Dinosaurs to Drones - Investigating Change and Grit Through Paleontology

Take your advanced students on a simulated dinosaur dig and hone the analytical skills required to think like a paleontologist!

List of contents

1. Conceptualizing Change 2. Calculating the Consequences 3. A Trippy Train Trip 4. Digging Into Dorian 5. The Euphoria of Meeting Victoria 6. The Impact of Incorrect References 7. A Cavalcade of Character Sketches 8. Dino Plinko 9. Location Matters 10. Care and Feeding of a Dinosaur 11. Dreaming Up Drone Duties 12. From Bone to Stone 13. Dynamic Deductions 14. Deciphering a Dinosaur Dilemma 15. Fighting Fears and Considering Cycles 16. Reexamining Relationships 17. Creatures and Careers 18. Predator Competitors 19. Hand Drawing a Hadrosaur 20. Profile on Prejudice 21. Designing a Drone 22. Awesome Idioms 23. Gyroscopes and Game Plans 24. Breaker Space Breakdown 25. Searching for Serendipity 26. Delineating the Denouement 27. Victoria? Meet Sue! 28. Half On / Half Off 29. The Evolution of Dorian 30. The Grit Games

About the author

Jason S. McIntosh is a Senior Instructional Designer for Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona. Prior to this, he was a teacher and Gifted Coordinator for 27 years. He has five other STEM-related books designed for gifted or advanced students, all of which have won NAGC’s Curriculum of the Year award and have been published by Routledge.

Summary

Take your advanced students on a simulated dinosaur dig and hone the analytical skills required to think like a paleontologist!

Product details

• Authors: Jason S. McIntosh
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032945378
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3294537-8
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, SCIENCE / Paleontology, Teaching skills and techniques, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching skills & techniques, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / General, Teaching of a specific subject, Palaeontology, Educational: Sciences, General Science, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies