June 2016 Dinosuar Discovery

Dinosaur Discovery: Descubrimiento de los Dinosaurios
How can we, as paleontologists, discover when and where dinosaurs lived?
¿Cómo podemos, como paleontólogos, aprender cuándo, dónde, y cómo vivían los
dinosaurios?
Kids of all ages are fascinated by dinosaurs. We will spend the month of June as
paleontologists, learning how dinosaurs lived, what they ate, where they lived, how they
survived (or didn’t) and why it is important to look to our past to gain knowledge and insights into
the world around us. Students will collaborate on a school wide mural, which will demonstrate
how dinosaurs may have lived.
During our Dinosaur Discovery, students will:
- Use scientific inquiry skills
- Demonstrate knowledge of the Earth’s environment
- Demonstrate geographic knowledge
- Think symbolically
- Remeber and connect experiences
- Participate cooperatively and constructively in group situations
- Recognize difference between living and non living things
Vocabulario:
los dinosaurios: dinosaurs
el paleontólogo: paleontologist
el fósil: fossil
el hueso: bone
el huevo: egg
el esqueleto: skeleton
las huellas: tracks
la tierra: land
la época: era
año: year
el periodo: period
ciento: one hundred
un mil: thousand
tiempo: weather
los dientes: teeth
el cuello: neck
afilado: sharp
el nido: nest
la garra: claw
liviano/pesado: light/heavy
herbívoro: herbivore
extincto: extinct
las piedras: rocks
el volcán: volcano
el lagarto: lizard
el reptil: reptile
las plantas: plants
el carnívoro: carnivore
el pájaro: bird
las escamas: scales
la pluma: feather
grande/pequeño: big/little
alto/bajo: tall/short
volar: to fly
buscar: to look for
encontrar: to find
comer: to eat
sobrevivir: to survive
imaginar: to imagine
desaparecer: to disappear