Lesson Plan

DISCOVERING DINOSAURS

Susie Lewis * Bowman School * Second Grade

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Subject: Language Arts and Science
Topic: Dinosaurs
Grade Level:2
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Standards Addressed
Second Grade

Reading
      2.2.3 State purpose for reading.
          2.2.4 Use knowledge of author's purpose to comprehend informational text.
          2.2.6 Restate facts and details in text to inform and organize ideas.
          2.2.1 Relate new information to prior knowledge and experience.

Earth Science
2.3 Earth is made of materials that have distinct properties and provides resources for human activities.
2.3.4 Fossils provide evidence about the plants and animals that lived long ago, and scientists learn about the past history of earth by studying fossils.

Investigation and Experimentation
2.4.1 Make predictions based on patterns of observation rather than random guessing.
2.4.5 Write or draw descriptions of a sequence of steps, events, and observations.

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Instructional Objectives
Students will devolp an awareness of the difficulties that scientists face when they collect specimens. Students will ponder the same questions that scientists confront as they identify and categorize bones, and learn about sequential process scientists follow from discovery to museum presentation.

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Student Activities
Dig, Dig, Dig!
"Digging Up Dinosaurs", Aliki
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