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Cou= rse:  FLEX – Enrichment – Ei= ghth Grade – “What Do We Re= ally Know About Dinosaurs?”

 

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U= nit or General Topic, Theme, or Content Focus

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S= pecific Topics, Themes, or Content Focus

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S= kills Focus

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E= ssential Questions & Enduring Understandings

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D= istrict/Building

R= esources

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P= ossible Lessons, Projects, Assessments

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A= ligned Illinois Learn= ing Standards, Performance Descriptors, & Assessment Frameworks

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I= nterdisciplinary Connections

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D= ifferentiation Suggestions

W= hat Do We Really Know About Dinosaurs?

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Students will make observations and do simulations bas= ed on the fossil evidence paleontologists have gathered about dinosaurs, use= the information to examine theories about dinosaurs, and come up with their o= wn inferences and ideas.

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Investigating Science with Dinosaurs  curric= ular materials from Teacher Ideas Press.

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Dinosaur Eyewitness Book

 

 The News About Dinosaurs by Pat= ricia Lauber.

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Champaign schools “What Do We R= eally Know About Dinosaurs?” Teachers Guide.

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L= esson 1 – Define what a dinosaur is and try to walk like a dinosaur.

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L= esson 2 – Make inferences based on fossil evidence and look at current assumptions about dinosaur life.

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L= esson 3 – Learn how dinosaurs are named and draw= a dinosaur based on the Latin name descriptors.

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L= esson 4 – Learn the theoretical sequence of a dinosaur bone-site formation and try = to make a paper reconstruction of skeletons from a dinosaur quarry.

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L= esson 5 – Compare and contrast field of view and stereovision of animals, giving reasons for these differences.

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L= esson 6 – Examine the theory of Plate Tectonics and its relation to distribution of dinosaurs.

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L= esson 7 – Compare and contrast theories of the relationship of dinosaurs to birds and theories of dinosaur extinction.

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L= esson 8 – Create a model of a dinosaur and tell it̵= 7;s story.

S= tate Goal 1.C.3a

S= tate Goal 1.C.3c

S= tate Goal 1.C.3d

S= tate Goal 3.C.3a

S= tate Goal 12.A.3c

S= tate Goal 12.B.3b

S= tate Goal 12.E.3a

S= tate Goal 26.B.3d

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ELA – Reading for information.

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ELA – Writing a narrative to convey a specific message.=

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S= cience – Make inferences about physical evidence and apply it to structure= s on dinosaurs, and their ability to interact in their environment. 

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F= ine Art  - = Make a model of a dinosaur.

H= ave the teacher present the material if reading is too difficult.

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A= ssist in writing the dinosaur narrative, or give a shorter checklist of items to include.