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