New Zealand Dinosaurs
This engaging article explains what is known about the dinosaurs that once roamed New Zealand. It provides some background information on dinosaurs in general, including the most popular theory about why they became extinct.
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Series: School Journal Level 2 November 2017
Reading year level: 4
Category: Non-fiction
Topics: ankylosaur, birds, Brendan Hayes, cerapods, dinosaurs, dromaeosaurid, extinction, fossils, Greg Browne, GNS Science, hypsilophodont ornithopod, Jeffrey Stilwell, Joan Wiffen, Mangahouanga Stream, paleontology, reptiles, sauropods, skeletons, terrible lizard, theropods, thyreophorids, titanosaurid
New Zealand Dinosaurs
Words by Hamish Campbell
Illustrations by Spike Wademan
It also explains that for a long time, people believed no dinosaurs had ever lived in this country. Then it gives details of the dinosaur fossils found in various parts of New Zealand, which proved that idea to be wrong.
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School Journal Level 2 November 2017
Inside this School Journal are two stories (Finders, Keepers and The Show Went On) and two articles (Celebrating Puanga at Ramanui and New Zealand Dinosaurs).
1 of 4Celebrating Puanga at Ramanui
This article describes how one Taranaki school celebrates the appearance of the star Puanga in the eastern sky – the signal for the start of the Māori New Year.
2 of 4The Show Went On
The story begins with the children of Room 7 dressed as farmyard animals and about to make their entrance in the school production.
3 of 4Finders Keepers
Joe found the dinosaur egg in the washing basket in the laundry. He knew straightaway that the egg belonged to a dinosaur. It was too big to belong to a chicken and not round enough for a soccer ball.
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