주니어 고생물학자: 공룡 수집가 클럽(공룡 애호가를 위한 STEM 과학)

🦖 Calling All Dinosaur Lovers!

If you spend your free time:
🦕 Watching dinosaur documentaries on Netflix
📚 Flipping through dino-packed books
🦖 Playing with your favorite dinosaur toys
🌋 Wishing you could visit Jurassic World

…then this is the club for you!

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🌟 What Is the Dinosaur Collectors' Club?
This is an ongoing, year-round course designed for true dinosaur enthusiasts. We meet every week, with breaks for holidays and vacations. You can join anytime and stay for as many weeks as you like!

Our themes repeat annually—so whether you hop in during January, May, or October, you’ll enjoy fresh content every week for a full year—that’s a LOT of dinosaurs!

Want even more prehistoric fun? 🦕 This course is just the beginning! There are even more dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures waiting in Level 2 and Level 3—giving you up to three full years of prehistoric adventures to explore!

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📚 How Will We Explore Dinosaurs?
Each week starts with a short, interactive lesson featuring a new dinosaur. Students will learn through:
📖 Read-aloud stories
🖼️ Informative slides and graphics
🎬 Short video clips
🎲 Playful learning activities, including:
--Building and sculpting
--Movement-based activities
--Fun games, discussions, and creative challenges

We’ll also introduce exciting vocabulary words like paleontologist, herbivore, carnivore, timeline, Mesozoic, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, fossil, bipedal, quadrupedal, prehistoric, extinction, and more—naturally woven into our engaging, hands-on lessons!

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✍️ Create Your Own Dinosaur Field Guide

🦕 Practice your scientific observation skills by examining illustrations of each week’s featured dinosaur.
🎨 Draw or color the dinosaur and add it to your personalized field guide journal.
📄 Collect weekly fact sheets to cut, paste, and label in your journal.

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🎉 Dino Fun Beyond the Lesson!
The rest of class is all about sharing and connecting with fellow dino enthusiasts! Students can:
🗣️ Share favorite dinosaur facts
🦖 Show off cool dino toys, books, or drawings
🎲 Enjoy interactive games and movement activities
📖 Receive occasional extension activities to continue exploring between meetings

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⚠️ Important Note: Access to a Color Printer Is Required for This Course.

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🦖 2025 Junior Paleontologists: Dinosaur Collectors' Club (Level 1) Themes
❄️ Winter 2025:

Week of January 5: 🐋 Mosasaurus
Week of January 12: 🦴 Pachycephalosaurus
Week of January 19: 🐊 Carnotaurus
Week of January 26: 🦕 Dilophosaurus
Week of February 2: 🦎 Herrerasaurus
Week of February 9: 🦖 Suchomimus
Week of February 16: 🦕 Brontosaurus
Week of February 23: 🦖 Megalosaurus
Week of March 2: 🐾 Therizinosaurus
Week of March 9: 🦖 Fukuiraptor
Week of March 16: 🐲 Kosmoceratops
Week of March 23: 🦎 Coelophysis
Week of March 30: 🎲 DINO FUN WEEK! (Games, trivia, sharing for Easter week)
🌸 Spring 2025:

Week of April 6: 🚫 NO CLASS
Week of April 13: 🦖 Tyrannosaurus Rex
Week of April 20: 🦖 Ceratosaurus
Week of April 27: 🐦 Pterodactylus
Week of May 4: 🏆 Archelon
Week of May 11: 🚫 NO CLASS (May 8–13 break)
Week of May 18: 🦖 Majungasaurus
Week of May 25: 🦕 Diplodocus
Week of June 1: 🏛️ Carcharodontosaurus
Week of June 8: 🚫 NO CLASS (Vacation)
Week of June 15: 🦆 Edmontosaurus
☀️ Summer 2025: (Summer Compendium Begins)

Week of June 22: 🧬 Indominus Rex
Week of June 29: 🐿️ Compsognathus
Week of July 6: 🎲 FUN WEEK! (Dino-themed games, trivia, show & tell)
Week of July 13: 🦏 Styracosaurus
Week of July 20: 🐋 Liopleurodon
Week of July 27: 🦅 Quetzalcoatlus
Week of August 3: 🦖 Albertosaurus
Week of August 10: 🐊 Elsamosaurus
Week of August 17: 🦉 Troodon
Week of August 24: 🐟 Rhamphorynchus
Week of August 31: 🐬 Ichthyosaurus
🍂 Fall 2025: (Fall Field Guide Begins)

Week of September 7: 🦖 Utahraptor
Week of September 14: 🐠 Xiphactinus
Week of September 21: 🦖 Allosaurus
Week of September 28: 🦕 Stegosaurus
Week of October 5: 🦖 Iguanodon
Week of October 12: 🦖 Parasaurolophus (No class Monday due to Indigenous Peoples' Day)
Week of October 19: 🏰 Ankylosaurus
Week of October 26: 🏃 Gallimimus
Week of November 2: 🐦 Dimorphodon
Week of November 9: 🦕 Argentinosaurus
Week of November 16: 🐦 Archaeopteryx
Week of November 23: 🚫 NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Break)
Week of November 30: 🦖 Velociraptor
🎄 Holiday Season 2025:

Week of December 7: 🎲 DINO FUN WEEK! (Class on Monday; NO CLASS Tuesday-Friday for Holiday Break)
Week of December 14: 🚫 NO CLASS (Holiday Break)
Week of December 21: 🚫 NO CLASS (Holiday Break)
Week of December 28: 🚫 NO CLASS (Holiday Break)

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🦖 Join the Adventure!
This club is perfect for young paleontologists who love learning, sharing, and geeking out about dinosaurs. Whether you stay for a few weeks or an entire year, you'll build observation skills, discover fascinating dinosaurs, and connect with fellow dino enthusiasts every week!

And don’t forget—there’s even more prehistoric fun ahead in Level 2 and Level 3 of this series for up to three full years of dino exploration! 🦖🌍

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 FOR PARENTS/CAREGIVERS:
🎯 Learning Goals (Aligned with NGSS Standards)
Scientific Inquiry and Observation

🧠 3-5-ETS1-1: Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
🔍 K-2-ETS1-3: Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
🔬 3-LS3-2: Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Biological Evolution and Diversity

🌍 3-LS4-1: Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
🦕 4-LS1-1: Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
🌿 2-LS4-1: Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Earth’s History and Processes

🏞️ 2-ESS1-1: Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.
🦴 4-ESS1-1: Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support explanations for changes in a landscape over time.
Physical Science and Energy

⚡ 3-PS2-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
💡 3-PS2-2: Make observations and/or measurements of an object's motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Crosscutting Concepts

🔄 Patterns: Identify patterns in nature that help us understand prehistoric life and evolutionary trends.
🎯 Cause and Effect: Explore how environmental changes caused species to adapt, thrive, or become extinct.
🌐 Systems and System Models: Understand ecosystems of the past and how different prehistoric creatures interacted within them.
Engineering Design and Creativity

🏗️ K-2-ETS1-2: Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a problem.
🏛️ 3-5-ETS1-2: Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.