Primary activity
Create an extinction database
Today you are going to create a database about extinct animals and birds, which can include dinosaurs or weird and wonderful creatures such as pygmy hippopotamus, quagga and the dodo. Choose five different species to concentrate on.
Use a Microsoft Excel database to show all your information about your chosen subjects. Use the links in Find out more to help you.
You will need to include the following information for each animal/bird:
- Name
- How to pronounce the name
- What does the name mean
- Weight
- Height
- Habitat
- Class
- What is ate
- When it lived (in years)
- What period it lived in (Jurassic etc)
- What it looked like
Once you have finished write one question about one of your creatures that you could test your teacher with!
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The elephant bird looked a lot like the modern-day ostrich
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