Can you outrun a dinosaur?

“My students loved the opportunity to "outrun" a dinosaur, I love the connection this lesson had with mathematics!”

· Christine · Teacher

“The kids loved trying to outrun a dinosoar. They even wanted to do it on their free time later in the day and challenge each others best!”

· John · Teacher

“The students love the ability to interact. I love the ease of these lessons for the teachers- plus the content is rich!”

· Kristin · Teacher

“This lesson was so engaging for my students. They loved seeing if they could outrun a dinosaur. I have had a lot of feedback from parents as well about students' excitement and ability to recall what the lesson was about. ”

· Emily · Teacher

“The kids absolutely loved this lesson! It was very simple and required absolutely no extra money to be spent. Thank you so much for this lesson, not only did they learn how to properly graph but they thought it was so cool to know they ran faster than a Cee Lo!”

· Jasmine · Teacher

“I was concerned about the activity but the directions were clear to both myself and students and it was easy to manage. Thanks for such an engaging lesson that integrated science and math concepts (graphs)!”

· Laura · Teacher

“This was one of the favorites so far! I heard constant giggling and laughing while my boys chose and named designer dog breeds :) We are enjoying these courses sooo much. I can't thank you enough for offering this one year free to us. It's something I likely wouldn't have paid for without trying because so many science curriculums have not worked out for us. I'm pretty sure we will be recurring customers from this point out :)”

· Lisa · Homeschooler

“The dinosaur race activity was so awesome. My two boy runners were very cocky that they would outrun Cee-Lo, but it was my girl who actually did it.”

· Kevin · Teacher

“That was awesome! I would give it 6 stars! - 3rd Graders”

· Kate · Teacher

“The kids loved seeing how their footsteps compared to Cee Lo's and the mathemical application was relevant to our math standards.”

· Lorena · Teacher

“My kids loved pretending they were getting eaten by a dinosaur! Some of them got adventurous and decided to see how far they could stretch their legs and even moved "Ce-Lo's" feet. I did this at a large scale instead of small scale. All my kids participated. ”

· Brooke · Teacher

“Perfect blend of info and activity. Always a crowd pleaser :-) ”

· Erika · Teacher

“The kids working together to track their footprints and help each other measure. They loved figuring out if they were faster than a Trex!”

· Miranda · Teacher

“Most of the kids beat CeeLo - which was a lot of fun for them. The graphing just added another element to the activity. Thank You!”

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“The students were very excited to hear if they going to be eaten or get away from a T-Rex, or get trampled over be a Triceratops. Would be possible to add how fast a Velosaraptor is? Velosaraptor seem to have been the second most popular dinosaur among the students.”

· Dorothy · Teacher

“The kids loved this. Of course they all wanted to see if they could outrun a dinosaur so as they lined up they got to take a step!”

· Dianne · Teacher

“I had to extend the activity so all of the students could be "the runners" it was awesome! They had great discussions and the step-by-step directions for completing the graph were very helpful for students who might have struggled. ”

· Dawn · Teacher

“The activity. I like how the video showed how to perform the activity and then how to fill out the worksheet. My students loved seeing if they could outrun a dinosaur.”

· Stephanie · Teacher

“The kids loved the part where they got to see if their classmates could outrun the different dinosaurs. I loved that they had to graph the data to find out!”

· Kristina · Teacher

“practical activity was brill!”

· Elizabeth · Homeschooler

“My students thought it would be easy to outrun a dinosaur until we did the exploration. Of course, everyone wanted to try, so I left up the track for an extra day. When students finished their morning responsibilities, they could measure their strides. This was a huge hit!”

· Susan · Teacher

“We needed more "control" as a class for step sizes -- walking, running, head-start, etc. But it made a great conversation about variables, controls in an experiment, etc. Fun lesson!”

· Kim · Teacher

“Setting up teams and letting EVERYONE take a turn at each job. Out of their seats! Running around!! On-Task!!!”

· John · Teacher

“Students did NOT have prior knowledge about teeth. I was surprised but it really resonated with them.. Plus Dinosaurs in general is a high interest subject in elementary!”

· Dawn · Teacher

“We loved the lesson and the activity. We were pleasantly surprised that 2 out of 3 students could outrun a dinosaur. I had the students help me map out and measure the footprints before we began the experiment. ”

· Jill · Teacher

“This was amazing. My students have never had so much, and gotten so excited during a science lesson. This program continues to blow me away. Perfect.”

· Brandon · Teacher

“My daughter said the best part was the race with Cee Lo. measuring and graphing the results really helped tie in her math skills. ”

· Natasha · Homeschooler

“Oh Man! They loved setting up CeeLo's footprints and conducting the experiment to see if they could outrun a dinosaur. This was an excellent activity and one that my students were so excited about!”

· Kelly · Teacher

“Students had a great time measuring their strides, and calculating MPH! What a blast! We would all get eaten! Ha....”

· Cathy · Teacher

“Great activities to go with this! Not a lot of prep work, easy for kids to understand, quickly and thoroughly taught the concepts. And I also really like the link to the Be a Sleuth activity at the end.”

· Stacey · Homeschooler

“My kids loved the part where they put the dino's tracks on the floor and tried to outdistance them. They even had to get their dad to try it when he got home.”

· Catherine · Homeschooler

“the kids love measuring their strides against that of a dinosaur. We only measured three students in the class, tall, mid sized, and shorter. But afterwards, during recess, all the kids were coming up to measure their own footprints against that of the dinosaur stride. All were glad they did not have to outrun a dinosaur.”

· Gayle · Teacher

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