Weapons
and Defenses
After learning about a number
of dinosaurs through songs, books, and computer research, we made a list
as a class of dinosaurs and their different weapons and defenses.
We wrote:
Stegosaurus spikes on
tail, plates on back
Tyrannosaurus Rex big
body, big teeth
Triceratops 3 horns,
frill on head
Pteradactyl wings to fly
Ankylosaurus armoured
body, club on tail, spikes, horns
Brontosaurus big body,
long tail
We talked about how spikes,
tails, horns, etc. helped each dinosaur survive.
We also talked about what colors the dinosaurs might have been.
We learned that we dont really know what colors dinosaurs were
but we guessed that they were shades of greens and browns for
camouflage. The children
then thought about what they would pick for protection if they could
pick anything at all.
This led to an art project
called the Shoe-osaurus. To
create this fantastical dinosaur each child followed the following
steps:
1.
Each child traced his or her shoe on a colored piece (their
choice of color) of construction paper.
2.
Then they cut out the shoe shape and mounted the shape on another
large piece of construction paper.
3.
Next they had to think about what defense mechanism they would
like their dinosaur to have.
4.
They cut and glued shapes of spikes, horns, tails, teeth, etc.
onto their shoe shape until they were satisfied that their dinosaur
would have a good chance in the prehistoric world.
Finally,
the children wrote on a paper what their dinosaurs different weapons
were and how the weapons helped the dinosaur.
They also indicated if it was a meat or plant eater.
Submitted
by Mrs. Abercrombie |
