strawberryjam Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 My son is in Grade 5 next year. Right now the plan is to use CPO Science so we might be doing the Earth & Space science in Grade 5 and CPO Life Science in Grade 6, but when I asked about what he wanted to learn in the field of biology he said he wants to do prehistoric animals. SO.... I'm thinking we'll do a mini unit on prehistoric animals this summer or at the same time as CPO Earth & Space next year. I know DK has an excellent book about prehistoric life but that's about all I've found so far. What are your favourite resources? I should add, his reading level is a few grade levels ahead and his scientific understanding is advanced so things that are above typical Grade 5 level are fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 For dinosaurs, have you looked at the Dino 101 coursera class? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 There are also a bunch of BBC nature videos about dinos and other prehistoric creatures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 My 10 year old got the DK Prehistoric Life book for Christmas and loves it, so that is definitely a good place to start. Do you have a local-ish natural history museum? Ours has kits that can be checked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Otherwise I bet there are some natural history museums with good online sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawberryjam Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 For dinosaurs, have you looked at the Dino 101 coursera class? I didn't know about it, good suggestion thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawberryjam Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 My 10 year old got the DK Prehistoric Life book for Christmas and loves it, so that is definitely a good place to start. Do you have a local-ish natural history museum? Ours has kits that can be checked out. We don't have one nearby :( At least not that I know of. We live near Vancouver, Canada. Good idea though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawberryjam Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 There are also a bunch of BBC nature videos about dinos and other prehistoric creatures. Do you mean that series? Can't remember what it's called now. The latest one was a three part series about prehistoric sea creatures which was amazing. He is also interested in prehistoric mammals and other creatures, doesn't have to be just dinosaurs. I think what he's really asking for is more along the lines of evolutionary biology. He's not *that* into dinosaurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerforest Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 What about the "Your Inner Fish", "Your Inner Reptile," and "Your Inner Monkey." They're human-evolutionary-centric but they talk about characteristics from these other species that evolved into our species characteristics. It's a great PBS series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 There is a TED Talk called Building A Dinosaur From A Chicken that is absolutely fascinating. It's on Netflix, but here's a list of a few talks on dinosaurs: https://www.ted.com/playlists/68/dinos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebbyribs Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Farrar had a thread about this over the summer that got a lot of helpful suggestions: http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/558057-dinosaurs-and-other-extinct-stuff/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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