The children have really enjoyed being scientists this week. They dressed in their lab coats, lanyards and goggles and were keen to complete some dinosaur experiments!
We began the week by measuring dinosaur food ready for some dinosaur hunting. Like all good scientists we were very careful when we recorded our results.
We investigated floating and sinking and tested whether we could make a toy dinosaur float.
We worked in teams to make a bridge over a swamp. It had to be strong enough to hold a dinosaur for 30 seconds. We only had scissors, tape and pieces of paper. We learned that we could make strong cylinders and triangles from our paper.
We tested different materials to discover which one would keep our tiny dinosaurs dry. We found out that the foil was waterproof.
Just like real scientists, we investigated dinosaur poop to find out what they ate. We could tell if the dinosaur was a herbivore, carnivore or omnivore. We made our very own pretend poop to trick our grown ups!
We sorted dinosaurs according to how many legs they walked on. Most two legged dinosaurs were predators. The small ones hunted in packs.
We all became palaeontologists and excavated a dinosaur skeleton!
We studied the Pterosaurs and made our own flying ‘Pipette-osaurus’!
Unfortunately, at the end of our dinosaur science week, we had a security breach! The dinosaurs from ‘Jurassic Park’ had escaped – one was filmed looking for food in Mrs York’s classroom!
But don’t panic! Mrs Hobson-o-saurus came to save the day and led us on a dinosaur hunt around school. Thankfully, we managed to find all of the missing dinosaurs.
We have had a fabulous time being scientists!
