Dinosaurs

As the Learning Team are working from home and don’t have access to
our actual handling artefacts, we have created a series of pages based on work with schools.
We’ve also put together a brief Dinosaur history timeline.
As well as the information here there are short videos to go with some dinosaurs, available on the
website and linked to our social media posts, and on YouTube.
Our information is aimed at Key stage 1 children so is short and easy to read - but remember this is
about interesting you in the topic, it’s not the whole history of the Dinosaurs!
We have laid our pages out as fact file style pages, and we’ve left you space to add your own infor-
mation too. (we’ve only covered a handful of dinos—but we’ve included a blank fact file page for you
to add more).
And there are two dino crafts included in this pack.

Please note the dinos in the videos are toy dinosaurs as we don’t have access to our usual dino re-
sources.
 Spike’s Fact File;
When did they live?
Triceratops Appearance
Triceratops lived in the picture Length; 9 metres long
Cretaceous period around
Height; 3 metres tall
70 million years ago.
Weight; 5,000kg
Two long horns made of
solid bone just above the
brow, and one wider horn
just above the nose.

Diet Fun Fact

Herbivore; Triceratops Triceratops means three-
are plant eaters. They horned face.
would have flat teeth to They may have had as
grind the leaves and many as 800 teeth.
plants before they swal-
low them.
 Spike’s Fact File;
When did they live?
Stegosaurus Appearance
Stegosaurus lived in the picture Length; 9 metres long
Late Jurassic Period about Weight; 2,000kg
150 million years ago
Height; 4 metres tall
Bony plates running along
the spine from head to
end of the tail.

Diet Fun Fact

Herbivore; Stegosaurus’ Stegosaurus means
are plant eaters. They roofed lizard.
would have flat teeth to They had a brain the size
grind the leaves and of a walnut - about 2.5cm
plants before they swal- long.
low them.
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When did they live?
Iguanodon Appearance
Iguanodons lived in the picture Length; 10 metres long
Cretaceous period around
Weight; 4,000kg
70 million years ago.
Height; 3 metres tall
Thumbs looked like spikes.

Diet Fun Fact

Herbivore; Iguanodons An iguanodon skeleton
are plant eaters. They was found in Maidstone in
would have flat teeth to 1834. This is why there is
grind the leaves and an iguanodon on the Coat
plants before they swal- of Arms. Spike dino is
low them. based on the iguanodon.
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When did they live?
Brachiosaurus Appearance
Brachiosaurus lived in the picture Length; 26 metres long
Late Jurassic Period about Weight; 80,000kg
150 million years ago
Height; 16 metres tall
Long neck and small head.
Largest and heaviest land
animal ever discovered.

Diet Fun Fact

Herbivore; Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus could eat
are plant eaters. They between 200 and 400kg
would have flat teeth to of plants every day.
grind the leaves and Brachiosaurus means arm
plants before they swal- lizard because it’s front
low them. legs are longer than the
back.
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When did they live?
Spinosaurus Appearance
Spinosaurus’ lived in the picture Length; 12-15 metres long
late cretaceous period
Weight; 4,000kg or more
around 112 million years
ago. They lived near the Height; 5 metres tall
equator in swampy lands.
Had large bony spines on
it’s back.

Diet Fun Fact

Carnivore; Spinosaurus’ Spinosaurus means spiny
were meat eaters. Their lizard. They were larger
teeth were sharp to attack than a t-rex.
and eat other dinosaurs, They spines on their back
ad fish. is called a sail.
 Spike’s Fact File;
When did they live?
Velociraptor Appearance
Velociraptors lived in the picture Length; 2 metres
Cretaceous period around
Height; 0.5 metres / 50cm
90 million years ago.
Weight; 15kg
They body of a velocirap-
tor is thought to be the
same size as a turkey..

Diet Fun Fact

Carnivore; Velociraptors Velociraptor means swift
are meat eaters. Their robber.
teeth were sharp and They were much smaller
pointed. They ate the in real life than those in
meat off of the leftover Jurassic Park.
carcasses killed by larger
dinosaurs.
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When did they live?
Tyrannosaurus Rex Appearance
T-rex lived in the late picture Length; 12 metres long
Cretaceous period around
Weight; 7,000kg
65 million years ago.
Height; 6 metres tall
Long tail for balance.
Short arms. Sharp teeth.
Walked on two legs.

Diet Fun Fact

Carnivore; T-rex were T-rex’s lived for about 30
meat eaters. Their teeth years. Their arms were too
were sharp and slightly short to eat with.
curved to hook into the T-rex had many features
flesh of the other dino- similar to birds.
saurs they attacked, such
as triceratops.
 (your name) ________ and Spike’s Fact File;
When did they live?
________________ Appearance

picture

Diet Fun Fact

 250 million years ago 200 mya

Triassic Period Jurassic

Plateosaurus
231 mya
First Dinosaurs

© Maidstone Museum 2015

Dinosaur Timeline
145 mya

Period Cretaceous Period

Iguanodon Spinosaurus
Stegosaurus Pterodactyl
Diplodocus

66 mya Now

After the Dinosaurs

Velociraptor Tyrannosaurus
800,000 BC
Triceratops
First Humans
The Iguanodon in Maidstone

In 1834, a quarry was being excavated in

Maidstone when a fossil bone was
uncovered. It looked like it was from a
huge animal It was discovered that it was
just one bone from part of a skeleton. This This is a cast pf the iguanodon found in Maidstone in
man, Gideon Mantell, was a famous 1834. The original skeleton is in the Natural History
palaeontologist and he heard about the Museum in London.
discovery and came to Maidstone to see it.
He bought the fossil from the quarry owner,
Mr Bensted, for £25.
Pictures from Spike’s dino hunt. Can you work out which ones they are?
Spike Colouring
Here’s Spike for you to colour.
Spike Dinosaur Jigsaw
Stick this sheet to card, and then colour
Spike. Will you copy his colours or make
him a rainbow Spike? Next cut out the piec-
es and mix them up before you put them
back together.
Make your own Dinosaur

Step 1. Gather your materials,

you will need, half a paper
plate, a toilet roll, card,
scissors, glue, coloured pens
and a pencil.

Step 2. Cut the toilet roll in

half then make 2 slits in each
half for the paper plate to slot
into. These will become the
dinosaurs feet.

Step 3. Use the pens to colour

in the paper plate. This will
become the dinosaurs body.
Make your own Dinosaur

Step 4. Cut out a tail, a head

and some spikes from the
coloured card.

Step 5. Decorate the feet of

the dinosaur.

Step 6. Slot the body of the

dinosaur into the feet. Then
use the glue to attach the
head, tail and spikes.
 Make your own Dinosaur

You have finished your dinosaur.

Don’t forget to share with us

what you have created
#SpikeDinosAdventures
Make your own Flying Dinosaur

Step 1. Gather your materi-

als, you will need a toilet
roll, card, string, scissors,
glue, colouring pens and a
pencil.

Step 2. Us the pens to

colour in the toilet roll.

Step 3. Cut some wings, a

head and a tail out of the
card.
Make your own Flying Dinosaur

Step 4. Use the scissors

to make a slit at each
end of the toilet roll.

Step 5. Place the head

and the tail in each of
the slits.

Step 6. Use the glue to

attach the wings to the
side. Thread the string
through the tube so you
can hang it up.
 Make your own Flying Dinosaur

Step 7. You have finished your

flying dinosaur.
Don’t forget to share with us what
you have created
#SpikeDinosAdventures
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visits, or just to say hello, please contact us at
[email protected].

Thanks for reading, downloading or dipping into our resource.

Roz and Vicky

Maidstone Museum Learning Team

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