Children go through all sorts of phases and one phase many children go through is a dinosaur phase. Starting around pre-school, many kids become fascinated with how these massive creatures dominated the earth. There are many directions to go when trying to find dinosaur documentaries to fill your child’s dino fix. One way to go is the educational route. This list goes over some of the better educational dinosaur documentaries for kids from young toddler age to teenagers, which balance education with fun and entertainment.
*Note: These are not listed in any particular order.

Dinosaur Documentaries for Younger Children

Sesame Street: Dinosaurs! Genius Products. (2008)

For the much younger set (toddlers), the Sesame Street: Dinosaurs! DVD is a way to introduce your child to the world of dinosaurs. Popular kid’s characters, Elmo, Telly and Abby Cadabby, explore dinosaurs in an imaginative way. The 40 minute video does provide an educational aspect covering a couple types of dinosaurs and some facts about them such as what they eat. It also talks a bit about other pre-historic creatures. However, education is not the sole aspect of this dvd and know that a lot of the content is just for entertainment value.

National Geographic: Really Wild Animals Dinosaurs and Other Creature Features. (1995)

Re-released on DVD in 2005, this 47 minute long documentary explores both the world of dinosaurs as well as insects, bats and other creepy crawlers. Narrated by Dudley Moore and accompanied by rock music and interviews, it uses humor to take away from some of the scary dinosaurs and creatures. This film uses provides us with lots of scientific information, however, the oldness of the film makes the animation outdatedwhich adults and some children might find corny. This also does not provide any newer dinosaur research, but is still a good introductory documentary.

Dinosaur Documentaries for Older Children

National Geographic Kids: I Love Dinosaurs

The movie’s title and description seem to advertise to younger children, however, this documentary’s focus is on paleontology and dinosaur digs, which may be less appealing to young kids. Older children however, can learn lots about what paleontology is and what a dig is like. It follows paleontologist, Paul Sereno, as he uncovers a T-Rex and all the work that it involves. This is recommended for the older child who has a science and/or paleontology interestit may be a bit boring for those just interested in seeing real dinosaurs.

Prehistoric Planet: The Complete Dino Dynasty. BBC. (2003)

Narrated by the well-liked Ben Stiller, this dinosaur documentary appeals to all ages. It’s an adapted version from the BBC Walking With… series. It provides both information and action using CGI dinosaurs. One fun special feature included with this DVD is a 3-D gallery in which kids can put on 3-D glasses (included with DVD) to view pictures of dinos in 3D! However, if you already have seen or own the Walking with… series, this documentary will be very redundant because it uses footage from the original series.

Dinosaur Documentaries That Appeals to All Ages

Walking With Dinosaurs. BBC. (2002)

A widely popular BBC documentary series on dinosaurs and prehistoric times, Walking with Dinosaurs is an informative DVD for both children and adults. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, this takes on a nature documentary style by observing computer animated dinosaurs in their natural habitat. This appeals to anyone with a dinosaur interest. However, some feel that the scenes in this documentary can be a bit graphicthe film contains violent dinosaur fights, dinosaurs eating each other and dinosaurs dying, so some feel it may not be appropriate for younger children. Please know that this DVD also comes in the combo packThe Complete Walking with… Collection for the extreme dinosaur fans.

Other dinosaur documentaries that may appeal to kids are All About Dinosaurs (2008), BBC’s Before the Dinosaurs: Walking with Monsters (2006) and Discovery Channel’s Dinosaur Planet. Real. Big. Stories. (2004)

Singhania University which is one of the top universities in Rajasthan has been established by the Singhania University, Pacheri Bari, Distt. Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan) Ordinance 2007. Singhania University is established by government of Rajasthan and is recognized as per the section 2f of UGC act, 1956. As per the location, above mentioned top university in Rajasthan is about 160 kms from West of Delhi and about 165 kms from North of Jaipur. This top university of Rajasthan is the first placement and research oriented university in Rajasthan. Singhania University Rajasthan comes under one of the top universities in India regarding the wide variety of courses it offers and excellent course curriculum it follows.

Singhania University mainly offers courses in four fields of education and higher studies, namely, Engineering, Management, Bio-Technology and Allied Health Sciences. For example regarding engineering and medical courses, this top university in Rajasthan provides diploma and degree courses in areas like automobile, civil, mechanical, computer, information technology, communication, industrial production and architecture etc. Apart from these diploma and degree courses Singhania University also offers some postgraduate degree courses like MBA, MCA, MSc. and M-Tech. Singhania University also provides some certificate and diploma courses like Medical lab technology (MLT); Up- Vaidya; Yoga; Homeopathy Pharmacy; First Aid; MLT; Electro-Cardio-Graphy and radio Imaging Technology( DERT); ECG technology; Live stock and veterinary Science (VLDA). Some of these courses are really unconventional and equally exciting to pursue.

Singhania University is an epitome of world-class infrastructure, highly qualified and dedicated faculties and excellent environment for academic and intellectual growth of students. The Top University in India, Singhania University focuses on comprehensive growth of the students, working on their hearts and minds by giving full concentration to their academic, cultural, physical and social needs in an environment of continuous interaction and growth that is favorable for the enrichment of mind and body. The faculty of Singhania University Rajasthan is fully committed and extremely talented. Teachers invest all their skills and knowledge to impart quality education to the students as they are the ones who will shape the future of our country. Singhania University is renowned not only to produce excellent academic results but also to produce excellent and successful professionals those can face the challenges of the world. At Singhania University special emphasis is given to communication skills and personality development. The uniqueness of the curriculum and various programmes of this one the most prestigious universities in Rajasthan lies in promoting a strong passion in the students not just for studies but for all round excellence with perfection; for meeting the challenges head on with due emphasis on ethical and moral values which are the most important to build a strong character. Singhania University produces knowledgeable young citizens capable of creating a better and prosperous India through inter-cultural understanding and respect for the humanity

Education is the best gift that a parent can give to his/her child because it will enable the child to carve a future for him/herself. The child will have the power in his/her hands to decide his or her future. In other words, educating the children means empowering them.

Those of us who are lucky enough to complete our education, not only school education but college as well, dont realize, how lucky we are. How much power do we have in our hands? We choose which professional field to work in or in other words decide our future for ourselves. One can add various arguments like we too fall in the rat race to earn a living, in order to be alive we fulfill the basic need, thats why we study hard and choose a profession and other arguments. But the question that such people raising such questions need to ask is: what is the difference between a kid going to school and a kid working at food stall or begging?

When one starts analyzing from this point of view then will one understand that the kid going to school is on his/her way to lead a life of dignity as a grown up person whereas the circumstances has not allowed the kid working at footstall or begging other than this. That kid had no choice to choose a living; he/she had to do this to keep on living, to support the family in meeting both the ends meet. Thats the big difference that needs to be filled up.

A civil society must work towards up-liftment of such kids who are denied the gift of education because of cruel circumstances. But that should not be done through gimmick charity works like distributing clothes, free food etc on occasions to commemorate something. Something substantial needs to be done. Charity works like these are kind of providing a blanket to have protection for sometime. Charity organizations need to work for child welfare programs which work towards providing quality education to poor children who will remain uneducated otherwise. Providing the school will not be enough to bring them to school as they wont be able to bear the other expenses for books stationary, travel. So other facilities like these needs to be provided for free, along with free education.

Envisioning this mission in mind, Baba Amar Singhji opened, Guru Nanak Garib Niwaj Education Society in 2006. This society works towards developing child development programs to provide free education and all other facilities like stationery, medicinal facilities, free bus service etc. to poor children to support them in their education. Make your contributions in this noble work started by this society to provide a life of dignity to the poor children who may not get to enjoy the gift of education otherwise.

Today, building structures have become so innovative that ordinary propping equipment can no longer support the challenging techniques. If the architecture has become advanced, the propping equipment, shoring system and propping accessories have also come up to the mark. To meet the new challenges, many inventive types of propping equipments have surfaced lately.
Some of the advanced propping equipments are:
Tilt Props
For the tilt up slab construction, tilt propping equipments are used. The push pull prop can be used for high load applications. Both sections of the props are permanently tagged with model and working loads. Tilt up can be dangerous as the heavy ton panels are lifted by cranes. Here the safety measures are very crucial. The Tilt Propping equipments are used to support the whole process of the tilt up construction.
Acrow Props
The Acrow Props are very vital for any construction. Every building construction needs the Acrow Props for support. The Acrow Props offers the simplest and quickest method of temporary support and that is why it is necessary in every construction.
Titan Props
A Titan Prop is capable of supporting eight times the load for the same weight of its steel counterpart. Titan Props can be easily handled in discomfited locations and is suitable for tight and difficult access applications.
Multi Props
Multi props post shores are usually made of aluminium. They are considerably very light. A Mega prop 350, which can be extended from 1.95m to 3.50m, can weigh only 18.8 kg. The Multi Props are high load-bearing capacity.
Trishore Props
The Trishore Props have many advantages. They are able to support heavy loads at considerable height, fine adjustment by screw jacks, economical and great savings in labour and transport, Trishore Props in groups can support extremely heavy loads and have interchangeable sections. The Trishore features intermediate sections available in three different lengths, domed bearing plate for concentric loading, head adjustment that fits R.S.J bearers and quick action connector.
Slim Soldier
Slim Soldier is a heavy-duty support for vertical and raking shoring. It can be used for variety of civil engineering and building works. The Slim Soldier can support both large walls and precast units. The Slim Soldiers can convert into effective push pull prop with the standard adjustable jack units to the ends linked with suitable end connections.
Megashore Props
The Megashore Props are ultra heavy-duty modular propping system, which has been designed for axial loads of up to 1,000 KN (100 tonne). It is highly versatility and used in heavy lifting towers, bracing for excavations, support spines for tunnel formwork, shoring and trusses.

The Goeltzschtal Bridge (or Goeltzschtalbrucke, to give it its true name) has been photographed hundreds of thousands of times across the decades. This remarkable construction standing in the Vogtland region of Germany is 574 m long, with four tiers of arches stacking to 78 m high, making the Goeltzschtalbrucke the world’s largest bridge built of bricks.

A true masterpiece of engineering, the Goeltzschtal Bridge was built in the mid 1800s, when the age of the railway was at its most pioneering. The best route for the new railway link between Leipzig and Nuremberg meant that two bridges needed to be built, one of which must span the Goltzsch Valley (the other being the Elster Valley).

In January 1845 the railway company launched a competition, inviting designs for a bridge to cross the Goeltz Valley. Although more than eighty submissions were received, none of them met the specified requirements. The result was that one of the competition’s eminent panel of judges, Prof. Johann Schubert, actually proposed the successful design.

As there were insufficient local supplies of natural materials, such as sandstone or granite, it was decided that bricks be used. Bricks were also seen as a less expensive alternative, which was a significant factor, given that the bridge’s construction involved 26 million of them.

Professor Schubert’s design proposed an impressively tall viaduct comprising four levels, each with individual arches of even proportions. A year after his plan was accepted, the foundation stone was laid.

Difficulties occurred early on in the bridge’s construction. When excavations got underway for the pillar that was to act as a central support, engineers discovered that the soil was unable to take its weight. The construction plans therefore had to be amended, meaning that, instead of having identical arches, the bridge had two large openings, with each arch spanning 31 metres.

Thousands of builders worked on creating the Goeltzschtal Bridge and, as was sadly so often the case with constructions around this era, accidents were a regular occurrence. Over 1300 men were injured and 31 lost their lives.

The Goeltzschtal Bridge was officially opened on 15 July 1851 and formally handed over to the railway company who had commissioned its design. The Elstertal Bridge, often referred to as its little sister, is the second largest of its kind, containing 12 million bricks.

More than 150 years after its construction, the Goeltzschtal Bridge continues to carry the railway and its 81 arches are still captured by many an awe-inspired photographer.