As part of our dinosaur unit, students learned that different dinosaurs had different types of teeth. Carnivores had teeth that were sharp or serrated. Herbivores, on the other hand, had teeth that were flat or peg-like. Students engaged in a Smart Board activity where they sorted specific dinosaurs according to the type of teeth they had.

This lesson was extended through a field trip to the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum, where students participated in a lab called Meet the Teeth. The lab not only compared dinosaurs’ teeth, but the teeth of other animals. The students said their favorite part of the trip was when they went into the museum and had to match a tooth to an actual animal on display.  Don’t  you just love hands on learning and practical applications of concepts?!