Technology in the Curriculum

Introduction

In this unit the second grade students will study dinosaurs.  They will understand how fossils tell us about dinosaurs.  They will make their own fossils.  They will learn about different kinds of dinosaurs to compare and contrast them.  Understanding extinction will be researched and discussed.  Students will think about what life would have been like if they lived with dinosaurs.

Projects

• When Dinosaurs Walked The Earth-power point (Teacher)

• Meat Eaters vs Plant Eaters-poster (Publisher)

• Compare and Contrast 2 Dinosaurs-word document

• Fossils, Fossils, Fossils-web page

• What If You Lived In The Time Of The Dinosaurs-poster(Publisher)

• Extinction-power point (Teacher)

Evaluation Tools

• Power Point 1-Teacher created rubric

• Fossils Web Page -Teacher created rubric

• Dinosaur Poster-Teacher created rubric

• What If...Poster-Teacher created rubric

• Let's Test Our Knowledge Quiz-Teacher made quiz

Teacher Support

• Implementation Plan-word document

• Unit Plan-word document

• Computer Sign Up Sheet-Publisher

• Dinosaur Award-Publisher