: After All the Titanosaurs Died
- Erupting Volcano Terrarium
- Papier-Mâché Volcano
- CH. 10. Dino Dig: Aardonyx to Zuul
- Utah Dinosaur Dig
- Fossil Impression with Homemade Modeling Clay
- CH. 11. Party Time How to Throw a Dino-Tastic Gathering
- Mini Dino Terrariums
- Dinosaur Ice Eggs
- Sew a Dino Card
- Sandbox Dino Dig
- Dino Stamp Wrapping Paper
- Volcano ice Cream Cake
- Acknowledgments
- Interview: Kids Ask
- Dinos in Detail
- Index
- About the Author and Contributors
