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