Dinosaurs Inquiry

Dinosaurs

What were dinosaurs like?

How do we know what they were like?

What happened to the dinosaurs and why?

When we go outside to play we don’t have to worry about being eaten by dinosaurs.  When our parents go out to work they don’t have to worry about being stomped on by dinosaurs.  When we go shopping on the weekend we don’t have to worry about being chased by dinosaurs.  This is because there are no living dinosaurs alive in the world today

Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago.  Dinosaurs are reptiles.  They came in lots of different shapes and sizes.  Some dinosaurs had wings and could fly.  Some dinosaurs had fins and could swim.  Other dinosaurs had legs and they walked on the ground. 

Dinosaur babies hatch out of eggs.  They are able to look after themselves from the moment that they hatch.  This is very different from human babies who need their parents to feed them and look after them.  Some dinosaurs eat plants, some eat meat, some eat each other and others eat other dinosaurs’ eggs. 

Then a time came when the world got colder.  Some scientists think that this happened because a meteorite hit earth or a huge volcano erupted.  The huge explosion would have caused dust to fill the air. The dust blocked out the sun’s light. The earth cooled slowly.  The plants that the dinosaurs ate couldn’t grow because it was too cold for them.  Many plants died out.  They became extinct.  Eventually there was not enough food for the dinosaurs to eat and so the disappeared.  They became extinct. 

We know a lot about dinosaurs because scientists have studied their bones and their fossils.  The scientists sift soil and dig deep into rocks to learn about dinosaurs.  They have studied dinosaur footprints, nests and eggs.  They have even studied dinosaur toothmarks. 

We hope that you enjoyed reading about our Inquiry Topic. We learnt a lot of interesting information by doing our research.