Everybody poops! But did dinosaurs poop like people or like birds?

Student Learning Objectives

• Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between GI tracts of humans, birds, and dinosaurs
• Illustrate the flow of food down the GI tract
• Describe the roles of the crop, proventriculus or stomach,  and the gizzard
• Explain the terms carnivore, herbivore, and omnivore. Apply these terms to birds, mammals and/or dinosaurs

Lesson

We do not know what dinosaur poop was like and because we know what animal and bird poop is like, we may be able to guess what dino poop was like. Lets explore what it would look like if they were more like birds than people!

Activities

Ask your teacher for the coloring pages and see if you can draw out the parts of the Dino’s gastrointestinal system!

Assessment