Make your own 3-D dinosaurs - science-art projects - Integrate Art!

Start off the year with a project that links dino-science and art.

If the dinosaurologists in your classroom are hungry for more activities, this easy-to-make paper sculpture is sure to dazzle them. And you can give the project more scientific backbone by combining it with the dinosaur activities on page 42.

What you Need

12-by-18-inch sheets of construction paper, scissors, glue

THE BASIC CUT

1. Cut a triangle from the construction paper.

2. Fold the triangle in half.

3. Unfold; then make 1-inch folds along the long sides of the triangle.

4. Unfold.

5. Refold in half and make a row of curved parallel cuts from the center fold to the folded strip lines.

6. Fold strips inward and glue them together. (This basic body cutout can be bended and glued together to make various kinds of dinosaurs.)

MAKE A BRONTOSAURUS

7. Make two basic body cutouts; one will be the torso and tail, the other, its neck and head.

8. Tuck the wide ends of the cutouts together and glue to form the Bronto.

9. To lift the head, curve the front section upward. Glue together the parallel-cut strips at the base of the neck.

10. To lift the body, make a triangular stand out of tag board and glue it under the belly.

11. Using scissors, shape the head and mouth; color in the eyes.

12. Cut out, and glue on legs.

TEACHER'S DINOSAUR RESOURCE

Dinosaurs: Activities created with the Museum of the Rockies by Liza Schafer and Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer (Scholastic Professional Books, January 1995)

TECHNOLOGY CONNECTION

Dinosaur Adventure by Knowledge Adventure (Macintosh, $49.95; CD-ROM, $69.95) explores the rise of dinosaurs and early reptiles, the science of fossil formation and discovery, and more. To order, call (800) 542-4240.

MARY PARKS has taught art for 17 years. She currently teaches in Naperville Community School District 203 in Naperville, Illinois.

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