Calling all dinosaur lovers!
If you spend your free time watching Netflix documentaries about dinosaurs, watching dino-themed TV shows, pouring over dinosaur books, playing with dinosaur toys, and wishing YOU could travel to Jurassic World, then this is the club for you!

This is an ongoing, one-year course.  We meet year round with a few breaks for holidays, etc.  You can join in at any time and stay for as many weeks as you want.  The content repeats annually--so, if you join in January (or October, or May, etc) you can expect new material every week for a full year--that's a LOT of dinosaurs!

Each week, I will present a brief lesson about a featured dinosaur of my choosing.  These will almost always be different from the dinosaurs that i cover in my 5-week "Junior Paleontology: Discovering Dinosaurs" class, so you don't have to worry about repeats. 
 We will then practice our scientific observation skills by examining an illustration of that dinosaur together, looking at special attributes of each individual dinosaur.  Once we have shared our observations, students will draw (or color the provided coloring page) the dinosaur in their "field guide" journal and label it.  Weekly printed fact sheets will be provided, which students may cut out and add to their journals, as well.

The remainder of the class will be spent exchanging dinosaur facts, sharing favorite dinosaur toys and books, and generally "geeking out" about dinos together.  We will also occasionally play related interactive games, do movement activities, and more (see below).  Students will be encouraged to bring something to share each week, and will also occasionally be provided extension activities between meetings.

Fall/Winter 2022 themes:
Week of October 30:  Gallimimus
Week of November 6:  Dimorphodon
Week of November 13: Argentinosaurus
Week of November 20: (no class on Thursday, Friday) Velociraptor
Week of November 27: (no class on Monday, Tuesday) Velociraptor
Week of December 4: Archaeopteryx
Week of December 11: Mosasaurus
Week of December 18: Pachycephalosaurus
Week of December 25: NO CLASS (Holiday Break)

2023
Week of January 1: Carnotaurus (NO CLASS Monday 1/2/2023)
Week of January 8: Dilophosaurus
Week of January 15: Herrerasaurus
Week of Jan 22 (2022): Suchomimus
Week of Jan 29: Brontosaurus
Week of February 5: Megalosaurus
Week of Feb 12: Therizinosaurus
Week of Feb 19:  Fukuiraptor
Week of Feb 26: Kosmoceratops
Week of March 5: Coelophysis
Week of March 12: Tyrannosaurus Rex
Week of March 19: Ceratosaurus
Wee of March 26: Pterodactylus
Week of April 2: edited: Impromptu DINO FUN WEEK! (games, trivia, sharing) (NO CLASS 4/4-4/10/ Mondays may be a bit different, be sure to check the schedule)
Week of April 10: edited: Impromptu DINO FUN WEEK! (games, trivia, sharing) (NO CLASS 4/4-4/10/ Mondays may be a bit different, be sure to check the schedule)
Week of April 16: Archelon
Week of April 23: Majungasaurus
Week of April 29: Diplodocus
Week of May 7: Edmontosaurus (no class Thursday and Friday)
Week of May 14: (no class Monday) Indominus Rex 
Week of May 21: (Monday class will do IndominusRex) Carcharodontosaurus
Week of May 28: (Monday class will do Carcharodontosaurus) Compsagnathus
Week of June 4: FUN WEEK!  Dino-themed games, trivia, show & tell (NO CLASS Friday 6/9)
(SCHOOL YEAR Field Guide ends)
Week of June 11: NO CLASSES 
Week of June 18: SUMMER COMPENDIUM BEGINS! (we will change formats for our field guide for the summer series of dinosaurs) Styracosaurus
Week of June 25: Liopleurodon
Week of July 2: NO CLASS Monday through Thursday; Friday classes will be "DINO FUN WEEK" theme
Week of July 9: Quetzalcoatlus
Week of July 16: Albertosaurus
Week of July 23:Elsamosaurus
Week of July 29:  Troodon
Week of August 6: Rhamphorynchus
Week of August 13: Ichthyosaurus
Week of August 20:  Utahraptor
Week of August 27: Xiphactinus
Week of September 3: Pterodaustro  (no class on Monday, 9/4)
Week of September 10: Microraptor 

FALL FIELD GUIDES BEGIN Week of September 17, 2023

Fall/Winter 2023 themes:
Week of October 8: NO CLASS
Week of October 15: Iguanodon
Week of October 22: Parasaurolophus
Week of October 29:  Ankylosaurus
Week of November 5:  Gallimimus
Week of November 12: Dimorphodon
Week of November 19: NO CLASS due to Thanksgiving Holiday (US)
Week of November 26: Argentinosaurus
Week of December 3:Archaeopteryx
Week of December 10: Velociraptor
Week of December 17: Mosasaurus
Week of December 24: NO CLASS (Holiday Break)
Week of December 31: NO CLASS
2024 Themes:
Week of January 7: Pachycephalosaurus
Week of January 14: Dilophosaurus
Week of Jan 21: Suchomimus
Week of Jan 28: Brontosaurus
Week of February 4: Megalosaurus
Week of Feb 11: Therizinosaurus
Week of Feb 18:  Fukuiraptor
Week of Feb 25: Kosmoceratops
Week of March 3: Coelophysis
Week of March 10: Tyrannosaurus Rex
Week of March 17: Ceratosaurus
Wee of March 24: Pterodactylus (NO CLASS 3/29)
Week of March 31: NO CLASS
Week of April 7: DINO FUN WEEK! (games, trivia, sharing)
Week of April 14: Archelon
Week of April 21: Majungasaurus
Week of April 28: Diplodocus
Week of May 5: Edmontosaurus (no class Thursday and Friday)
Week of May 12: Edmontosaurus (no class Monday-Wed)
Week of May 21:  Carcharodontosaurus
Week of May 26: Indominus Rex
Week of June 2: Compsagnathus (NO CLASS Friday 6/7)
(SCHOOL YEAR Field Guide ends)

SUMMER 2024
Week of June 9: NO CLASSES 
Week of June 18: SUMMER COMPENDIUM BEGINS! (we will change formats for our field guide for the summer series of dinosaurs) Styracosaurus
Week of June 25: Liopleurodon
Week of July 2: FUN WEEK!  Dino-themed games, trivia, show & tell (NO CLASS Thursday, July 4)
Week of July 7: Quetzalcoatlus
Week of July 14: Albertosaurus
Week of July 21:Elsamosaurus
Week of July 28:  Troodon
Week of August 4: Rhamphorynchus
Week of August 11: Ichthyosaurus
Week of August 18:  Utahraptor
Week of August 25: Xiphactinus

Week of September 15: Pterodaustro 
Week of September 22: Microraptor 

FALL FIELD GUIDES BEGIN Week of September 29, 2024 (themes rotate on an annual basis--join anytime and stay as long as you want!)


In each short, introductory lesson, students will learn about the weekly featured dinosaur through a variety of approaches, such as read aloud stories, informative slides, video clips, and graphics, and more.  We will also intermittently add playful learning activities such as: building and sculpting, movement activities, games, discussion, repetition and more.  Vocabulary words such as paleontologist, herbivore, carnivore, timeline, mesozoic, triassic, jurassic, cretaceous, fossil, bipedal, quadrupedal,  prehistoric, extinction and more will be introduced and used during these interactive, engaging lessons.

***Access to a printer is required for this course. ***