CAMP for Junior Paleontologists: Discovering Dinosaurs

THIS IS THE CAMP VERSION of my super popular multi-day course, Discovering Dinosaurs.
In this camp, students will learn through a variety of approaches, such as read aloud stories, informative slides and graphics, drawing, building and sculpting, movement activities, video clips, games, discussion, repetition and more.  Students will investigate a variety of dinosaurs and their corresponding prehistoric periods. Math and science are interwoven into lessons.  Vocabulary words such as paleontologist, herbivore, carnivore, timeline, extinction, bi-pedal, quadrupedal, theropod, sauropod, Mesozoic, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, and more will be introduced and used during these interactive, engaging lessons.

This is an introductory STEAM camp, specially created for PreK, Kindergarten and 1st grade students.  The subject matter will be adapted to suit their educational and developmental level.

The general weekly course topics will be:
Day 1 --Intro to Paleontology
Day 2 -- Prehistoric Carnivores & Herbivores 
Day 3 -- Dinosaur Timeline: The Mesozoic Age and Triassic Period
Day 4 -- Dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period
Day 5 -- Dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period

Each day of camp will include several of the following elements: Lesson material presented in slides, a short video clip, a movement activity related to the weekly theme, a read-aloud from a related book, class discussion, 1-2 drawing/building/sculpting activities, and sharing.  Some learning games may also be included.  Students will also have the opportunity to share their optional extension projects/homework assignment  (from the previous day) with their fellow students.