8. Create Your Own Dinosaur Tracks

Create your own prehistoric footprint model.

Encourage a friend to retell your story.

You will need:

• enough plasticine/clay to make a 10 cm x 20 cm track about 1 cm thick
• casts of some dinosaur footprints (see activity 4)
• a rolling pin

Part 1 Creating the scene

• Knead the plasticine/clay until it is soft.
• Use a rolling pin to make a track 10 cm wide, 20 cm long and approximately 1 cm thick.
• Use the casts of dinosaur footprints to create a scene for another group to interpret.

Part 2 Interpreting the evidence

Let the other group interpret the scene and report back. It is important for them to give reasons why they interpreted the scene as they did.

Notes for teachers

Use the information from Activities 4 and 5.

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