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The Great Dinosaur Caper
Grades 3-8
Help solve the mystery of the death of the dinosaurs. Use clues from asteroids, comets, and planetary geology as evidence.
CT - Grades 3-5 Core Scientific Inquiry, Literacy and Numeracy
SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: Scientific literacy includes speaking, listening, presenting, interpreting, reading and writing about science.
B INQ. 2 - Seek relevant information in books, magazines and electronic media.
3.1 - Materials have properties that can be identified and described through the use of simple tests.
B2. Describe the effect of heating on the melting, evaporation, condensation and freezing of water.
3.2 - Organisms can survive and reproduce only in environments that meet their basic needs.
B3. Describe how different plants and animals are adapted to obtain air, water, food and protection in specific land habitats.
B4. Describe how different plants and animals are adapted to obtain air, water, food and protection in water habitats.
3.3 - Earth materials have different physical and chemical properties.
B6. Relate the properties of rocks to the possible environmental conditions during their formation.
4.2 - All organisms depend on the living and non-living features of the environment for survival.
B10. Describe how animals, directly or indirectly, depend on plants to provide the food and energy they need in order to grow and survive.
B11. Describe how natural phenomena and some human activities may cause changes to habitats and their inhabitants.
5.4 - Humans have the capacity to build and use tools to advance the quality of their lives.
B25. Describe the uses of different instruments, such as eye glasses, magnifiers, periscopes and telescopes, to enhance our vision.
MA – Earth and Space Science, Grades 3 – 5
Earth’s History
12. Give examples of how the surface of the earth changes due to slow processes such as erosion and weathering, and rapid processes such as landslides, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes.
The Earth in the Solar System
13. Recognize that the earth is part of a system called the “solar system” that includes the sun (a star), planets, and many moons. The earth is the third planet from the sun in our solar system.
MA – Physical Science (Chemistry and Physics), Grades 3 – 5
States of Matter
3. Describe how water can be changed from one state to another by adding or taking away heat.
Light Energy
12. Recognize that light energy travels in a straight line until it strikes and object or travels from one medium to another, and that light can be reflected, refracted, and absorbed.
NY – Standard 4 – Science (Elementary)
Physical Setting
2. Many of the phenomena that we observe on Earth involve interactions among components of air, water, and land.
Students:
- describe the relationships among air, water, and land on Earth.
The Living Environment
6. Plants and animals depend on each other and their physical environment.
Students:
- describe how plants and animals, including humans, depend upon each other and the nonliving environment.
CT - Grades 6-8 Core Scientific Inquiry, Literacy and Numeracy
6.2 - An ecosystem is composed of all the populations that are living in a certain space and the physical factors with which they interact.
C4. Describe how abiotic factors, such as temperature, water and sunlight, affect the ability of plants to create their own food through photosynthesis.
C5. Explain how populations are affected by predator-prey relationships.
7.3 - Landforms are the result of the interaction of constructive and destructive forces over time.
C18. Describe how folded and faulted rock layers provide evidence of the gradual up and down motion of the Earth’s crust.
C19. Explain how glaciation, weathering and erosion create and shape valleys and floodplains.
MA – Earth and Space Science, Grades 6 – 8
The Earth’s History
7. Explain and give examples of how physical evidence, such as fossils and surface features of glaciation, supports theories that the earth has evolved over geologic time.
NY – Standard 4 – Science (Intermediate)
Physical Setting
5. Energy and matter interact through forces that result in changes in motion.
Students:
- describe different patterns of motion of objects.
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