Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish

There are so many skills that can be taught through a single activity or set of materials.  Here are some ideas on using dinosaurs and environmental awareness in cross-curricular instruction for students who are blind or visually impaired. Ideas are included for incorporating literacy, numeracy, science, design technology, geography, and history.

Literacy

• Imagine that you went in a journey in a rocket. Where would you go? Could you write a story about it?
• Can you rewrite the story from the man's point of view?
• Imagine a world that is full of rubbish and pollution. Can you think of words / phrases to describe it?
• Write a poem using each letter of one of the dinosaurs.

Numeracy

• Count the number of insects / dinosaurs that are in the book.

Science

• Lots of plants and trees grow throughout the story. Find out what plants need to grow healthily.
• Can you write some instructions to teach someone how to care for a plant?
• Research the topic of dinosaurs. What different types if dinosaurs were there? How were they similar / different?

Design Technology

• Design a model rocket to help the man reach the stars.

Geography

• Find out about different types of pollution and how they affect the environment.
• Make a list of things that people can do to help the environment.
• Find out what happens to waste that isn't recycled.
• The dinosaur explains that the earth belongs to everyone. Could you use this message on a poster / banner?

History

• Make a timeline showing when dinosaurs and humans have been alive.

PSHE

• At the start of the story, the man dreams about the star. What are your hopes and dreams?
• The dinosaur says that the man should have been rules by his heart and not his head. What does this mean?