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