어린이 고생물학자: 공룡 수집가 클럽, 레벨 2 공룡 연구 + 현장 가이드

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!

**NOTE:  I have two age-groups for this class.  There is some overlap in age range, as some students may do better in the younger group and some may prefer the older group.  If you need help decided which is the best for your child, please reach out via private message.**

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.  Even when the featured dinosaur is a repeat from a different class of mine, the content and approach will be different, so you don't have to worry about it being too much "the same."

We will practice our scientific observation skills by examining illustrations of our PCOTW (Prehistoric Creature of the Week) 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, age-appropriate movement activities, and more (see below).  Students will be encouraged to bring something dino-related to share each week (toys, books, facts, etc), and will also occasionally be provided extension activities between meetings.

In each short, introductory lesson, students will learn about the weekly featured dinosaur through a variety of approaches, such informational texts, informative slides, age-appropriate video clips, 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 color printer is required for this course. ***

Upcoming themes (subject to change and posted in the classroom a day before each meeting):

NOTE: Weekly themes cycle on an annual basis and are subject to change based on teacher discretion

WINTER 2025 FIELD GUIDES BEGIN Week of January 5, 2025 (Topics will be posted prior to the start of the new season)
Week of January 5: Rajasaurus
Week of January 12: Plateosaurus
Week of January 19: Incisivisaurus
Week of January 26:  IMPROMPTU DINO FUN WEEK (dino-themed games, trivia, etc)
Yangchuanosaurus
Week of February 2:  Yangchuanosaurus
Week of February 9: Quilmesaurus
Week of February 16:  Concavenator
Week of February 23: Riojasaurus
Week of March 2: Moros Intrepidus
Week of March 9: Dreadnoughtus
Week of March 16: Nothosaurus
Week of March 23: Arizonasaurus

SPRING 2025 PASSPORT BEGINS: 
Week of March 30:  Scorpius Rex (hybrid from Camp Cretaceous)
Week of April 6: NO CLASS

Week of April 13: Megaraptor
Week of April 20: DINO FUN WEEK (NO CLASS Monday-Tuesday)
Week of April 27: Kronosaurus 
Week of May 4: Deinonychus
Week of May 11: (NO CLASS) 
Week of May 18: Giganotosaurus
Week of May 25: Psittacosaurus
Week of June 1: Ornithocheirus
Week of June 8: NO CLASS
Week of June 15: Dakosaurus

Summer 2025
Week of June 22:  DINO FUN WEEK (we'll kick off our summer session with games, hands-on activies, and sharing)
Week of June 29: NO CLASS
Week of July 6:  Antarctica: Cryolophosaurus
Week of July 13: Africa: Atlasaurus
Week of July 20: South America: Aucasaurus
Week of July 27: North America: Postocuchus
Week of August 3: DINO FUN WEEK (Dinosaur Challenge Game)
Week of August 10: Europe: Thalattosaurus
Week of August 17: Asia: Xianglong OR Micropachycephalosaurus (we'll vote!)
Week of August 24: Australia/Oceania: Steropodon
Week of August 31: NO CLASS
Week of September 7: Everywhere: Ammonites and other prehistoric mollusks and cephalopods 
Week of September 14: Last dino of the summer: We need to add a EUROPEAN Creature (since our Thalattosaurus turned out to be from somewhere else..)! (TBD)
Week of September 21: DINO FUN WEEK 

Week of September 28:  FALL 2025 FIELD GUIDE BEGINS! (weekly themes cycle on an annual basis and are subject to change based on teacher discretion)
Week of September 28:  Kentrosaurus 
October 5: Corythosaurus (NO CLASS Monday 10/9, Tuesday 10/10)
Week of October 12: Baryonix
Week of October 19: DINO FUN WEEK (NO CLASS Monday, 10/14)
Week of October 26: Atrociraptor 
Week of November 2: Skorpiovenator
Week of November 9: Amargosaurus
Week of November 16: Germanodactylus
Week of November 23 : DINO FUN WEEK (NO CLASS Thursday-Friday)
Week of November 30: Euoplocephalus (NO CLASS Monday)
Week of December 7: Coelurus
Week of December 14: Ouranosaurus
Week of December 21: NO CLASS
Week of December 28: NO CLASS

WINTER 2026
Week of January 4