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