TITLE: Dinosaurs

Grade 2
 

OBJECTIVE: Using the technology available to students and teachers in the

Patchogue -Medford School District, Students Will Be Able To
 

· Recognize, repeat, locate and apply vocabulary introduced in The Discovery Works Science Program

· Access information from Internet Site sent to students by teacher.

· Record information on sheets provided by teacher

· Apply information gathered at audio station to unit on dinosaur research

· Graph information on sizes of the dinosaurs

· Interpret data and read a graph

· Compare and contrast the sizes of the dinosaurs
 

New York State Standards Addressed

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ELA Standard 1- Listening, Reading, Speaking, and, Writing for information and understanding

MS&T Standard 2.1- Accessing, generating, processing and transferring information using appropriate technologies.

Standard 3.5 Students will make a graph

Standard 4 Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science

Standard 4- Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science

Standard 5.3 Students will apply technological knowledge and skills to design, construct, use and evaluate products and systems to satisfy human and environmental needs
 
 

Procedure:
 

1. Group children in teams of four to six students for center work
 

2. Organize students according to assignments

3. Students will understand the assignments and proceed through the areas of the room according to the time allotted in each center.
 

4. Students will work cooperatively in teams of two at each computer, answering the questions on the Treasure Hunt Sheet.
 

5. With two students per computer, students will access the Internet to read for information
 

6. Students will enter the Internet through the Internet book on the School Vista bookshelf
 

7. Students will click on the left hand box, the Read mail box
 

8. Students will click on READ at the bottom of the screen
 

9. Students will click on the paper clip in the upper right hand corner of the screen to access sites
 

10. Students will cooperatively answer questions generated by teacher (suggestions follow on Pg. 4.)
 

11. Students will independently work on assignments in Science Packet created by teacher
 

12. Students will listen to audio and list three facts learned about the dinosaurs
 

13. Students will create a graph from information on worksheet
 

14. Students will analyze the information on the graph and answer the questions at the end of the sheet
 

15. Students will read three books on dinosaurs and select one new fact from each book
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Evaluation

Students will complete all assignments in an orderly time period

Students will manage and interpret all information gathered on dinosaurs so they are able to restate this information to others

Students will report to classmates on the most interesting facts found on the Internet

Students will collect and assemble all information in an orderly manner to be handed in to teacher for evaluation.
 

Laura Jean Howell Judy Hubbard

Grade 2 Grade 2

River Elementary School Medford Elementary School
 
 

CENTER I http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/classroom/K2.shtml
 

WORDSEARCH and GRAPHING

· Activity Internet site

Note: to print out the activity and nothing else that is on the screen, first click on the part of the screen

you want printed, then choose "Print" or "Print frame" from the "File" menu above
 

CENTER II

CROSSWORD

· (Can be found in your library Puzzle folder. Please return Created on Puzzle Power to the library when a copy has been made.)
 

CENTER III
 

Independent AUDIO station
 

· Teacher choice of Audio selection.
 

CENTER IV
 

COMPUTER Station
 

http://www.oink.demon.co.uk/topics/dinosaur.htm Use the form on next page

CENTER V

TEACHER/HANDS ON
 

· Making fossils using materials supplied by Discovery Works
 

CENTER VI
 

Science Dinosaur Packet
 

· Created by teacher from various materials
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Name _________________________Grade __________
 

Teacher _______________________Date ___________
 
 

Go to the first site and answer these questions. The first site is located at

http://www.oink.demon.co.uk/topics/dinosaur.htm
 

1. The earth is about _____________ years old, we think.
 

2. There was ____ life on earth millions of years ago.
 

3. The first living things lived in the ______.
 

4. About 500,000,000 years ago the first _______ swam in the sea.
 

5.About ____ million years ago all dinosaurs died.
 

6. We are not sure how all the dinosaurs died. Some people think ________
 

_____________________________________________________________
 

7. The word dinosaur means '____________ _______________'.
 
 
 

Now take a look at the some of the other dinosaurs. Find three new and interesting things that youwould like to tell your class.
 

Dinosaur ____________________________________________

Interesting fact 1__________________________________________
 
 
 

Interesting fact 2______________________________________________
 
 
 

Interesting fact 3 _____________________________________________