Beating the Heat

Dinosaur train
1 Season, Episode 5

written by'	Craig Barlett
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Beating the Heat (venceremos al calor in spain) is the fifth episode of Dinosaur Train.

Synopsis

Buddy and Tiny travel to the Jurassic to make a new friend, Morris the Stegosaurus, and discover how this huge dinosaur keeps cool in the heat.

Characters

Main Characters

Second Characters

Minor characters

Background

Location

Time

Cretaceous Period
Jurassic Period

Educational Objective

Animals have to be careful not to get too cold or too hot. Scientists believe that the Stegosaurus used it's 17 plates to regulate their body temperature. In the morning they would turn their plates toward the sun to warm up and later in the day toward the wind to cool off.

Episodes

Season 1

Valley of the Stygimolochs /Tiny Loves Fish • The Call of the Wild Corythosaurus /Triceratops for Lunch • Beating the Heat /Flowers for Mom • I'm a T. Rex! / Ned the Quadruped • One Smart Dinosaur / Petey the Peteinosaurus • Fast Friends / T. Rex Teeth • Now with Feathers! / A Frill a Minute • One Big Dinosaur / Play Date with Annie • Armored Like an Ankylosaurus / Campout! • Laura the Giganotosaurus / Dinosaur Poop • Derek the Deinonychus / Don's Dragonfly • One Small Dinosaur / T. Rex Migration • Hootin' Hadrosaurs! / Surprise Party • The Theropod Club / Hatching Party • The Old Spinosaurus and the Sea / A Spiky Tail Tale • Night Train / Fossil Fred • Dinosaurs in the Snow / Cretaceous Conifers • The Burrowers / Shiny's Sea Shells • King Cryolophosaurus / Buddy the Tracker • The Old Bird / Diamond Don • Dinosaur Camouflage / Family Scavenger Hunt • Have You Heard About the Herd? / Jess Hesperornis • Triassic Turtle / Tank's Baby Brother • Erma Eoraptor / Under the Volcano • Pteranodon Family World Tour / Gilbert the Junior Conductor • Confuciusornis Says / Tiny's Tiny Doll • Iggy Iguanodon / Shiny Can't Sleep • Kenny Kentrosaurus / Don and the Troodons • New Neighbors / Don's Collection • Long Claws / Tank's Sleep Over • The Wing Kings / The Big Mud Pit • Buck-Tooth Bucky / Tiny's Tiny Friend • An Armored Tail Tale / Pterosaur Flying Club • Great Big Stomping Dinosaur Feet! / Hornucopia! • The Good Mom /Diamond Anniversary • Elmer Elasmosaurus / Dinosaur Block Party • Paulie Pliosaurus /Elmer Visits the Desert • Carla Cretoxyrhina / Train Trouble • The Amazing Michelinoceras Brothers / Dad's Day Out • Junior Conductor Jamboree / Troodon Train Day •