Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Pasta Fossils

Last week we spent a lot of time creating new dinosaurs.
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Using cork screws, shells and penne pasta the children created dinosaur skeletons.
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After they created their skeleton they were encouraged to name and label it.
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Then using an extra camera the children took a picture documenting their work.
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Just like paleontologists we recorded our creations.
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The grown ups modelled and supported their child’s attempt at printing.  Taking photos was a big draw for the children.  At the end of one day there was about 35 pictures of different creations on the camera.
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I printed off all the children’s pictures (the ones that were in focus) and made a spiral bound book for them to revisit.

The children really enjoyed taking photos of their work.  I want to find more ways to encourage this form of involvement and documentation.