Synopses & Reviews
Dinosaurs are every students fascination. Reproducible, hands-on activities give students the opportunity to experience how the scientific process works and how scientists form and test conclusions. Students build and employ skills in analysis, drawing, measuring, graphing, and arithmetic; exercise research and library skills to acquire data necessary to complete the activities; and apply critical-thinking skills to extrapolate from the known to the unknown-the fundamental process that makes science work. Grades 4-12.
Synopsis
The ever-popular dinosaur serves here as a vehicle for authentic learning about science and scientific subjects (e.g., mechanics, skeletal systems, radiometric dating, plate tectonics, fossils). Reproducible, hands-on activities offer young learners the opportunity to experience how the scientific process works and how scientists form and test conclusions.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-239) and index.
About the Author
CRAIG A. MUNSART is a secondary science teacher with Jefferson County Schools in Colorado.