.... Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Has anyone used Dino 101 through Coursera - it was put together by the Univ of Alberta? Thanks in advance for any info. I have a few questions: 1. We've never used a coursera class before, but it looks like we can take the entire course for free, right? You pay if you want a certificate of completion or something like that... (yep, I'm clueless here) 2. Was the course enough for a high school credit? There doesn't seem to be a textbook -it's seems to be all video lectures and quizzes. If I added some extra reading + labs, would it be a credit? 3. I want to add labs, but sheesh...where can I order a Plesiosaur to dissect in our dining room? Does Home Science Tools sell T-Rex skeletons? How did you do labs for this course????? :confused: 4. Did you add any reading to the course? Thanks for taking time to reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 We watched the videos and would sometimes try to answer the in-video questions together. We did not take any of the tests or do any assignments. (My kids were all middle school or younger at the time.) It is a fabulous class, the instructor is very engaging. Even if my children didn't remember every fact, they learned a lot. It was a great overview to interest them in the topic. For labs, you could perform earth layering experiments or max faux fossils with clay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 Thank-you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi mum Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I did it with two twelve year olds. Yes it is totally free. We just watched the videos and tried to answer the questions. We didn't add anything to it because we were using it as a supplement, not trying to make it a high school credit. I just had another look at the info page to confirm and it is 12 weeks of 1-2 hours per week, so nothing like a high school credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 Oh, that's definitely not enough for a credit, then. I looked on coursera's website and they have 3 other paleobiology courses: Ancient Marine Reptiles, Early Vertebrate Evolution and Theropod Dinosaurs and the Origin of Birds. Now I'm thinking... all 4 courses plus some reading and labs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Oh, that's definitely not enough for a credit, then. I looked on coursera's website and they have 3 other paleobiology courses: Ancient Marine Reptiles, Early Vertebrate Evolution and Theropod Dinosaurs and the Origin of Birds. Now I'm thinking... all 4 courses plus some reading and labs. I can't remember what classes but I packaged the Coursera up with Dino 101. I think I found a couple of Archaeology ones. Your classes sound great. I made sure they did the work for a free certificate and had those as back up for completion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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