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’OLOGY Activity Kit

Dragonology
by Dr. Ernest Drake
Word Search Mythology
by Lady Hestia Evans
Spot the Differences
Superpowers
Monster Match
978-0-7636-2329-6 The Twelve Olympians
Word Search
978-0-7636-3403-2
Egyptology
by Emily Sands
Create a Cartouche Pirateology
by Captain William Lubber
Pirate Hunter’s
Word Search
Missing Words
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978-0-7636-3143-7
Monsterology
by Dr. Ernest Drake
On a Tracking Trek Wizardology
by Master Merlin
Don’t Make a
Monstrous Mistake Code Cracker

978-0-7636-3940-2

978-0-7636-2895-6

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Activity
Word Search
Can you find these dragon words in the grid below? Words can be read up,
down, forwards, backwards, and diagonally. The leftover letters spell out the
name of a knucker known by Dr. Ernest Drake.

AMPHITHERE
W C O C K A T R I C E
CLAWS
R F L N N W I N G R U COCKATRICE
E R A E E R B R E A R EGG
EUROPEAN

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H O I S S S E H G M O
FROST
C S R W E K T V G R P GARGOUILLE
KNUCKER
R T A N C I A E Y Y E
LAIR
O L I U H G N U L W A LUNG
C P N P H O E N I X N MARSUPIAL
NEST
S K M A R S U P I A L
PHOENIX
G A R G O U I L L E L
SCORCHER TIBETAN WYRM
SPINES WING WYVERN

Answer: The remaining letters spell out Weasel.

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Spot the Differences
Activity

Spot the six differences between these Chinese lung dragons.

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Illustrations from Dragonology copyright © 2008 by Helen Ward and Douglas Carrel. DragonologyTM is a registered trademark of The Templar Company Plc.
Activity
Create a Cartouche
The names of pharaohs were often written in oval frames called cartouches.
Using our adapted alphabet of hieroglyphic symbols, design your
own hieroglyphic cartouche of your name.

Illustrations from Pirateology copyright © 2007 by Helen Ward. PirateologyTM is a registered trademark of The Templar Company Plc.
a b/v c/k d

e/i f g h

j l m n

o p q r

s/z t u/w x

y
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Activity
On a Tracking Trek
To study fabulous beasts, you may have to trek mountain paths
tracking a yeti, traipse over barren tundra to spy a behemoth, Sample
dive into deep seas seeking a leviathan, or lurk beside glowing envelopes
coals at the mouth of a volcano to tempt out a salamander.
Each beast leaves certain signs of itself behind:
tracks, remains of its prey or foraging, scat (dung Tags
or droppings), and stories told about it by local people.
Sketching
Log your findings about one particular monster in your Record Book. pencil

Beast: Story told about this beast by local people:

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Track Print
in dirt, mud,
or seabed

Other Signs:
bones of prey, chewed plants, sounds made, smell of
lair/nest, colour of shed fur, scales, skin, or feathers

Recorded by:

Member S.M.S.M.

Griffin Bigfoot Sea Serpent Winged Horse Phoenix Cyclops


Unicorn Behemoth Leviathan Hippogriff Harpy Faun
Chimera Six-Legged Lake Serpent Cockatrice Mermaid Centaur
Nue Salamander Bunyip Roc Merman Gorgon
Baku Kraken Hydrus Benu Bird Sphinx Jaculus
Yeti Hippocamp Kelpie Fenghuang Manticore
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Activity
Don’t Make a
Rhinoceros: Ordinary Beast
Monstrous Mistake Unicorn: Monstrous Beast

On occasion, an Ordinary Beast has been mistaken for a true Monstrous Beast,
but only by amateur monsterologists and rather shortsighted tourists.

Name of Monstrous Beast


Case in Point: This Ordinary Beast has been
mistaken for this actual Monstrous Beast.

st
Description or Image of Ordinar y Bea Description or Image of Monstrous
Beast

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However, you will plainly note obvious differences between the two.
(Indicated with arrows or circles)

Documented by: Member S.M.D.M. www.ologyworld.com


Activity
Superpowers
Imagine that you’re a Greek god. What would your powers be? 
Write a short description of your powers and how you would use them.

My Greek god name:

Power 1:­

Power 2:­

Power 3:­

Power 4:­

Power 5:­

I would use these powers to

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Activity
Monster Match
Match the Greek hero to the mythical being he encounters.
Hero Monster
1. Bellerophon A. Minotaur
2. Heracles B. Medusa
3. Jason C. Chimera
4. Perseus D. Nemean Lion
5. Odysseus E. Cyclops
6. Theseus F. Dragon

The Twelve Olympians


How many of the twelve Olympian gods can you name? Write your answers below.

1. 7.

2. 8.

3. 9.

4. 10.
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5. 11.

6. 12.

Demeter, Dionysus, Hephaestus, Hermes, Poseidon


THE TWELVE OLYMPIANS: Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena,
ANSWERS: MONSTER MATCH: 1C, 2D, 3F, 4B, 5E, 6A
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Activity
Word Search
Seek out these ancient words in the grid below.
Words can be read up, down, forwards, backwards, and diagonally. 

R U A T O N I M Z E U S
A C P E R S E U S E U O
H E O L Y M P U S S S R
E R L G A R E S A U A E
R B L B N S M G A M T S
A E O O E L E E I I Y P
C R D H H P A N D O R A
L U T E T E C O A U T R
E S N E A I R D C T S T
S A D I M H T A R R H A
S I R A P I F A A O E L
E E C A J A S O N Y E E
Aphrodite Eros Muse Sparta Illustrations from Mythology copyright © 2007 by Helen Ward

Apollo Hera Olympus Theseus


Arcadia Heracles Pandora Titan
Ares Jason Paris Troy
Artemis Medusa Pegasus Zeus
Athena Midas Perseus
Cerberus Minotaur Satyr
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Activity
Pirate Hunter’s Word Search
Can you hunt out these pirate words in the grid below?
They can be read up, down, forwards, backwards, and diagonally.
The remaining letters spell out a nautical word used in greeting.

C E k n o t t A PIRATE
BOUNTY

CAPTAIN U d t i d l o g PORT

CUTLASS T r e a s u r e SEA

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GOLD SHIP
L o s t r e R v
KNOT SWORD

LOOT
A w h p l i a a TREASURE

LOST S s i a h o p w WAVE

PARROT S o p c T R o P
B O U N T Y y t

Answer: The remaining letters spell out AhoY.


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Activity
Missing Words
Captain William Lubber is on the trail of infamous pirate Arabella
Drummond. Can you work out which words complete his latest
report of a sighting of this piratical menace?

rabella D rummond ’s ship, The


A
, was
2
off
1
Adventure
of
3
. W e set sail
the coast
4 encounte REd a
but
to

Illustrations from Pirateology copyright © 2007 by Helen Ward. PirateologyTM is a registered trademark of The Templar Company Plc.
rough tide that threatened
the ship . B y the time we
5

cuban
6 the
reached
had
7 over
rogue pirate
the
8
horizon.

Missing Words
• •
DISTANT  IMmediately  sighted  BOLD •
• •
Cuba  founder  vanished  waters •
7. VANISHED 8. DISTANT
5. FOUNDER 6. WATERS
3. CUBA 4. IMMEDIATELY
1. BOLD 2. SIGHTED
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Answers:
Activity
Code Cracker
Use the code below to uncode the magical message from Master Merlin.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Illustrations from Wizardology copyright © 2007 by John Howe. WizardologyTM is a registered trademark of The Templar Company Plc.

Try creating your own code to write more secret messages.

Their magic’s just begun.


Yet see the ones who read this here;
My magic’s almost done.
Spirits of the earth and air,
Answer:
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