Introduction
Due
to the short supply of dinosaur books, you have been hired by Scholastic Books
to write and illustrate a book about a dinosaur. These books will be available and sold through the Lucky Book
Club. There is a chart you will fill in
with information you find through the Internet, books and other resources. Then you will use the pictures and
information from your research and facts from your completed chart to create
book and present it to the class. You
will be evaluating your work through with the same rubric scale that your
teacher will evaluate your work with.
The
Task
You will complete a chart with information on a
dinosaur of your choice, using resources both online and offline.
Using the completed chart you will create a book
that your teacher will provide
You will make a presentation of your book to the
class.
Evaluate your book using a rubric linked to this page. 
Resources 
Online Resources
Zoom Dinosaurs
Funorama
Children’s
Museum
(www.childrensmuseum.org/kinetosaur/b310.html)
Dino
Don. Com
Enchanted
Learning
(www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs)
Discovering
Dinosaurs @ Britannica.com
Discovery.com-Dinosaurs
and other prehistoric creatures
(www.discovery.com/guides/dinos/dinos.html)
ABC
Online-Walking with Dinosaurs
(www.abc.net.au/dinosaurs/default.htm)
Book Resources
Dinosaurs by Rebecca L. Graubo
Ultimate Book of Dinosaurs by Steve Parker
Dinosaurs and How They Lived by Steve Parker
Non-Print Resources
Magic
School Bus Explores in the Age of Dinosaurs CD Rom
Disney’s
Dinosaur Activity Center CD Rom
Process
1.
Choose a dinosaur from this drop down menu.
2.
Print the Graph that is
linked to this site.
3.
Research
the information needed to fill in the graph and record your findings in the
proper place on your graph.
4.
Use
the online resource links to locate and print a picture of your dinosaur.
5.
Get
your blank book from your teacher.
6.
Write
and illustrate your book using the information from your research.
7.
Print
the rubric scale that is linked to this site.
8.
Evaluate
your project/presentation using the printed rubric scale.
Evaluation
Use the rubric to evaluate
your project. Your teacher will also use this rubric
to evaluate your project.
Conclusion
By now you have completed
the task you were hired to do. The Lucky Book Club is very thankful for all
your assistance. They will now have a full supply of illustrated dinosaur
books. If you want to find out more about dinosaurs feel free to research
dinosaurs using the resources included
in this site.
Teacher Notes
Books can be used in all areas of the
curriculum. They work well as class,
group, or individual projects. The
books’ degree of difficulty can be adapted to meet the needs of your
class. There are several different
types of books children can create, write, and illustrate:
Shape Book Pop Up Book Accordion Book
Flip Flap Book Alphabet Book Step Book
Book and a Half Envelope Book Paper Bag Book
Click on the links for directions on how to
make each type of book.
Click here to see the resources/bibliography
for these books. 
Based on a template from Anatomy of
the New Web Quest Templates
Created by Jackie Cuomo,
Kristina and Robert Osieja
Last updated 12/11/00
