Students enjoyed a unit on fossils and dinosaurs this year. For lower el, I started with a story by Marcus Pfister called Dazzle the Dinosaur. For upper el, we watched a Bill Nye the Science Guy video. Students followed a step-by-step lesson on how to draw and paint a landscape, then drew their dinosaurs the next week. Fourth and fifth graders did research on their chromebooks finding out interesting information about fossils, what place their dino had in the food chain, and interesting facts about their dinosaur. We visited www.enchantedlearning.com and clicked on dinosaurs for their research and fact finding. Toward the end of the unit, teams of students were able to be paleontologists and take a bunch of "bones" that they then had to assemble into a complete dinosaur skeleton. This took problem solving (no directions) and teamwork. We also watched a time lapse video of scientists putting together a full size Hadrosaur in a museum to peak their interest.
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AuthorMy name is Mrs. Krupa and I'm an elementary art teacher at Oxbow Elementary. I'm a professional harpist turned art teacher of 20 years. I'll share art lessons and ideas on these pages, what works and doesn't. Enjoy! Categories
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