Mrs. Carpenter's Class Is Going On A Dinosaur Adventure
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Our class is going to publish a Dinosaur Newspaper. We are going to use the Internet and other sources to learn more about dinosaurs. You will be working with a partner.
With your partner you will pick a dinosaur and learn more about it. There will be a list of questions for you to answer about your dinosaur. You must also include at least one other fact that you have learned about your dinosaur.
After you gather your information, you will write a report that you will share with the class. Your report will become a part of our class newspaper that we will send home to your parents. You will also get to make a model of your dinosaur to put in the dinosaur village that we will build.
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get help with writing your report.
These are the questions that you need to answer about your dinosaur.
1. What is your dinosaur's name?
2. When did it live?
3. What type of habitat did it live in?
4. What did it eat? Was it a herbivore or a carnivore?
5. How big was it?
6. Did it have any protective devices?
7. Who were its enemies?
8. What else do you want us to know about your dinosaur?
Try these places to gather your information:
Sue at the Field Museum(Go here to learn about a T Rex skeleton that was found)
Children's Art Exhibit (Go here to see other children's dinosaur art.)
Dino Roar (Go here to hear a dinosaur roar and learn how the scientists did it.)
Need help writing your report?
When you are writing your report make sure that you include the answers to all of the questions as well as the other information that you found. All of this information needs to be put into complete sentences. You also need to have a title for your report and make sure that you put all of your team members names on it. Work together as a team to write your report. After it is written you should each look it over and talk about any changes. Make sure you check for spelling, capital letters and periods. When your group has done all of this on your own bring it to me for final editing. Then you may type it on the computer if you want, or have someone copy it in their very best writing.
This is how you will know how you did:
Needs work Almost there Good Job Wow Standard 1.18 Using technology to do
research. Didn't find information on the Internet. Found information on the Internet to answer some of
the questions. Found information on the Internet to answer most of
the questions. Found information on the Internet to answer all of the
questions, and more. Standard 3.1 Teamwork Had trouble being part of a team. Worked well on a team most of the time. Worked well on a team all of the time. Was a leader on the team and helped others to work as
a team.
Now that you have finished the other activities, here are some silly things to think about. I would like you to respond in some way to at least one of these questions. You can tell the class about it, write about it, or respond in any other way that you can think of. Have Fun!
1. What would happen if the dinosaurs were still around?
2. Would a dinosaur make a good pet? Why? Why not?
3. Should dinosaurs be allowed to come to school?
4. If you were a dinosaur which one would you like to be?
5. You are at the beach with your family and you see a dinosaur coming out of the water, what would you do?
6. What would school be like if a Tyrannosaurus Rex were the principal?
7. How would you play with a dinosaur on the playground?
You can find out a lot
more about dinosaurs in the library, in the classroom or on the
Internet! Have
Fun!
Go to Milton Town School District Home Page
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