Lesson 2

Objectives:

• Students will identify various dinosaurs.
• Students will work with partners to find information about dinosaurs.
• Students will graph information gathered using a spreadsheet program.

Time Required:

• 2 - one hour sessions

Vocabulary:

• dinosaur - a group of extinct mostly land-dwelling reptiles with long
  tails and limbs used for walking
• carnivores - a plant-eating animal
• herbivores - a meat-eating animal
• extinct - no longer existing 

Materials:

• Computer With Internet Access
• Scavenger Hunt Handout
• pencils
• Science Journals
• Spreadsheet program
• Action Poem Pretend

Procedures:

• Revisit K-W-L and write new information students have learned.

• Teacher and students will act out poem: "Pretend" to begin lesson.

• Students will be given a Scavenger Hunt handout.

• Students will work in pairs using the Internet with various sites book marked by teacher to complete the Scavenger Hunt.

                    Zoom Dinosaurs

                    Dyllan's - A to Z Dinosaur Information

                   The World Of Dinosaurs

• Ask different students to refer to their Scavenger Hunt and tell what they recorded.  Fill in a class Scavenger Hunt as students answers.  For the answers to the Scavenger Hunt click here:  Answers

• Display the Scavenger Hunt in the classroom for future reference.

Evaluation:

• In their computer-generated Science Journals students will write five facts they learned about dinosaurs.

• Teacher will evaluate students' answers on Scavenger Hunt.

Extension Activity:

• Have students collect data on either heights or the lengths of several dinosaurs from the sites visited and have them use their data to make a Dinosaur Graph using any spreadsheet program.  Have them show the name of each dinosaur and how tall or long it was. Visit Yahooligans to learn more about dinosaurs and learn how to make graphs at Graphs and Charts.

Home Learning:

• Students will write three riddles about dinosaurs using desktop publishing.  Have students share their riddles in class and the other students can try to solve the riddles.

Field Trip:

Go on a virtual field trip at Dinosaur Expedition.

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