1. THIS PRESENTATION Dinosaur’
PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW s
FOR OUR UPCOMING UNIT

2. ESSENTIAL/UNIT/CONTENT QUESTIONS
 Essential Question:
 Why did we have dinosaurs to begin with?
 Unit Question(s)
 What would the world be like if we didn’t have dinosaurs?
 What would the world be like if we still have dinosaurs?
 Content Question(s)
 How many specious of dinosaurs did we have?
 What was the name of the dinosaur that could fly?
 What was the biggest dinosaur?

3. SUMMARY OF THE UNIT
 Students will list the dif ferent types of dinosaurs. Students
will write an addition/subtraction sentence and draw a
dinosaur picture to illustrate it. Students will observe
dinosaur bones and illustrate types of bones found. Students
will conduct an experiment to learn how dinosaurs eat .

4. ROLE OF THE TEACHER, PARENT, AND
STUDENT:
 The role of all three of these are to:
 1. Creativity and Innovation
 2. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
 3. Communication and Collaboration
 4. Leadership and Responsibility

5. BENEFITS OF THE UNIT:
 It is an engaging unit
 It is also hands on so the students will be doing most of the
work
 Group work (which students tend to do better in)
 Fun and exciting (and the best part they are learning while
having fun)

6. STANDARDS:
 Subject: Science (1), or Technology Education (K - 2)
 1 . Select appropriate tools and technological resources
needed to gather, analyze, and interpret data.
 2. Identify basic properties of objects.
 4. Describe survival traits of living things, including
color, shape, size, texture, and covering.
 4. Identify safe use of technology systems and applications.
 7. Use digital tools to access and retrieve information.

7. OBJECTIVES:
 Students will list the body parts of a dinosaur. Students will
write an addition/subtraction sentence and draw a picture of
a dinosaur to illustrate it. Students will observe dinosaurs and
illustrate types of dinosaur bones. Students will conduct an
experiment to learn how dinosaurs eat.

8. MY GOALS FOR PROJECT-BASED
LEARNING
 Try some project-based learning strategies.
 To make my classroom more student -centered.
 Using technology tools that I have not used before.
 Try to focus on targeting specific century skills.
 Try to do a couple mini -lessons.

9. CONTACT INFORMATION:
 If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to
contact me:
 Skype: cocoezell
 Email: Charrison1@crimson.ua.edu
(I am available to Skype from 3:30-4:30, if this time doesn't’t work for you
please email me so we can arrange a time to meet)