Follow the tracks to the Dinosaur Bones!

Not too long ago we were studying the difference between dinosaur feet and human feet. In this project we started learning about foot prints and the tracks they make. We used a toy dinosaur to make tracks in the sand, and then made a "fossil" of the foot prints using plaster of paris. We observed the tracks and talked about how

• foot prints can show in what direction the dinosaur went.
• foot prints can show the size of the foot of the animal.
• foot prints can help you tell what the dinosaur was doing.
  

After that, we made tracks of our own! This was so much fun, because we got to put our feet in paint and it felt so slimy!!!!

Some of us walked, some of us ran, some of us jumped, and some of us tip-toed! We looked at the tracks after we made the foot prints. We noticed that the foot prints were different for what each person did!

• If the person jumped the foot prints were together
• If the person walked one foot print went before the other.
• If the person tip-toed, only half of the foot showed.
• We could follow the foot prints to walk, jump, tip-toe, or just run.
• We could look at the tracks and tell where the person started walking, and where they went.
• We could follow the tracks by looking at "which way the foot was facing!"

We drew arrows to show which way the person went..................

Now for the fun part!!

We cut up the tracks and put them all around the play ground. We followed the tracks and found a dinosaur eggs! How exciting! We took the eggs and used our tools to break away the dirt. Guess what we found inside the eggs........dinosaur bones!!!!!

Mini archaeologists in the making!