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 birds are dinosaurs.
Today I learned about a new animal called an Ornithomimus.
I learned that the Sinosauropteryx had countershading.
Ornithomimus
It looked like a duck-headed dinosaur.
I learned that the name means bird mimic.
I learned that their necks were long and they could reach trees.
I learned that Sinosauropteryx had very warm feathers.
I learned how to draw a Sinosauropteryx.
I learned that Ornithomimus is called “bird mimic”.
Some birds are dinosaurs.
This is a dinosaur bird.
They are a type of bird.
I learned that dinosaurs could be birds.
I learned how to draw the Ornithomimus!
I learned that a Sinosauropteryx is real!
I learned that Ornithomimus had feathers.
Ornithomimus had down feathers.
The Sinosauropteryx had feathers!
I learned that this dinosaur looks more like a bird.
I learned that the Sinosauropteryx is an early bird. I also learned that it uses its feathers for warmth and camouflage.
I learned that birds are related to dinosaurs.
I learned that Sinosauropteryx are very old!
This dinosaur is a bird!
I learned that Ornithomimus existed.
Today I learned about a new animal called Sinosauropteryx.
