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