Consulting with Dinosaur ExpertsAs we’re sure you know, Brown Room has been abuzz with dinosaurs for many weeks now. From creating them out of clay to recounting dynamic narratives of T Rex hunts, Brown Room has been deep into dinosaurs. In order to learn more about dinosaurs, we decided to begin a Dinosaur Committee in preparation of speaking with some Dinosaur Experts from Rainy Room! The Dinosaur Committee Shares their knowledge.In order to ascertain what we still wanted to learn, we had to first share about what we knew. In small groups, children shared their knowledge and curiosity with each other. In a conversation between Charlton and Fay, the two shared their knowledge of dinosaur names and debated about the size and height of a brontosaurus and a T-Rex.
Mimi (picks up stegosaurus): This is a small one but this one has spikes and it can fly all over the sky. This one (velociraptor) has no spikes. Mimi: They have white teeth. Fay: This one (Trex) has sharp teeth Developing Questions After amassing our collective dinosaur knowledge, it was time for the children to develop questions for our dinosaur experts. Two different small groups met in the middle room and answered the question, "what do we wonder about dinosaurs?". Meeting with the Experts On Friday, April 8, Brown Room had a chance to meet with the dinosaur experts during the second half of our backwards day. Wilder and Hugh introduced themselves, explained they were from Rainey Room and then Brown Room jumped right in with questions. They volunteered all kinds of information about dinosaurs such as what dinosaurs eat dictates what kind of teeth they have, that dinosaurs are extinct and that dinosaurs may or may not have eaten an ant. Wilder insisted that dinosaur eyes could be blue, but Hugh disagreed. At the end of our Q&A, the experts suggested that there were all kinds of dinosaur bones and eggs to be found right here in the outdoor classroom! Brown Room expressed excitement about this, and the children immediately began digging for bones themselves. Check out the videos below for snippets of the conversations and the video of them digging together. Thanking our Experts Charlton: I see the experts right there. I choose the blue beads. I did a crystal. I need crystals.
Ford: I going to put some beads on there. Ramsey: Because they will like them. Ford: I’m putting a small. Charlton: Some leaves. I add some leaves. And is one yellow beads. Ford: I’m putting Wilder’s name. That’s better. Can I just put it right there? I go get my symbol. I do my symbol. Charlton: I puting Hugh’s name. Look, I add his name, ‘cuz I like him. Why are my hands so sticky? Fay: Glue! Charlton: I made this for Hugh. Fay layered the ribbons on her message. Fay: There's something going on top of that. Here (pointing to a spot of glue in the upper corner of her paper). I have thick glue at home. It going to be on top of here and a little flat (as she glued Hugh’s photo to her message).
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