Jurassic Park Day 2024

 

Surprise!  It was Jurassic Park Day!

Our room had been transformed into Jurassic Park!

Mrs. Wanke shared with us that the evil Victor Hoskins, hacked Jurassic Park's computers.  All the fences were down and we were locked out of the controls.  We had to work on site!  This was a dangerous task, since the dinosaurs were free to roam where ever!  We had to work quickly and quietly!   

Mrs. Wanke gave each of us our Jurassic Park Field Guide and headlamps. 

Our goal for the day was to, solve a series of tasks to obtain numbers. We would write these numbers on the Code Collector page of our Jurassic Park Field Guide.  Mrs. Wanke explained, once we had all the numbers she would input the numbers into a random number generator to see if any of the combinations would unlock Jurassic Park's computer system.  

Task #1: Dino Determination

We had to measure the lengths of the bones and record the lengths in our Field Guide.  Then, use those measurements to determine which dinosaur the bones came from. 

Task #2: Dinosaur Classification

We had to read the information about herbivore and carnivore in our field guides.  Then we had to look at the dinosaurs and determine if the dinosaur was a herbivore or carnivore.  

Task #3 Magnifying Words

We had to use magnifying glasses to read all the words that were hidden in the excavation picture and record them into our Field Guide.

Task #4 Scrambled Up Bones

We had to unscramble the sight words that were on the bone and record them correctly into our Field Guide.

Task #5 Paleontology Grid

We had to read the coordinates of various dinosaur bones that were found at the excavation site.  Then we had to glue pictures onto a grid in our field guide matching the coordinates.

Task #6 Excavating Missing Addends

We had to dig up the missing addend and match them to the correct equation. We had to record the results in our Field Guide. 

Task #7  

We had to read about a top new dinosaur breed that had been created at Jurassic Park.  Then we had to go back into the text and color code specific evidence and answer questions from the passage. 

We had so much fun and we worked SO very hard!  

At the end of the day we had gathered all the numbers.  We input the numbers into the computer.  The computer generated several possibilities and eventually we found a combination that worked.  

Apples Apples and More Apples

 Last week was all about apples.  We started the week by reading the story How Do Apples Grow. 

Before reading the book, we shared our prior knowledge, or as Mrs. Wanke calls it, our schema. We wrote our prior knowledge down on Post-It notes and added them to the schema section of our chart.   After reading the story, we added new learning to our chart.  Mrs. Wanke explained that this new learning will eventually become part of our schema.  PROOF we are learning and growing our brains!

Later in the week we read How to Grow an Apple Pie and See the World.  

As we listened to this story we followed along on a map of the world.  It was fun to see all the places around the world. 

To end our week we made our own mini apple pies, apple turnovers! YUMMY!

Jurassic Park Day

 

Surprise!  It was Jurassic Park Day!

Our room had been transformed into Jurassic Park!

Mrs. Wanke shared with us that the evil Victor Hoskins, hacked Jurassic Park's computers.  All the fences were down and we were locked out of the controls.  We had to work on site!  This was a dangerous task, since the dinosaurs were free to roam where ever!  We had to work quickly and quietly!   

Mrs. Wanke gave each of us our Jurassic Park Field Guide and headlamps. 

Our goal for the day was to, solve a series of tasks to obtain numbers. We would write these numbers on the Code Collector page of our Jurassic Park Field Guide.  Mrs. Wanke explained, once we had all the numbers she would imput the numbers into a random number generator to see if any of the combinations would unlock Jurassic Park's computer system.  

Task #1: Dino Determination

We had to measure the lengths of the bones and record the lengths in our Field Guide.  Then, use those measurements to determine which dinosaur the bones came from. 

Task #2: Dinosaur Classification

We had to read the information about herbivore and carnivore in our field guides.  Then we had to look at the dinosaurs and determine if the dinosaur was a herbivore or carnivore.  

Task #3 Magnifying Words

We had to use magnifying glasses to read all the words that were hidden in the excavation picture and record them into our Field Guide.

Task #4 Scrambled Up Bones

We had to unscramble the sight words that were on the bone and record them correctly into our Field Guide.

Task #5 Paleontology Grid

We had to read the coordinates of various dinosaur bones that were found at the excavation site.  Then we had to glue pictures onto a grid in our field guide matching the coordinates.

Task #6 Excavating Missing Addends

We had to dig up the missing addend and match them to the correct equation. We had to record the results in our Field Guide. 

Task #7  

We had to read about a top new dinosaur breed that had been created at Jurassic Park.  Then we had to go back into the text and color code specific evidence and answer questions from the passage. 

We had so much fun and we worked SO very hard!  

At the end of the day we had gathered all the numbers.  We input the numbers into the computer.  The computer generated several possibilities and eventually we found a combination that worked.