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GIANT DINOSAUR

SKELETON KIT

GIANT DINOSAUR

SKELETON KIT

S T E M E X P E R I M E N T K I T

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Summary of Contents for DIG IT! DINOS GIANT DINOSAUR SKELETON KIT

Page 1: ...heet of model pieces as well as all illustrations Friedrich Werth Horb Photos Skull of Tyrannosaurus rex Wikipedia CC BY SA 3 0 David Monniaux Sue Wikipedia CC BY SA 2 5 Fritz Geller Grimm trace fossil Wikipedia CC BY 2 5 1st English Edition 2018 Thames Kosmos LLC Providence RI USA Thames Kosmos is a registered trademark of Thames Kosmos LLC Editing Camille Duhamel and Ted McGuire Additional Graph...

Page 2: ...rs and their life during the Cretaceous period The last section of the instructions explains how fossils are formed And now let s get started Begin building the T rex skeleton This kit offers your child a fun way to discover the world of prehistoric animals By assembling the dinosaur skeleton independently and by working with the skeleton parts your child will learn about the anatomy of the Tyrann...

Page 3: ...one is positioned above the right one Connect the right leg to the right hip bone and the left leg to the left hip bone Now place the T rex body carefully on the base by putting the left leg into the corresponding notch in the base plate Make sure that you put the skeleton onto the base plate oriented in the correct direction It takes a steady hand and careful work to build the dinosaur skeleton m...

Page 4: ...e placed in the corresponding slot in the spine They are set up as follows Start with the smallest rib part 1 and insert it into the slot closest to the hip bone Then continue inserting more rib bones parts 2 7 8 and 9 up the spine Now the bottom half of the ribcage is complete 1 2 7 8 9 6 5 4 3 Next continue by inserting part 6 followed by parts 5 4 and 3 completing the upper half of the ribcage ...

Page 5: ...short arms of the T rex are the basis of countless dinosaur jokes Assembly of the T rex Skeleton STEP 8 STEP 9 STEP 10 Now connect the arms to the ribs of your dinosaur skeleton by attaching them to the front of the second rib The head is assembled from three parts Connect the two parts of the upper jaw with the lower jaw but don t fully push the parts together yet Now put the head over the ball j...

Page 6: ...nt called Pangea DINOSAURS Ever since the first dinosaur bones were discovered humans have been fascinated by the geologic periods of the past In fact giant bones huge teeth and strange skeletal forms continue to puzzle scientist to this day Unfortunately no human has ever seen a living dinosaur These huge animals went extinct 65 million years ago At that time a large meteorite crashed into Earth ...

Page 7: ...ut 50 skeletons of this large dinosaur have been found However they are all only partial skeletons So far no fully preserved skeleton has been discovered The most complete skeleton was found in South Dakota in 1990 It was named Sue TYRANNOSAURUS REX The name Tyrannosaurus rex means the king of the tyrant lizards They lived during the Cretaceous period and were one of the largest carnivores that ev...

Page 8: ...in a location where it is protected from scavengers decay and decomposition Suitable locations for this are for example rivers or sea basins Due to sediment deposit and environmental changes in the mud or sand the body sinks deeper into the rock The pressure on the body increases and water is squeezed out of it The organic components are replaced by minerals from the rocks resulting in a copy made...

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