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Fossilised Dinosaur Dung

Describe what coprolites are (fossilised dinosaur dung) and how palaeontologists analyse them to discover what dinosaurs ate, including plant fragments, bones, and seeds

Lesson

Set out your lesson

Use fossil contents as clues while keeping an identification tentative.

Before teaching

Use this short check, then start teaching.

Activity

Inferred, not a taxonomy edge: learner can access the supplied prompt with agreed support and can explain or mark a response. If earlier skills are unfamiliar, use the prerequisite topic for teaching; an authored prerequisite is not proof this learner is ready.

Printer, credit, and teaching notes
Sequence
  • Keep the two adult-only cards off the learner screen. Have a pencil and scrap paper if useful; oral pointing/typing/AAC can replace handwriting unless spelling or composition is the target. No printing, cutting, account or purchase is required.

  • Open Show first, read the explanation together, and pause to check the central idea. Then do Guided Try together.

  • For Try, close earlier models and the adult keys unless the task explicitly supplies a reference. Record any hints, read-aloud help or model reopening; do not call supported work independent.

  • Use only the active learner card. Keep the private key closed until an attempt is recorded. Stop or take a break on request; practical claims stay not observed unless actually done.

No Printer

Use on screen; read aloud or recreate a tactile model only with declared support. No printer or purchased kit.

Privacy

Never display adult keys or dictation spellings with a learner task; no family financial, identity or conflict disclosure.

Use the complete materials on screen or print only the current sheet. Keep adult guidance out of learner view.

Next: Show

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Family records and proof options

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Save photos, notes, and attendance. Export a proof packet for compliance or portfolio reviews.

Learning resources

Extra practice links — they do not replace Gakuva’s teaching approach.

Natural History Museum · Practice link — not the full lesson

What is a fossil?

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Before you open · source notes

What is a fossil? supports Fossilised Dinosaur Dung. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.

Free educational page, no sign-in required for the tested path.

Before you open

Ask the learner one fact they learned and one question they still have.

Opening this link does not save learning or assess mastery.

Source, access and review notes

Public Natural History Museum page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.

Natural History Museum. “What is a fossil?.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.

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Check understanding

  • Define a coprolite as fossilised dung (animal droppings preserved as rock)
  • Explain that scientists cut coprolites open to find plant seeds, bone fragments, or fish scales inside
  • State one example of what coprolite contents reveal about a dinosaur's diet
“Does your child know what a coprolite is? Can they explain — with a giggle — how fossilised poo helps scientists figure out what a dinosaur ate?”

Curriculum record

Type
Conceptual
Subject
Science
Domain
Dinosaurs & Paleontology
Age range
Ages 7–9