Velociraptor Science Detective Pack

A Velociraptor science detective pack for ages 9–13: weigh real evidence like a palaeontologist across five cases, from what happened to the Fighting Dinosaurs and what the sickle claw was for to how we know it had feathers, whether raptors hunted in packs and the pterosaur bone found inside one, with full answer keys.What’s inside:- Start here: how palaeontologists think (claim, evidence, reasoning)- Case 1: the Fighting Dinosaurs. A briefing, eight cut-out evidence cards, a fight-or-burial sorting table and a verdict sheet- Case 2: what was the sickle claw for? From Osborn’s 1924 mistake to a robot claw and eagle talons- Case 3: how do we know it had feathers? Quill knobs and what they can and can’t tell us- Case 4: did raptors hunt in packs? Weighing the Deinonychus and trackway evidence- Case 5: hunter or scavenger? The pterosaur bone found inside a Velociraptor- Answer keys (2 pages)- Credits, licence & sourcesPages: 12 (including cover and credits). Sizes: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both PDFs included in one zip.Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; covers are dark, so start from page 2 to save ink.Every fact is checked against the Natural History Museum (London), the American Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Magazine and peer-reviewed papers (checked 28 Oct 2026), and the sources are listed on each pack’s credits page. Dinosaur sizes and weights are estimates, and where scientists still disagree, such as why the Fighting Dinosaurs were fighting or how heavy Velociraptor was, the packs say so. Photos and historical paintings are public-domain or CC0 images from Wikimedia Commons; new drawings, puzzles and layouts are REALLYBYTE’s own work, and those drawings are simple schematics, not exact copies of fossils. Not endorsed by the Natural History Museum, the American Museum of Natural History or the Smithsonian. Not affiliated with the Jurassic Park films.Licence: personal and single-classroom use. You may print as many copies as you need for your own family or your own class, and share it with your class through a password-protected platform. Please don’t resell, re-upload or share it publicly. For school-wide use, please email info@reallybyte.com.Made by REALLYBYTE, the team behind velociraptor.dinosaurs.im. Questions: info@reallybyte.comThis is a digital download: no physical item will be shipped.