Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time By James Gurney Activities with Part 3 Pages 86 - 131 Note: (Audio version of these pages is approximately 30 minutes in length.)

Activities

1. Vocabulary word for Part 3 is botanical  (Of or relating to plants or plant life; relating to the study of plants)

   Page 90 - The village perches in the canopy of an oak forest, with a fine view of Deep Lake, and with tilled fields, barns, ad botanical gardens within a short walk.

2. Dinotopia is divided into7 different habitats:

   Aerial
   Forest
   Alpine
   Desert
   Freshwater
   Savanna
   Beaches and Bays

   Make a banner to represent one of the habitats. Look on pages 88-89 for ideas.

3. Have your own Olympic Game. We held our own Olympic Games http://www.mce.k12tn.net/ancient_greece/games.htm.  

4. Build a replica of Treetown.

5. Norah served a snack of fried millet cakes in syrup, along with fruit and cold berry juice. Enjoy making your own special snack of pancakes. Serve with fruit and syrup.

    

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