How can you tell they’ve got it: Dinosaur Sizes?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: Compare the size of a large dinosaur to a familiar object like a bus or house; Name a very large dinosaur (e.g. Brachiosaurus) and a small one (e.g. Compsognathus); Use words like 'taller than', 'longer than', 'heavier than' when comparing. Or just try it together: Can your child tell you that some dinosaurs were enormous and others were tiny — maybe using comparisons like 'as tall as a building' or 'as small as a cat'?

Science Dinosaurs & Paleontology Ages 5–7

Dinosaur Sizes

Your child knows dinosaurs came in many sizes. Some were as tall as a house. Others were as small as a chicken.

In curriculum terms

Compare dinosaur sizes to familiar things — some dinosaurs were as tall as a house, others were as small as a chicken — and understand that dinosaurs came in a huge range of sizes

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How to tell they’ve got it

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Compare the size of a large dinosaur to a familiar object like a bus or house
Name a very large dinosaur (e.g. Brachiosaurus) and a small one (e.g. Compsognathus)
Use words like 'taller than', 'longer than', 'heavier than' when comparing

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Try this together

Can your child tell you that some dinosaurs were enormous and others were tiny — maybe using comparisons like 'as tall as a building' or 'as small as a cat'?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Famous Dinosaur Speciesages 5–7Must know some dinosaur species before comparing their sizes

Dinosaur Sizesthis skill · ages 5–7

Unlocks

The Mesozoic Eraages 7–9Placing the Mesozoic periods in order and understanding that different dinosaurs lived in different periods is contextualised by the prior knowledge that dinosaurs varied enormously in size — size variation across time periods supports the concept of evolutionary change

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Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).

Nearby on the map

Dinosaurs Were Realages 5–7 Famous Dinosaur Speciesages 5–7 Fossils & Palaeontologistsages 5–7 Plant-Eaters vs Meat-Eatersages 5–7

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