Dinosaurs have been a favorite subject for children for several decades now.
Many TV shows and cartoon characters are based on dinosaurs--the original
Japanese Godzilla, The Land Before Time, Barney and Baby Bop, Disney Pixar Ice
Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and now The Good Dinosaur. Interestingly, though
many kids prefer real dinosaurs. So here are free printable coloring pages of
realistic dinosaurs. Use these for life science activities and paleontology lessons.
Disney
Family has free printable coloring pages from
The Good Dinosaur. Scroll around that
site for more free printable crafts, recipes and party activities from The Good
Dinosaur. Coloring Book has more printables from The Good
Dinosaur. For some educational dinosaurs activities, hit Fossil Facts. Get free printable dinosaur coloring pages
featuring: Archeopteryx, sauropods, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Triceratops and
Stegosaurus.
Next go to First School for free printable realistic dinosaur coloring
pages to use for unit
studies on dinosaurs. First-school has handwriting pages on dinosaur names and
pictures to color from A-Z. Teach writing, spelling, reading and science
activities with favorite dinosaurs from Allosaurus to Zephyrosaurus. These
science activities provide language and etymology connections, as all dinosaur
names and paleontology words come from Latin.
For
realistic coloring pages, Edupics can't be beat. Print dinosaur coloring
pages featuring various
dinosaurs in their habitats and environment. There are also free printable
dinosaur classification posters. Christian Answers addresses Dinosaurs from a
Biblical perspective. Get free printable Bible-based dinosaur coloring pages, worksheets and activities
that teach dinosaurs from a Bible based perspective.
The
American Museum of Natural History has cool free printable paleontology science activitiesand dinosaurs worksheets. Have kids compare
images of dinosaur skeletons to dinosaur pictures. Have them draw fleshed out
dinosaurs over the skeleton. Build in some creativity and ask kids to draw from
imagination what they think the dinosaurs looked like. For a more hands-on
activity, have students mold dinosaur bones in clay, using printable images.
Fisher
Price has free printable Imaginext coloring pages of Mattel Dinosaurs characters--D-Rex the fierce Tyrannosaurus
Rex, Screature, Xtractaurs PINDOWN the triceratops and Xtractaurs Whiplash the
stegosaurus Dinosaur. DL-TK Kids has free printable dinosaur crafts, greeting cards, coloring pages, puppet and
cross-stitch pattern. Free Kids Crafts has free printable dinosaur crafts. Print Activities has dozens of free printable
dinosaur activities,
puzzles, games, lesson plans and worksheets. Coloring Book Fun offers free printable realistic dinosaur coloring pages featuring dinosaurs in their
habitats. These would make excellent lesson plans. Assign students to color
these pages to illustrate a dinosaur timeline, science activities notebook,
report or project.
