Unit Award Scheme

experienced

1. taking part in a shared reading of material relevant to dinosaurs

2. watching video clips from Jurassic Park

shown knowledge of

3. the main characteristics of a reptile

4. how Brontosaurus and Tyrannosaurus were adapted to be a herbivore and a predatory carnivore respectively

5. the size of the dinosaur's brain in relation to its body size

6. how the fossil dinosaur footprints could be used to gauge the size and speed of the animal

7. at least two theories of the mass extinction of the dinosaurs

8. how mammals and birds evolved from the dinosaurs

acquired an understanding of

9. how the fossil dinosaur record relates to the time when the continents were joined together in a mainly tropical region.