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Ancient Mammals-Permian to Holocene

In this ongoing class, students will learn about prehistoric mammals from the early ancestors of the Permian to the more famous Mammoths of the Holocene.
Chidumebi Ikechi Njoku-Browne
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:
(861)
Class

What's included

1 live meeting
35 mins in-class hours per week

Class Experience

US Grade 3 - 6
Students will learn about groups, and individual ancient mammals.
The topics that will be covered will be spotlights of mammals from the Pelycosaurs of the Permian like Dimetrodon and Gorgonops, to the Triassic Cynodonts and Dicynodonts, the Jurassic metatherians, Cretaceous Marsupials and Placentals, Post dinosaur mammals all the way down to giant sloths, mammoths and sabre-tooth felines.
My class will be structured along the mammal family tree.
My teaching style can be described as interactive.
Learners will get to interact with me and each other through lectures, documentary clips and images showcased.
There is no prior experience or knowledge needed.

The topics broken down below will rotate, after a set is done, the class will restart back from the beginning so that students who missed a topic will have a chance to see what they missed.
Week 1-10/30/2020 : Mammoths & Elephants
Week 2-11/06/2020: Sail-backed Pelycosaurs (Dimetrodon & Edaphosaurs)
Week 3-11/13/2020: Sabre-toothed felines
Week 4-11/20/2020: Dicynodonts
Week 5-11/27/2020: Horses
Week 6-12/4/2020: Gorgonopsids
Week 7-12/11/2020: Camels
Week 8-12/18/2020: Cynodonts
Week 9-01/08/2021: Primates (not including Homonids)
Week 10-01/15/2021: Caseid Pelycosaurs
Week 11-01/22/2021: Big Cats
Week 12-01/29/2021: Rhinos
Week 13-02/05/2021: Whales
Week 14-02/12/2021: Homonids
Week 15-02/26/2021: Lystrosaurs
Week 16-03/05/2021: Hyenadonts 
Week 17-03/12/2021: Pigs
Week 18-03/19/2021: Bears, Dogs & Bear-Dogs
Week 19-03/26/2021: False Rhinos and Horse-Rhinos
Week 20-04/02/2021: Deer
Week 21-04/09/2021: Australian Mammals

After the Australian Mammals it then loops back to Mammoths and Elephants

Learning Goals

Students will learn about the oft-forgotten sheer variety of prehistoric mammals
learning goal

Other Details

Parental Guidance
There will be discussion and images of predator-prey interactions
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
No sources needed
Joined June, 2019
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Master's Degree in Public Administration from University of Baltimore
Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Government from Alvernia University
I am an educator in the Deep Time Hall at the Natural History Museum in D.C. I studied Paleontology at the University of Alberta and have been on several fossil digs.

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weekly
1x per week
35 min

Completed by 101 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 8-13
1-12 learners per class

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