Digging Up Teenage Gastonia
In Digging Up Teenage Gastonia, the team of paleontologists at a Utah dig site discover that all the Gastonia buried at the site are roughly the same age. They’ve found a group of teenagers, and that suggests something unexpected. This video is excerpted from BBC's Walking With Dinosaurs, a legendary program that introduces six iconic dinosaurs emerging from incredible digs. This video is part our Walking With Dinosaurs Virtual Field Trip.
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Come along on a prehistoric adventure! When you share this Interactive Map with your students, they'll get kid-friendly directions for how to explore. They can click around the six different dig sites (each featuring one incredible dinosaur), where they'll watch a pair of videos and take a quiz. Make sure you've also printed copies of the Paleontologist Field Journal for them to record their findings. It's all part of our Walking With Dinosaurs Virtual Field Trip!
To start, click on the link below. You'll be invited to make a copy of the Google Slides. You can save it to your Google Classroom and then share it with students so they can explore on their own. They'll want to be in Slideshow mode for this!
Get the Interactive Map
As students explore each dinosaur and dig site combo, they can record their findings in this Paleontologist Field Journal. For each site, students will fill in:
- Dig Site Observations: Answer questions about the Visit the Dig video.
- Fact File: Using information from the Meet the Dinosaur video and your own research, fill in all the boxes.
- Coloring page: Color the detailed scientific drawing of the dinosaur.
It's all part of our Walking With Dinosaurs Virtual Field Trip!
You'll need to print this double-sided. Select the option to flip on the long edge. To assemble the journals, students will stack the double-sided pages together, fold in half, and staple along the short edge.
Want to use our Walking With Dinosaurs Virtual Field Trip in your Grade 3-8 classroom? You're going to want our Teacher Guide, too. Inside, you'll find:
- Introductory letter
- Ways to use the virtual field trip
- Extension activities
- Standards alignment
- Full lesson plan with objectives, procedure, and helpful tips
It's all part of our Walking With Dinosaurs Virtual Field Trip!
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