Summary
The Pteranodon family rides the Dinosaur Train to Adventure Island, a brand-new theme park on a volcanic island run by the Conductor's rival, Thurston. When an earthquake sends the park's robots haywire, Buddy and his family have to think fast. A feature-length movie packed with dinosaurs to meet and compare.
Viewer safety
All agesMild peril
An earthquake and some malfunctioning robots make for mild, quickly-solved peril.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
The family met all kinds of dinosaurs at Adventure Island.
- Which dinosaurs did you see, and how were they different from one another?
- What went wrong at the park, and how did Buddy's family help?
- If you could design a ride for a dinosaur park, what would it be?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: dinosaur, compare, different, same.
Try it: Pick two dinosaurs from the movie. Draw them side by side and write one way they are the same and one way they are different.