Jurassic parkoTo the families……………………………..Page 14

oDinosaurs diet……………………………..Page 15

oOther animals…………………………….Page 16

oAnimals live in………………………..….Page 17

oAnimals classification………………..….Page 18

oDinosaurs extinction………………...............Page 19

oTimeline………………………………….…Page 21

oHistorical sources………………………...Page 22

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I´ve learnt…

WORKING IN GROUP

ATTITUDE, EFFORT AND PARTICIPATIONWORKING INDIVIDUALLY

ORGANIZING INFORMATION

CONCEPTS

ASSESMENT CRITERIA

Reconocer los grupos básicos de animales.

Clasificar los animales según sus características.

Describir las características de los animales que le rodean así como de otros ya extintos.

Comprender los cambios naturales que se han producido a lo largo del tiempo y reconocer consecuencias evolutivas.

Conocer la labor del paleontólogo, así como las herramientas y fuentes que usa.

Crear un eje cronológico de la Tierra.

Conocer las hipótesis sobre la extinción de los dinosaurios así como aplicar el método científico para desarrollar una actitud crítica en torno a nuestra

opinión.

PLAN CONTENTS OBJECTIVESPlan 1 TAXONOMY OF ANIMALS

Groups of animals: fish, birds, amphibians, invertebrates, reptiles and mammals.

Answer to questions: WHERE THEY LIVE, HOW THEY ARE BORN, WHAT THEY EAT, BODY SHAPE, ACTIONS AND SPECIAL FEATURES.

o Distinguishing the basic groups of animals.o Calssifying them by different features and characteristics.

Plan 2HISTORY, EVOLUTION, AND EARTH FORMATION

TIMELINE OF THE EARTH (basic). EVOLUTION AND FOOD CHAINS. GEOGRAPHY OF CONTINENTS. HYPOTHESIS OF EXTINCTION (debate and

scientifical process) DIET AND FEATURES HISTORICAL SOURCES

o Creating a timeline of the different eras and the most important events.

o Understanding the time measurements.o Understanding the evolution and the consequences of it.o Being critical about scientifical theories and using the scientifical

method to create a supported opinion.o Identifying physical features to classify animals by their diet

criteria.o Knowing the job of a paleontologist and understanding how they

study the past.

JURASSIC PARK

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DINOSAURS DIETSometimes, when we are very lucky, we can

learn about dinosaurs' diets and lifestyles directly from fossils. 

Scientists have sometimes found fossilized dinosaur bones, complete with

fossilized stomach contents.

We know for example that Baryonyx was a fish-eater, and that Coelophysis probably

engaged in cannibalism, because of the stomach contents that have been found. 

For example, the discovery of Triceratops which seems to have survived from a 

Tyrannosaurus rex attack, suggests that Tyrannosaurus rex must have been actively

hunting the animal, rather than just scavenging

• Some types of dinosaurs ate only meat ("carnivores")

• some ate only plants ("herbivores") • And some ate both plants and meats

("omnivores").

NOW INVESTIGATE ABOUT THESE ONES:

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OTHER ANIMALS IN THE DINOSAUR WORLDThere´s a huge variety of animals that have lived with the dinos.

To classify the following animals into the groups below, write with your own words what´s each group:

BIRDS FISH REPTILES INVERTEBRATE MAMMAL AMPHIBIANS

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THINK OF 2 ANIMALS LIVING IN…:

FARM

RIVER

FOREST

GRASSLANDS

JUNGLE

SEA

Make the list of their names and write Wild or Domestic next to them, you can also

write CBD, if they are wild but they can be

domesticated.

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CLASSIFY THEM!:

Choose one animal of each category (amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, invertebrates and reptiles) and complete:

NAME OF THE ANIMAL

WHAT DOES IT EAT?

(herbivore, carnivore, omnivore)

WHERE DOES IT LIVE?

(Place + Wild/Domestic)

HOW IS IT BORN?(oviparous,

viviparous or mammal)

NAME SPECIAL PARTS OF ITS

BODY

SPECIAL ABILITIES (fly, slither, jump,

wiggle…)

BODY SHAPE (vertebrate or invertebrate)

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WHAT HAPPENED?? Dinosaur Extinction

Dinosaurs inhabited the earth for over 165 million years, during the Mesozoic Era. 

Most dinosaur species lived and died out during this period, but at the end of the Cretaceous period (65 million years ago), all remaining types of dinosaurs (with the exception of birds which had already evolved, and are

widely believed to be descended from dinosaurs) died out.

In fact, all animals weighing more than 55 pounds (25 kilograms) seem to have died out! 

SCIENTISTS HAVE DIFFERENT HYPOTHESIS:

ASTEROID IMPACT

VOLCANISM SUPERNOVA CLIMATIC CHANGE

Flowers poisson

MAMMALS ATE EGGS

Hypothesis: An asteriod hit the earth.

Effect: Apart from the fires and flooding, this

would have caused catastrophic changes in

the environment because of the dust

thrown up in to the air blocking out sunlight.

EVIDENCE: There is a large crater at Chixulub

in southern Mexico, which appears to be of the right age, and could

have been made as a result of an asteroid

hitting the earth.

Hypothesis: Volcanoes could have caused

catastrophic changes in the environment.

Effect: The dust from volcanoes would have affected the climate,

sulphur from volcanoes could have

caused immensely strong acid rain, and

poisonous substances.

EVIDENCE: we know that volcanoes were very active at about

this time.

Hypothesis: A nearby star

exploded as a supernova.

Effect: A nearby supernova would have bathed the earth in deadly

radiation.

EVIDENCE: NOT FOUND

Hypothesis: Changes in the Earth's climate caused the mass

extinction.

Effect: Depends on the particular climate change theory in

question.

EVIDENCE: there is some evidence that the Earth cooled at the end

of the Cretaceous period.

Hypothesis: The first flowering plants

appeared during the Cretaceous period, and if dinosaurs ate

them they could have been drugged by

them.

Effect: Could perhaps have wiped out some

dinosaurs.

EVIDENCE: not found

Hypothesis: Mammals ate the dinosaurs' eggs.

Effect: Could perhaps have wiped out some

dinosaurs.

EVIDENCE: Not found. It does not

explain why dinosaurs were very

successful for millions and millions of years, during most of which time, mammals were

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CATERPILLARS EPIDEMICDISEASE

Hypothesis: Caterpillars ate all

the plants and there was not enough food for herbivores, and

eventually not enough meat for

carnivores.

Effect: Could perhaps have wiped out some

dinosaurs.

EVIDENCE: This hypothesis does not

explain the extinction of marine species, and some

may wonder whether caterpillars could really affect every continent on the Earth at the same

time to this extent.

Hypothesis: The dinosaurs could

have been wiped out by a disease

epidemic.

Effect: Could perhaps have

wiped out some dinosaurs.

EVIDENCE: NOT FOUND

HYPOTHESIS PROS CONS I THINK

My theory is…

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CENOZOIC ERA

It´s the mammals´era.

FORMATION OF THE EARTH

Around 4,600 million years

ago.

WATER APPEARS

The Earth cools down and after water appears, it´s the beginning of LIFE.

(First single celled then multicelled)

PALEZOIC ERA

Fish, amphibians, reptiles and mammal.-like reptiles.

There are several extinctions and the Trilobites, the Sea

Scorpions and many others are wiped out 

Mesozoic era

Dinosaurs and other reptiles, like crocodiles,

are the dominant creatures. Many reptiles have come back to the

seas.

There are some extinctions but the most

important is the CREATECOUS-TERTIARY

MASS EXTINCTION, where dinosaurs and many other creatures are wiped out.

1. Triassic period2. Jurassic period

3. Creataceous period

Do you know Charles Darwin?Investigate about him and write down

your conclusions:

TIMELINE

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HISTORICAL SOURCES

-WHAT IS IT? It´s something that gives us information about the past.

-TYPES: oral sources (from spoken language), graphic sources (images, maps…), written sources (books, letters…) and material sources (bones, tools…).

POEMS

NEWSPAPERS

SONGS

TOOLS

SAYINGS

FURNITURE

What types of sources are they? What kind of sources do you think we can use to know about the

Jurassic time?

Fossils are preserved remains or traces of animals, plants and other organisms. They are generally found in rocks.

When an animal or plant dies, its body can get buried into sand or mud. Then, over ages (millions of years), the sand or mud gets compacted, and eventually turns to rock.

WHAT´S THE NAME OF THE PESON WHO DOES THIS FOR A LIVING?Imagine how it´s their job like and what tools do they use…

 

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