Sixth grade students at Echo Valley Elementary School in Salinas, CA participated in the Western Flyer Foundation Science Illustration Mentorship Program. They learned how to draw dinosaurs and they learned that modern birds descended from dinosaurs.
I learned that Sinosauropteryx had very warm feathers.
Ornithomimus
I learned that their necks were long and they could reach trees.
I learned how to draw the Ornithomimus!
Today I learned about a new animal called an Ornithomimus.
I learned that a Sinosauropteryx is real!
I learned that this dinosaur looks more like a bird.
They use their feathers to attract females.
I learned that birds are dinosaurs.
Some birds are dinosaurs.
I learned that the Sinosauropteryx had countershading.
They are a type of bird.
I learned how to draw a Sinosauropteryx.
I learned that Sinosauropteryx are very old!
I learned that Ornithomimus had feathers.
This dinosaur is a bird!
I learned that Sinosauropteryx was a carnivore.
I learned that Ornithomimus is called “bird mimic”.
Today I learned about a new animal called Sinosauropteryx.
I learned that the name means bird mimic.
Ornithomimus had down feathers.
I learned that birds are related to dinosaurs.
This is a dinosaur bird.
I learned that dinosaurs could be birds.
I learned that the Sinosauropteryx is an early bird. I also learned that it uses its feathers for warmth and camouflage.
