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| Ready-Set-Tech: Brachiosaurus/Apotosaurus What’s The Difference? |
Debra Mceathron, Eneida M. Hartner,
Miami, FL
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| Grade Level |
Primary K – 2 |
| Subject |
Science and Writing |
| Background |
Young children have been
exposed to several movies about dinosaurs. The movies make no
distinction between dinosaurs of the same genus. In this lesson
the students will use the Internet to make comparisons between two
sauropods. The students will identify key similarities and
differences. |
| Objectives |
Use online resources to revise, retrieve and verify data
Compare and contrast two sauropods |
| Materials |
Computers with Internet access,
pictures of a Brachiosaurus and an Apotosaurus, Sauropods
Work Sheet, Venn diagram worksheet. |
| Procedure |
- The students will observe pictures of a
Brachiosaurus and an Apotosaurus.
- Discuss how features are similar.
- Discuss how features are different.
- List data in a Venn diagram
- Ask students to develop data to back up
visual observations by visiting book marked websites. Some sites
to check are:
Zoom Dinosaurs, click on dinosaur fact sheets,
click on the name of the dinosaur
ABC
Teach, click on dinosaur facts
- After accessing the sites the students
will complete the Sauropods
Work Sheet.
- Write three facts on how the two
sauropods are the same.
- Write three facts on how the two
sauropods are different.
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| Evaluation |
Students will compare and contrast
sauropods using data recorded on the Sauropods
Work Sheet.
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