Animals at the museum, especially dinosaurs

	Make reservations in advance.
	Send home a letter to parents requesting chaperones (sample included).
	Send home permission slips (sample included).

	Get permission from administration in advance.
	Arrange transportation.
	Send copy of lesson to chaperone.
	Pack medical forms and release forms.
	Call a day ahead to confirm.
	Have children bring back packs for boots, mittens, and coats.

	Students will join in on learning the Dinosaur Friend Song. (attached #1)
	Teacher will use a map and point out using strings connected to the place and name, in which dinosaurs have been found. (attached #6)
	The day of the field trip students will be given a dinosaur picture, with their name on it. This serves as a safety feature and a prop for today’s lesson. (attached #2)
	The class will discuss the many different names of dinosaurs given out.
	According to dinosaur names students will get in a group of five.

	Students will complete a word scramble of dinosaur names. (attached #3)
	Students will present their information to the class that they gathered from the museum about their assigned dinosaur.
	Students will vote on their favorite Dinosaur after learning about each one.
	Students will make prehistoric dinosaur masks and open up their play with the Dinosaur Friend Song.
	Students will perform Prehistoric Play. (attached #4)
	Students will recite "A Silly Dinosaur Poem". (attached #5)
	Students will write about their dinosaur experience in their journal.

	Teacher will observe students’ presenting the information about their dinosaur.
	Teacher will read and respond to journal writing
	Students will create their own dinosaur using a variety of physical characteristics that they discovered while viewing the dinosaurs at the museum. They will assign their dinosaur a name.

	"Museum Scavenger Hunt" worksheet, UWSP Museum of Natural History.
	Martin E. Ralph, Jr., "Teaching Science for all Children", Allyn and Bacon, Massachusetts, 1994.
	Weekly Reader Dinosaur Teaching Kit. Field Publications 1988.

Tuesday September 21, 1998 Creativity Elementary School Your child’s class is planning a school trip on Monday, November 1st, 1998 to the UWSP Museum of Natural History as a part of their class studies. The group will leave the school at 9:00A.M.and will return at approximately 11:45 A.M. Your child will be under the same supervision as is maintained during time spent at school. This field trip will enhance in-class studies on the topic dinosaurs. Attendance at the field trip will enable your child to participate in educational activities that meet the planned objectives of classroom learning. If you have any questions relating to the trip or its educational value, feel free to contact Ms. Vander loop or Ms. Seitz at (715) 345-0000. Please express your approval of participation by signing the slip below and returning it to the teacher. (Signature of teacher and principal) I give permission for my child, ___________________________ to attend the trip scheduled on Monday, November 1, 1998 to the UWSP Museum of Natural History knowing that every precaution will be taken for his or her safety. You have my permission to administer medical assistance to my child in case of emergency. ______________________________ (Parent Signature and date) Special medical needs or prescriptions for my child include: (Please be specific)

 

Volunteers needed for class field trip!! Who: Parents, guardians. Or grandparents What: Please volunteer to be a chaperone for our class field trip. Each chaperone will be in charge of a group of five students. Where: We will be visiting The UWSP Museum of Natural History. The school bus will leave from Creativity Elementary School. When: Monday, November 1, 1998. The school bus will leave the school at 9:00 A.M. Chaperones should arrive at 8:30 A.M. to form groups and gather coats to load the bus. We will return to Creativity Elementary at approximately 11:45 A.M. Why: This field trip will enhance in-class studies on the topic of dinosaurs. Chaperone rules: Always use positive language in the presence of our students. No smoking at anytime during the field trip or on school grounds prior to field trip. Take the bus to and from the UWSP Museum. Read the lesson plan that will be sent to you prior to our trip. Thank you for your help!!! _____YES! I would be happy to chaperone your class field trip to The UWSP Museum of Natural History on Monday, November 1, 1998. _____________________Name_____________________Telephone # __________________________________________Address I have agreed to the rules above and will wait for you to contact me with any information concerning this trip. __________________________Signature of chaperone and date Put my name on a list to call for other field trips throughout the year .

A silly dinosaur poem (For believers in silly dinosaurs only!) If I were a dinosaur Living today, There’s plenty I’d do And plenty I’d say I’d sell you your shoes Or give you your shots. I’d work in your zoos Or tie Girl Scout knots. I’d dance a fast jig Or pull your loose tooth. I’d sail on a rig Or work in circus booths. I’d ride on a train Or teach in a school, I’d run a huge crane Or lifeguard a pool. I’d polish your sinks Or holler at rallies. I’d skate in your rinks Or clean bowling alleys. What a world would be. What fun we could share, If you could just see The work I would dare! If I were a dinosaur Living today, There’s plenty I’d do And plenty I’d say!

Use for map activity Brontosaurus- Wyoming / Pterodactyl- Kansas / Hypsilophodon- England / Parasaurolophus – Canada/Triceratops- North Dakota / Plesiosaur – England / Tyrannosaurus – Canada / Protoceratops – Asia/Walgettosuchus –Australia / Triassolestes – South America

 

Dinosaur word scramble sgoturussae _______________________________ lnsyaosaukur ______________________________ uapaurlssoproha ____________________________ pstosaaauru _______________________________ ruanotsyaruns ______________________________ pricerattso ________________________________ taeosoiuraus _______________________________ uanniodgo _________________________________ ahiorsbaruucs ______________________________ laaulrouss _________________________________ iromdedont ________________________________ Choose form the following words! Stegosaurus/ tyrannosaurus/ iguanodon/ plateosaurus/ dimetrodon/ ankylosaurus/ brachiosaurus/ parasaurolophus/ apatosaurus/ triceratops/ allosaurus Use the underlined letters to find the hidden word! ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

 

Natural History Museum Scavenger Hunt! What allows a dinosaur to move so fast? _______________________ In what stage: Early Triassic, MiddleTriassic or Late Triassic (circle one) did we discover the first dinosaur?__________________________ What was the name of the first dinosaur that we found?___________________ What was the supercontinent called before it split apart into separate continents?__________________________________________________ What stage existed between 208-145 million years ago?_______________ If an ichthyosaur isn’t a dinosaur what is it?_________________________ Did flowering plants exist when the last dinosaurs were alive?_________ Is the tundra swan an endangered species?__________________________ Name one reason the passenger pigeon became extinct. ______________ What type of animal lives in water and has a stiff skeleton with many holes?________________________________________________________ Is the grizzly bear a male or a female?_____________________________ Name three things a roadrunner eats. ____________, ____________, ______________. Where does the iguana like to go when frightened?___________________ What color is a passenger pigeon's egg?_____________________________ How deep can a loon dive?_______________________________________ How much food can a masked shrew eat in a day?____________________ How did the extra bones get inside the body cavity of the dinosaur coelophysis?___________________________________________________ About how big is a tyrannosaur’s brain?__________________________ Did tyrannosaurus have cheeks or lips to hold food in its mouth?__________ Does one animal remind you of yourself? Why?__________________________________________________________