
- 276 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Take your advanced students on a simulated dinosaur dig and hone the analytical skills required to think like a paleontologist!
Designed to meet the needs of gifted students in grades 5–6, this award-winning curriculum unit consists of 30 lesson plans structured around an included 26-chapter novel. Based on the author's real-life experiences, your students will join Dorian as he travels from New York City to Montana to participate in a paleontological dig. Employing problem-based learning and Socratic seminars, these engaging lessons give students the space to choose which parts of the lessons they'd like to explore further while encouraging them to investigate change over time, from the age of the dinosaurs to the modern era.
With opportunities for student choice and targeted social-emotional learning discussions embedded throughout, this award-winning unit is a must-have for gifted educators seeking to facilitate active student engagement while integrating an exciting, problem-based learning unit into their curriculum.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Standards and Objectives
- Lesson 1 Conceptualizing Change
- Lesson 2 Calculating the Consequences
- Lesson 3 A Trippy Train Trip
- Lesson 4 Digging into Dorian
- Lesson 5 The Euphoria of Meeting Victoria
- Lesson 6 The Impact of Incorrect Inferences
- Lesson 7 A Cavalcade of Character Sketches
- Lesson 8 Dino Plinko
- Lesson 9 Location Matters
- Lesson 10 Care and Feeding of a Dinosaur
- Lesson 11 Dreaming Up Drone Duties
- Lesson 12 From Bone to Stone
- Lesson 13 Dynamic Deductions
- Lesson 14 Deciphering a Dinosaur Dilemma
- Lesson 15 Fighting Fears and Considering Cycles
- Lesson 16 Reexamining Relationships
- Lesson 17 Creatures and Careers
- Lesson 18 Predator Competitors
- Lesson 19 Hand-Drawing a Hadrosaur
- Lesson 20 Profile on Prejudice
- Lesson 21 Designing a Drone
- Lesson 22 Awesome Idioms
- Lesson 23 Gyroscopes and Game Plans
- Lesson 24 Breakerspace Breakdown
- Lesson 25 Searching for Serendipity
- Lesson 26 Delineating the Denouement
- Lesson 27 Victoria? Meet Sue!
- Lesson 28 Half On / Half Off
- Lesson 29 The Evolution of Dorian
- Lesson 30 The Grit Games
- Appendix: Dinosaurs, Diggers, and Thieves
- References
- Master Materials List
- About the Author