The Dinosaur Disaster Educator and Parent Kit
The good folks at Random House have produced this cool Educator and Parent Kit full of activities and lesson plans to accompany The Dinosaur Disaster, including Common Core state standards correlations and STEM connections. They did a really nice job with this, and I hope you enjoy it.
Parents and educators may also request a printed copy of the kit (complete with stickers) directly from Random House by emailing:
SchoolandLibraryMarketing@randomhouse.com
Download The Dinosaur Disaster Educator and Parent Kit
The Weather Disaster Poster and Educator’s Guide
Random House also produced this cool poster with the cover of the book on the front and educator’s guide on the back. It is full of activities and lesson plans to accompany The Weather Disaster, including Common Core state standards correlations and STEM connections. It is great!
Request a poster directly from Random House (get it along with the Dinosaur Disaster kit above) by emailing:
SchoolandLibraryMarketing@randomhouse.com
Download The Weather Disaster Educator’s Guide
Mad Scientist Academy Handbook
Here’s a fun project to print out and color. You can make your own Mad Scientist Academy Handbook full of dinosaur facts with just one sheet of paper! Just download the PDF below, print it out, and follow the easy instructions. So simple even a mad scientist could do it!
Dinosaurs Handbook & Instructions
Dinosaur Mix-up Handouts
Dr. Cosmic’s invention went out of control and put the wrong dinosaur parts together! Use your Mad Scientist Academy Handbook (see above) and identify the dinosaur head, body, and tail and see if you can sort them out, then color the dinosaur and tell its story.
Mad Scientist Inventor’s Notebook
In Mad Scientist Academy, the teacher, Dr Cosmic, makes inventions to try to solve a problem, such as, “How did the prehistoric dinosaurs live?”
Print this page from a Mad Scientist Inventor’s notebook and design your own invention. Are you a better mad scientist than Dr. Cosmic?
Mad Scientist Inventors Notebook
Dinosaur Scavenger Hunt Game
In the book Mad Scientist Academy: The Dinosaur Disaster, Dr. Cosmic sends the students to search the dinosaur exhibit for clues to a puzzle. Now it’s your turn to search!