 All second grade students love our science chapter on dinosaurs. Who wouldn't? What awesome creatures they were. Click on the links below to learn new and interesting information about these creatures from the past! 
Click on the link below to buzz into DIGGING FOR DINOSAURS Click here  Click on the link below to buzz into MEET THE DINOSAURS Click here Click on the link below to buzz into DINOSAURS FOR KIDS Click here Click on the link below to buzz into ZOOM DINOSAURS Click here Click on the link below to buzz into DINOSAUR FLOOR Click here Click on the link below to buzz into FIND A DINOSAUR PICTURE Click here Click on the link below to buzz into BOSCO'S ROCKPILE Click here I don't know about you but I sometimes have a terrible time pronouncing the dinosaur names. I also wondered what these strange and unusual names meant. The list below may help you! A Allosaurus-(al-o-sawr-us)-"other or different lizard" Anatosaurus-(a-nat-a-sawr-us)-"duck lizard" Anklyosaurus-(an-kile-o-sawr-us)-"fused lizard" Antrodemus Apatosaurus-( a-pat-uh-sawr-us)-"deceptive lizard" B Brachiosaurus-(brak-ee-uh-sawr-us)-"arm lizard" Brontosaurus-(brawn-toe-sawr-us)-"thunder lizard" C Camarasaurus-(kam-air-a-sawr-us)-"chambered lizard" Centrosaurus-"spiked lizard" Ceratosaurus-(sai-rat-o-sawr-us)-"horned lizard" Claosaurus-(clow-sawr-us)-"branched lizard" Coelophysis-(see-low-fy-sis)-"hollow form or hollow cavity " Compsognathus-(komp-sow-nay-thus)-"pretty or elegant jaw" Corythosaurus-(ko-rith-uh-sawr-us)-"helmet lizard" D Dacentrurus-(dah-cen-true-roos)-"pointed tail" Deinocheirus-(dye-noh-kye-rus)-"terrible hand" Deinonychus-"terrible claw" Dimetrodon-(dim-met-ro-don)-"two sizes of teeth" Dilophosaurus-"two-crested lizard" Diplodocus-(die-plod-uh-kus)-"double beam" E Edmontosaurus-(ed-mon-tuh-sawr-us)-"Edmonton lizard" Euoplocephalus-"well-armored head" F Fabrosaurus-(fab-ruh-sawr-us) G Gorgosaurus-(gor-guh-sawr-us) H Hadrosaurus-(had-ra-sawr-us) Heterodontosaurus-"different-toothed lizard" Hypsilophodon-(hip-sih-lo-fuh-don) I Iguanodon-(ig-wan-oh-don)-"Iguana tooth" J Jaxartosaurus-(jax-ar-tuh-sawr-us) K Kakuru-(ka-koo-roo)-"rainbow lizard" Kentrosaurus-(ken-truh-sawr-us)-"prickly lizard" L Lambeosaurus-(lam-be-lo-sawr-us) M Maiasaura-"good mother lizard" Mastodon-(mass-toe-don) Megalosaurus-(meg-uh-lo-sawr-us) N Nodosaurus-(no-doe-sawr-us)-"knot lizard" O Ornitholestes-(or-nith-o-les-teez) Ouranosaurus-"brave lizard" Oviraptor-"egg stealer" P Pachycephalosaurus-"thick- headed lizard" Pachyrhinosaurus-(pack-e-rhino-sawr-us)-"thick-nosed lizard" Parasaurolophus-(pair-a-sawr-o-low-fuss)-"like a crested lizard" Phobosuchus-(fo-bo-sook-us)-"fear crocodile" Plateosaurus-"flattened lizard" Plesiosaurus-(plee-see-uh-sawr-us)-"near lizard" Protoceratops-(pro-toe-sair-uh-tops)-"first- horned face" Psittacosaurus-"parrot lizard" Pteranodon-(tair-an-o-don)-"winged and toothless" Pterodactyl-(ter-o-dact-il) Q Quetzalcoatlus-(ket-sol-ko-at-lus) R Rebbachisaurus-(re-back-i-sawr-us)-"Rebbachi lizard" Rhamphorhynchus-(ram-fo-rink-us) S Seismosaurus-"earth -shaker lizard" Spinosaurus-(spine-oh-sawr-us)-"spiny lizard" Stenonychosaurus-(sten-o-nike-o-sawr-us)-"slender or narrow -clawed lizard" Stegosaurus-(steg-uh-sawr-us)-"roof or cover lizard" Struthiomimus-"ostrich mimic or imitator" Supersaurus-"super lizard" Syntarsus-(sin-tar-sus)-"together tarsal bones" T Tarbosaurus-(tar-bo-sawr-us) Teratosaurus-"monster lizard" Torosaurus-"bull lizard" Trachodon-(track-uh-don) Triceratops-(try-sayr-a-tops)-"three -horned face" Tsintaosaurus-(sin-tao-sawr-us)-"lizard from Tsintao" Tyrannosaurus Rex-(tie-ran-o-sawr-us rex)-"king of the tyrant lizard" U Ultrasaurus-(ul-tra-sawr-us)-"ultra lizard" V Velociraptor-(veh-loss-ih-rap-tor) X Xiphactinus-(zi-fak-tuh-nus) Y Yaleosaurus-(yale-ee-o-sawr-us) Z Zigongosaurus-(sih-gon-guh-sawr-us)  "BUZZ BACK TO HOME PAGE!" |