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Meet the Stegosaurus

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Meet the Stegosaurus
3 min1st2nd3rdScience
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Summary

The StoryBots explore the Stegosaurus, a plant-eater with plates and spikes. A bright, catchy short that drops easily into a lesson, a center, or a brain-friendly review.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

We know about dinosaurs because of fossils -- the rock-hard remains scientists dig up and study to learn what lived long ago.

  1. What was special about this dinosaur's body?
  2. Was it a plant-eater or a meat-eater -- how can you tell?
  3. How do scientists learn about animals that lived so long ago?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: dinosaur, fossil, prehistoric, herbivore, carnivore.

Try it: Draw this dinosaur and label one body part that tells you what it ate or how it stayed safe.