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