Moxie Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 My 7 year old gets a subject into his head and becomes obsessed with it; first it was trains, then Jupiter, now dinosaurs. I try to use these obsessions to our advantage (if you can't beat 'em....). I was thinking about doing a notebook about where dinosaurs were discovered. He would love it and I think it would be a great way to learn continents and countries. Does anyone know a good source for free or cheap outline maps to print out? I'd love any other ideas anyone has!! Melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Here's a link for free downloadable maps: http://geography.about.com/library/blank/blxindex.htm If you're going to study where dinosaurs were discovered, you could incorporate plate techtonics and see how the continents have moved during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretacious vs. modern day. Here's a site about pangea: http://geology.com/pangea.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moxie Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 Thanks!! That's a great idea!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay in Cal Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Usborne makes a dinosaur atlas... basically a nice dinosaur book, but organized geographically. I have an older version. http://www.amazon.com/Usborne-World-Atlas-Dinosaurs/dp/0794517390 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristavws Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 We utilized Dinosaur Notebooking Pages by Notebooking Nook when we studied dinosaurs this year. It comes with 22-dinosaur pages and a number of black pages, in case a dinosaur you would like to study is not included. For each selected dinosaur, there is a coloring page, a facts page (name, scientific name, diet, fossil evidence, and more), a map page (Where in the world did "X" live?), a page that could be used for copywork, and a page that could be used for writing. Krista Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khope1 Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 http://www.yourchildlearns.com/ this site has other stuff besides the maps, but you choose how big you want to print the map which is pretty cool. HTH Kimmi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Not exactly what you're looking for, but a very interesting book is "The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins" http://www.amazon.com/Dinosaurs-Waterhouse-Hawkins-Illuminating-Lecturer/dp/B000B86SAC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207457294&sr=1-1 "Graveyards of the Dinosaurs" would also be a good resource book for the type of study you want to do: http://www.amazon.com/Graveyards-Dinosaurs-There-Books-Paperback/dp/078681540X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207457678&sr=1-3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Oh, also there's a teacher guide from Dinosaur World that may have something of interest, in case you want to flip through it: http://www.dinoworld.net/pdf/TeachersGuide.pdf'>http://www.dinoworld.net/pdf/TeachersGuide.pdf'>http://www.dinoworld.net/pdf/TeachersGuide.pdf'>http://www.dinoworld.net/pdf/TeachersGuide.pdf The main page for Dinosaur World is: http://www.dinoworld.net/ Here's a cool map w/ dinos: http://www.amaps.com/EDUdinosaurs.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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