Dinosaur Worksheets

T. rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus and more: match the names, sort plant eaters from meat eaters, and learn how a fossil forms, in black and white for kindergarten to 2nd grade.

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Free reader · Kindergarten

Dinosaur Bones

A six-page picture book to print, cut and staple: one short line on every page, and three questions to talk about on the back.

Dinosaur Bones, page 1: Look at the big bones!Dinosaur Bones, page 2: This is a T. rex.Dinosaur Bones, page 3: It ate meat.Dinosaur Bones, page 4: This is a Triceratops.Dinosaur Bones, page 5: It ate plants.Dinosaur Bones, page 6: Dinosaurs lived long ago.
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Free Dinosaurs worksheets

Each is a PDF to print right away, in black and white. Sheets with right answers have the answer key on page 2.

Dinosaur Names worksheet preview

Dinosaur Names

K-2

Match five dinosaur names to their pictures. Answer key on page 2.

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Plant Eater or Meat Eater? worksheet preview

Plant Eater or Meat Eater?

K-2

Eight dinosaur cards to sort into plant eaters and meat eaters. Answer key on page 2.

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How a Fossil Forms worksheet preview

How a Fossil Forms

Grades 1-2

Four pictures in order: how a dinosaur bone becomes a fossil and how scientists find it.

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Dig Up a Dinosaur worksheet preview

Dig Up a Dinosaur

K-2

Pretend to be a fossil hunter: draw the dinosaur you dug up, name it and say what it ate.

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Parts of a Triceratops worksheet preview

Parts of a Triceratops

K-2

A big Triceratops with five parts named: horns, frill, beak, legs and tail.

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The whole unit in one place: all 8 Dinosaurs worksheets in one print-ready file with every answer key, and the Dinosaur Bones reader in both editions, kindergarten and grades 1-2 (the grades 1-2 book has fuller sentences on every page).

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More K-2 science

Life Cycle of a Chicken, Living and Nonliving, Plant Life Cycle, Animals, Weather and Seasons, Solid, Liquid and Gas, Pumpkins and Apples, and all topics on the K-2 science page.

Teaching dinosaurs in K-2

Read the free Dinosaur Bones book first. Scout the lion cub visits a museum, meets a Tyrannosaurus rex and a Triceratops, and learns how scientists find fossils.

Then match five dinosaur names to their pictures and sort eight dinosaurs into plant eaters and meat eaters. How a Fossil Forms shows the four steps from a dinosaur long ago to a fossil in a museum.

More science

For older students, see the dinosaur timeline in history timelines, and for living things today, the animals unit.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which dinosaurs are on the worksheets?
Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Brachiosaurus and Ankylosaurus, plus Velociraptor, Spinosaurus and Allosaurus on the plant eater or meat eater sort.
How do we know about dinosaurs?
From fossils: bones, teeth, eggs and footprints that turned to stone over millions of years. Scientists who study them are called paleontologists.
Are the dinosaur worksheets free?
Yes. Dinosaur Names, Plant Eater or Meat Eater?, How a Fossil Forms, Parts of a Triceratops and Dig Up a Dinosaur are free PDFs in black and white.