Get ready to solve the mystery of the fossil discovery. In this program students will act like paleontologists and use fossil evidence to determine the length, speed of travel, diet, and species of the dinosaur. Students will reflect on the question “How does learning about the past inform us about what Alberta is like today?” through storytelling and hands-on investigation.
Length: 60 minutes
Program times: 10:00 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 12:45 p.m.
Maximum students: 32
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Curricular Connections
Grade 3
Living Systems:
- Classify animals in a food chain as carnivores, herbivores, or omnivores.
- Investigate and discuss how plants and animals respond to stimuli in their environments in order to survive.
- Explain interconnectedness in environments, including how plants depend on animals and how animals depend on plants to survive.
Earth Systems:
- Describe how natural events change Earth’s surface.
- Investigate natural events that have changed Earth’s surface in Alberta.
- Relate human activities to changes in Earth’s surface.
- Relate activities of plants and animals to changes in Earth’s surface.
- Examine how layers of Earth’s surface hold information about the past.
- Explain how paleontologists know that dinosaurs lived on Earth millions of years ago.
- Investigate fossilized dinosaur bones that have been found in Alberta and the dinosaurs they belong to.
- Identify and discuss where fossilized dinosaur bones have been found or are on display in Alberta.
Scientific Methods:
- Utilize techniques and tools that improve the accuracy of data
Grade 4
Living Systems:
- Find and classify examples of local plants and animals based on appearance, habitat, and structures.
- Relate the external structures of animals to their functions, excluding reproduction.
- Compare external structures of various plants and animals in relation to function.
Earth Systems:
- Discuss ways that plants and animals use water to meet their basic needs.
- Identify plants and animals that exist in various bodies of water.
- Explain how changes in one system can have impacts on other systems.
- Investigate natural resources in Alberta and how they are used to meet human needs.
- Investigate conservation practices in natural and human-made areas.
Scientific Methods:
- Discuss how evidence is produced through the study and interpretation of data
Grade 5
Scientific Methods:
- Discuss how data can be represented in different ways
- Examine how evidence should be communicated clearly and accurately to ensure validity and reliability in the investigation
Grade 6
Living Systems:
- Relate the preservation of various ecosystems to possible actions that address climate change.
- Examine the diversity of animals and plants in various ecosystems in relation to abiotic components.
- Examine ways that plants and animals rely on each other to meet their needs.
Earth Systems:
- Describe possible effects of climate change on land, plants, humans, and other animals.
- Compare theories about dinosaur extinction.
- Identify explanations of natural phenomena that have been refined as new evidence has been revealed.
Scientific Methods:
- Explore how hypotheses are based on prior scientific knowledge and understanding
- Examine how evidence is used to support or contradict a hypothesis
Cross-Curricular Connections
Grade 3:
- Investigate landmarks that reveal information about the past in Alberta (Social Studies).
- Analyze factors that shape Alberta’s identity (Social Studies).
- Explore how fractions contribute to a sense of number (Mathematics)
- Explore basic units of length (Mathematics)
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