Become a Paleontologist!

Introduction

Are you ready to become a paleontologist? You and your partner will dig up dinosaur bones and put them together. Use clues and resources to learn about your dinosaur and be ready to share your information with the class! 

Task

After learning about various dinosaurs and how they lived,  you will dig up model dinosaur bones and put them together. You will put your knowledge to the test and examine the dinosaur skeleton in order to discover what kind of dinosaur you found. You will need to know what your dinosaur ate and how it survived from predator attacks.  When your dinosaur model is put together,  you will take a photo of it and label the parts.  Finally, you will present your labeled picture to the class and explain how you used clues from the fossils to learn how your dinosaur once lived. 

Process

Step 1: Learn About Dinosaurs



What kinds of dinosaurs once lived on Earth?

Watch the Video: https://youtu.be/rgAVhZ50aRI

Explore Various types of dinosaurs: http://www.kidsdinos.com/dinosaurs-for-kids/

Read Aloud: Dinosaur Dig by Jan and Mike Berenstain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSzxovZXzPU



How did dinosaur bones get in the ground?

Watch the Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rkGu0BItKM&feature=youtu.be#t=0

What did dinosaurs look like what they were alive? What did they eat?

Observe the various dinosaurs in their environment: http://discoverykids.com/videos/laziest-dinosaurs-ever-discovery-dinosaurs/

Watch the video to learn how to tell what dinosaurs ate and how they lived: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v4cofw39CE&feature=youtu.be#t=0

Step 2: Test Your Knowledge



Take the Dinosaur Quiz: http://discoverykids.com/games/dinosaurs-quiz/

Step 3: Dig up dinosaur bones/Build your dinosaur

When you reach Step 3, raise your hand to get your materials bag to dig up the bones. Using the materials in your bag, dig and brush away dirt from the rock to uncover dinosaur bones. Remember everything you've learned about dinosaurs. When you have found all of your bones, put them together to make a dinosaur skeleton. Make sure you and your partner work together and place a name card next to your dinosaur skeleton.

If you and your partner are having trouble putting together the bones, you may do more research on the dinosaur symbaloo page here: http://blog.elanco.org/firstgrade/science/dinosaurs/

FINAL PROJECT:

1. When your dinosaur skeleton is put together, take a picture with your Chromebook camera.

2. Upload your photo into SeeSaw and use the drawing tool to label the parts of your dinosaur skeleton. SeeSaw Sign In

3. Record you and your partner explaining how you uncovered the bones and how you can use their bones to discover how the dinosaur lived. Share what kind of dinosaur you think you discovered. Submit your project.

4. Listen to other groups' recordings and comment on their videos. Tell what you think they did well on their project.

Congratulations! You are a Paleontologist!

Evaluation

 

 

Beginning

1

Developing

2

Accomplished

3

Exemplary

4

Score

 

Labeling of Dinosaur skeleton

 

The students did not take a photo or labeled less than 2 parts correctly.

The students took a photo of their dinosaur skeleton and correctly labeled at least 2 parts. Some parts were misspelled.

The students took a photo of their dinosaur skeleton and correctly labeled the parts we learned about in the web quest. Some parts were misspelled.

The students took a photo of their dinosaur skeleton and correctly labeled the parts we learned about in the web quest. All parts were spelled correctly.

__/4

 

Audio Recording: Explanation of dinosaur life

 

 

Students included 1 basic fact of their dinosaur in their description. Students did not explain how to learn about their dinosaur from the skeleton accurately.

Students included at least 2 basic facts about their dinosaur in their description. Students explained some of their reasoning accurately.

Students included at least 3 facts about their dinosaur in their description. Students explained their reasoning accurately.

Students included several facts about their dinosaur's life in their description. Students explained their reasoning for each fact accurately.

__/4

 

SeeSaw Submission

 

 

Audio recording is not clear and audible throughout most of the recording. Submission includes a photo of the dinosaur skeleton, and labels were created using the drawing tool of 1 part  or no labels were included.

Audio recording is clear and audible throughout some of the recording. Submission includes a photo of the dinosaur skeleton, and labels were created using the drawing tool of 2 parts.

Audio recording is clear and audible throughout most of the recording. Submission includes a photo of the dinosaur skeleton, and labels were created using the drawing tool of some parts of the parts.

Audio recording is clear and audible throughout the entire recording. Submission includes a photo of the dinosaur skeleton, and labels were created using the drawing tool of all parts.

__/4

 

Peer Review

 

Students provided feedback such as "great job" that lacks detail. Students did not provide feedback to other groups.

Students provided positive feedback or suggestions to 1 or more other groups through seesaw comments.

Students provided specific positive feedback or suggestions to 2 or more other groups through seesaw comments.

Students provided specific positive feedback or suggestions to 3 or more other groups through seesaw comments.

__/4

 

Conclusion

Congratulations on completing your journey to becoming paleontologists!   

 

Remember, you can learn more about dinosaurs or use any of the resources from this web quest by visiting Miss Simmons' Dinosaur Symbaloo Page here: http://blog.elanco.org/firstgrade/science/dinosaurs/ 

Credits

Discovery Communications. (2017). Dinosaurs Quiz. Retrieved from                     http://discoverykids.com/games/dinosaurs-quiz/

Discovery Communications. (2017). Laziest Dinosaurs Ever. Retrieved          from http://discoverykids.com/videos/laziest-dinosaurs-ever-discovery-dinosaurs/

Hoopla Kids TV. (11, September 2014). Dinosaurs Facts and Fun Dinosaurs Cartoon Videos for Children.     (Video File). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v4cofw39CE&feature=youtu.be#t=0

Kid's Know It Network. (2016). Kids Dinosaurs. Retrieved from http://www.kidsdinos.com/dinosaurs-for-kids/

Oxford Reading Academy. (12, July 2016). Dinosaur Dig Berenstain Bears by Jan and Mike Berenstain.     (Video File). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSzxovZXzPU

Passantino, Fiona. (21, May 2011). What's a Fossil.(Video File). Retrieved    from  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rkGu0BItKM&feature=youtu.be#t=0

Simmons, M. (2016). Dinosaurs-ELANCO First Grade Links. Retrieved    from  http://blog.elanco.org/firstgrade/science/dinosaurs/

The Kid's Picture Show. (27, December 2014). Jurassic Dinosaurs. (Video File). Retrieved    from https://youtu.be/rgAVhZ50aRI