5057 - Dino Dig.
This afternoon, I put in a lot of overtime at school, prepping supplies for kindergarten Dinosaur Exploration Centers. On Monday we will be beginning our Dinosaur Drawing Unit, which begins with centers that allow students to explore dinosaurs seeing their shapes and characteristics up close. It looks a lot like playing, but they are learning as they go. One of the centers is a dinosaur dig. Students get to pretend they are archaeologists, digging for fossils. Last year, they were given a container with dinosaurs buried in loose sand. The dinos were usually uncovered in under 30 seconds and there was sand everywhere. To try and fix these problems, I decided to bury the dinos in homemade moon sand. It was made using 20 parts sand, 10 parts cornstarch and 3 parts water. The moon sand replicates the feel of wet sand, causing it to clump together more. The dinosaurs are buried under the sand, I just laid a few on top for the picture.
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