See also: Famous People – Mary Anning

Dinosaurs remain as popular as ever with younger children. As well as the resources below, there will be a plethora of dinosaur books available at your local library. In this section, you will find dinosaur facts, fossil facts and fun activities to support learning.

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Dinosaur factsheet

www.geolsoc.org.uk/factsheets

The Geological Society produces a list of factsheets. Select Dinosaurs for a downloadable and colourful factsheet.

Dinosaurs: books

www.lovemybooks.co.uk/dinosaurs

For books about dinosaurs, along with activities and links to find out more.

Natural History Museum: Everything you've always wanted to know about dinosaurs

www.nhm.ac.uk/events/dinosaur-activities-for-families.html

A brilliant set of resources and fun activities on dinosaurs, including the Dino Directory giving facts, figures and images for over 300 dinosaurs. Excellent.

Learning resources and activities

The Big Jurassic: primary classroom resources

www.jurassiccoast.org/what-is-the-jurassic-coast/things-to-do/jurassic-coast-teachersresources

A downloadable resource to support the teaching of rocks, fossils and evolution developed by the Primary Science Teaching Trust in conjunction with the Jurassic Coast Trust. It has a downloadable book that brings together resources and information to show teachers and educators how they can use their local environments to inspire interest in the UK's geological history. The activity pack provides images, worksheets and activity instructions for children aged 3–7 and 7–11. In addition, there are further resources available to download on the theme of the Jurassic Coast, plus links to factsheets from the Geological Society. Excellent.

Dinosaur Colouring pages

www.thedinosaurmuseum.com/colouring-pages

Downloadable and printable colouring pages.

Dinosaur crafts to make

www.life.org.uk/downloadable-resources

Select Create a Flapping Pterosaur, Build-a-Bone Dino or Make a Snapping Dinosaur. It also includes a good set of dinosaur colouring and activity sheets.

Dinosaur Detectives e-book

www.museum.wales/cardiff/learning/resources

A downloadable e-book or PDF from Cardiff Museum to discover facts about dinosaurs. Select E-book – Dinosaur Detectives. Excellent.

Dinosaurs – learning with Spike at home

https://museum.maidstone.gov.uk/learn/learning-with-spike-at-home

Select School History Themes – Dinosaurs (KS1) for an info-activity download from Maidstone Museum.

Ely Museum: prehistoric creatures

www.elymuseum.org.uk/uncategorised/museumfromhome-prehistoric-creatures

Looks at the process of fossilisation with downloadable related crafts.

Make A dinosaur activity

www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk/make-and-do

Excellent downloadable activities to make an ammonite, ichthyosaur, plesiosaur or dimorphodon. Or make a dinosaur model or a model of fossil hunter Mary Anning using clay.