1. DINOSAUR INQUIRY PRESENTATION
Presented by Year 3

2. (Puckapunyal Primary School 2013)
DINOSUAR FACTS
Dinosaurs were prehistoric reptiles that
Lived from 250 million to 65 million years ago.
Dinosaurs became Extinct 65 million years ago
Theories of Extinction (Own photograph, 2015)
- A Big Asteroid impact on earth
- Volcanos erupting
- Climate change
- Disease
(Malam & Parker, 2007).
(Puckapunyal Primary School 2013) (
Hello and welcome to our dinorsaur presentation, presented by the year 3s at pukapunyl primary.
Some of our dinosaur facts that we have read about together as a class are that dinosaurs are prehistoric reptiles and were extinct 65 million years ago.
We think by either
A big astride impacted earth
A Volcano erupted
The climate changed Or
D A DIESES SPREAD

3. MORE DINOSAUR FACTS THE BIGGEST DINOSAUR THE SMALLEST DINOSAUR
The Argentinosaurus
Weighing 36 Metric tons
It was on average 23 Metres long
(Litwin, Weems & Holtz, 2011).
THE SMALLEST DINOSAUR
The Compsognathus (Clipart, 2010)
Measuring 1 metre long
Weighing 2.5 kilograms
Only slightly larger than a chicken
(Litwin, Weems & Holtz, 2011) (Clipart, 2010)

4. HERBAVORES WHAT IS A HERBAVORE? HERBAVORE DINOSAURS INCLUDED
An animal that feeds on plants
(National Geographic, 2015).
HERBAVORE DINOSAURS INCLUDED
Stegosaurs
Ceratopsians
Sauropods
Hadrosaurs
Ornithopods
Titanosaur
(About Education.com, 2015).
(My own photograph, 2015)
(Wandong Kindergarte

5. CARNIVORES (Malam & Parker, 2007) (Clipart, 2010) WHAT IS A CARNIVORE?
An animal that eats meat
(Malam & Parker, 2007)
CARNIVORE DINOSAURS INCLUDED
- Tyrannosaurus Rex Carnotaurus Spinosaurus
- Allosaurus Giganotosaurus Herrerasaurus
(Prehistoric-Wildlife.com, 2011).
(Clipart, 2010)

6. PTEROSAURS WHAT IS A PTEROSAUR?
Pterosaurs lived among the dinosaurs and became extinct around the same time
Pterosaurs were not dinosaurs, they were closely related
They were flying reptiles
(Castro, 2015).
FLYING DINOSAURS INCLUDED
- Plesiosaurus Pteranodon
- Pterodactylus Dimorphodon (Puckapunyal Primary, 2013)
- Rhamphorhynchus Quetzalcoatlus

7. SWIMMING DINOSAURS WHAT IS A SWIMMING DINOSAUR?
A swimming dinosaur is actually not a dinosaur
They are large swimming reptiles that ruled the seas
Sea-living reptiles lived around the same time as dinosaurs
They were hunters that lived on fish and other sea creaturers
(Malam & Parker, 2007).
OCEAN REPTILES INCLUDED
Ichthyosaurs
Pilosaurs
Plesiosaurs

8. REFERENCE LIST
About Education. (2015). Herbivorous Dinosaurs A – Z. Retrieved from: Castro, J. (2015). Pterodactyl, Pteranodon & Other Flying 'Dinosaurs. Retrieved from: Clipart. (2010). Photos and Images taken from Clipart on personal computer. Litwin, R., Weems, R., Holtz, Jr., T. (2011). What was the biggest dinosaur? What was the smallest? Retrieved from: Malam, J., & Parker, S. (2007). My First Dinosaur Encyclopedia. Bath, UK: Parragon Books Ltd. National Geographic. (2015). Herbivore Primary Consumer. Retrieved from Own photographs from home. (2015). Photographs of my own childrens’ drawing and artwork. Victoria. Prehistoric-Wildlife. (2011). A Comprehensive Online Guide to Prehistoric Creatures. Retrieved from: Puckapunyal Primary School. (2013). Photographs of children engaged in various activities. Victoria.

9. THANKYOU
WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED OUR DINOSAUR PRESENTATION AND EXHIBIT. PLEASE STAY FOR A CUPPA AND SOME YUMMY AFTERNOON TEA!