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Calling all inspiring paleontologists! If you love dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, this is the club for you. In this ongoing club, students will learn about a specific weekly dinosaur or prehistoric animal that lived on earth. To get the class started I will often do a breaking news story. This will could be about a new discovery or breakthrough in the field of paleontology that I think the kids will enjoy learning about. Occasionally we might look at the overall family or a group of creatures too. Each week will be a different prehistoric animal out of the literal hundreds there are to discover. We will talk about its discovery, what time period it lives in, its unique characteristics, and other wild fun facts.

The class will be structured as a power presentation with video clips and sounds (if possible). The end of class will be a time for students to share what they've learned and ask questions. The amount of discussion time at the end of class will vary depending on how many questions students asked in the presentation of our weekly animal. 

Please be aware that Prehistoric Adventure: Explore Dinosaurs, Marine Reptiles, & Other Animals and Ancient Earth: Uncover Dinosaurs, Marine Reptiles, & Other Amazing Animals! These two classes are very similar covering the same weekly animal? Ancient Earth is geared toward older students while Prehistoric Adventure is more focused on a younger mixed group of students. 

My teaching style is interactive and I like to ask students questions and encourage the students to ask me questions (though I will never force a shy student to answer if they don't wish to). 

Students are welcome to bring snacks, fossils, or other neat collectibles to share with their friends. If they like to draw they are free to do so and if time allows they can share their drawing with the class. 

No prior knowledge is needed, just a love for learning about ancient creatures. Here is a tentative schedule of upcoming creatures but it can change depending on the needs of students within all the classes. 

Week of December 1st-7th:  Pterosaurs
Week of December 8th-14th: Prehistoric Whales 
Week of December:15th-21st: Ceratopsian
Week of December 22nd-28th: Holiday Break
Week of December 29th- Jan 4th: More Raptor (Dromaeosaur)
Week of January 5th-11th: Recently Extinct Animals
Week of January 12-18: Mosasaurus and other Marine Reptiles 
Week of January 19-25: Tyrannosaurus and More
Week of January 26-February 1: More Ice Age Animals
Week of February 2-8: Before Dinosaurs: Dimetrodon and Other Strange Beast
Week of February 9-15:  Who Would Win?

More Creature Coming! 


Students also can drop in and out as they want. This class is geared toward older students or more advanced learners. If you think your child might be a good fit feel free to email me to ask questions.  

Parental Guidance 

We will be talking about large Prehistoric predators and animals in this class. We will cover topics like what they ate, how they hunted, killed, and how large they got. This could include images or short clips of animals attacking other animals with the goal to kill them, while I will not display any gruesome images, the content could possibly be scary to some children.