Ok do NOT ask how old this is (even though the date is right there… baaaad Lisa). I have decided to push through and post these crazily old posts now before I never get them up!! Hopefully our collection of links are helpful… and still active!!
For Emanuel’s (and now Trinity’s) first dinosaur of the 2013-2014 school year we actually went reptile… giant reptile with the Archelon turtle. This late Cretaceous period reptile was believed to be slow moving and only dove deep to hibernate. A Potential omnivore it spent its entire life in the ocean except to lay eggs. It is thought to be the predecessor to our current turtles.
What I found interesting was that it was soft shelled AND around during the END of the dinosaurs. And HUGE!!!
We watched a short independently made video about our reptile on youTube by Sarcosuchus7 titled Archelon The Biggest Turtle.
And now for our link list:
- BBC has some images and a blurb HERE
- KidsDinos.com has their article HERE
- EnchantedLearning has their information HERE
- Animal a Day has a great fossil image HERE
- Las Ecomujeres has a great article HERE
- Euro Turtle has another great image HERE
- Wiki as ever has their say HERE
- And of course our colouring page from Super Coloring HERE
I hope these links are helpful!! Enjoy our turtle learning!