With your new found information on the Tyrannosaurus Rex, you will create your very own illustration of a T-Rex in its most likely environment.
1. Before starting the illustration, you will need to answer a few questions about the Tyrannosaurus Rex:
a) Why did the Tyrannosaurus Rex have such a large, stiff tail?
b) Why did they live near forests and fertile water sources?
c)Why did the T-Rex's eyes face forward rather than to the sides of his body?
d)What known animal today resembles these certain body parts of the T-Rex? Feet: ;Height: ;skin: .
e)What species would you most relate a T-Rex to? a bird or a reptile and why?
2. For your illustration, you are to use features of living animals to re-create your own version of what a T-Rex would look like. i.e. the feet in your illustration would look like bird's feet.
3. The illustration of the T-Rex will include a body, head, feet, arms, tail and skin.
4. You are to set your T-Rex in the setting most fitting for its needs. Include images to show temperature, what the dinosaur eats, what landscape the T-Rex lives in, and anything else you would like to add.
5. You may relate to your notes for physical features of a T-Rex.
6. You can have fun exploring with different materials: feathers, leather, markers, sticks, colored pencils, crayons, stickers, etc.
7. Have fun creating your very own T-Rex!
