Dinosaurs to Drones

Investigating Change and Grit Through Paleontology
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-94536-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm, Gewicht: 683 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Parents and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

McIntosh, Jason S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläontologie, Taphonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik Hochbegabtenförderung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Conceptualizing Change  2. Calculating the Consequences  3. A Trippy Train Trip  4. Digging Into Dorian  5. The Euphoria of Meeting Victoria  6. The Impact of Incorrect References  7. A Cavalcade of Character Sketches  8. Dino Plinko  9. Location Matters  10. Care and Feeding of a Dinosaur  11. Dreaming Up Drone Duties  12. From Bone to Stone  13. Dynamic Deductions  14. Deciphering a Dinosaur Dilemma  15. Fighting Fears and Considering Cycles  16. Reexamining Relationships  17. Creatures and Careers  18. Predator Competitors  19. Hand Drawing a Hadrosaur  20. Profile on Prejudice  21. Designing a Drone  22. Awesome Idioms  23. Gyroscopes and Game Plans  24. Breaker Space Breakdown  25. Searching for Serendipity  26. Delineating the Denouement  27. Victoria? Meet Sue!  28. Half On / Half Off  29. The Evolution of Dorian  30. The Grit Games

Über Autor(innen)

Jason S. McIntosh is a Senior Instructional Designer for Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona. Prior to this, he was a teacher and Gifted Coordinator for 27 years. He has five other STEM-related books designed for gifted or advanced students, all of which have won NAGC’s Curriculum of the Year award and have been published by Routledge.