Teaching Trunks
Tiniest Giants: Discovering Dinosaur Eggs

Although most lessons and books discuss the dinosaurs that we all see in movies and on television, this Teaching Trunk provides another closer look at dinosaurs from a different view – at the very first part of their life cycle, when they are born. Artifacts show up-close what these first few stages of dinosaur life look like, while the activity sets and equipment invite students to become scientists themselves and carry out an actual archeological dig. These lessons teach basic scientific facts as well as observation skills and critical thinking, showing how to hypothesize and get information from small artifacts and fossils.

Inventory

Educator’s Notebook
With background information and classroom activities.

Books

• Dinosaur , Eyewitness Books
• Dinosaur Eggs , by Jennifer Dussling
• Make it Work! Dinosaurs , by Andrew Haslam & Dr. Mike Benton
• The Tiniest Giants, Discovering Dinosaur Eggs , by Lowell Dingus & Luis Chiappe

Poster

• Topography Map of Argentina

Video

• Tiniest Giants

Expedition Activity Card Sets (8)

• Selecting a Dig Site!

Equipment

Field pack:

• Compass
• Dust pan
• Field Notebook
• Magnifier flashlight
• Paint brush
• Pick
• Shovel
• Whisk Broom
• Lab Coat (2)

Artifacts

• Jacketed egg cluster
• Dinosaur Embryo and egg
• Fossilized egg shell fragments
• Pre-lab tools
• Juvenile sauropod and skin cast