Exploring Coding Algorithms on a Dinosaur Coloring Page Set

Blockly blocks are commonly used by children to create coding algorithms online. This set of exploring coding algorithms on a dinosaur coloring page worksheets invite children to follow algorithm steps as they are drawing dinosaurs. Your children are going to add toenails, facial features and several other things on each drawing dinosaurs worksheet.

You will find four dinosaurs in this set. Your children can choose the dinosaur they want to draw. Then you can print it out for them to color.

Before your children start the algorithm worksheets, you may want them to read or listen to a book about dinosaurs. It will give them an opportunity to see what illustrators think dinosaurs look like.

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Wait! What is an algorithm?

I tell my students that an algorithm is the series of steps needed to complete a task. Computer programmers or coders create the series of commands needed for a computer to complete a task.

Getting the Dinosaur Coloring Page Set Ready

First, you will need to download Dinosaur Coloring Pages and Algorithm Activities worksheet set.
Then you will need to open the set with Acrobat Reader.
Next, you will need to decide which dinosaur coloring page you want your children to work on.
Once you have printed out the dinosaur coloring page, you will need to gather crayons for your children to use to color their dinosaur.

Exploring the Dinosaur Coloring Page

You will want to walk your children through the algorithm steps on the left-hand side of the worksheet before they start coloring.
Then you will need to remind them that completing an algorithm is a step by step process. They will need to add one element or feature at a time.
When they have decorated their dinosaur, your children can add a background. They may want to include some of the following things to their background.
- Trees
- Grass
- Other Dinosaurs
- The Sun
- Clouds
- Mountains
- Volcanoes