How to use dinosaurs to teach the scientific method, conservation and ethics
Creators
- 1. Laboratorio de Ecología Urbana, RECAS, Vicerrectoría de Investigación, Universidad Estatal a Distancia, 2050 San José, Costa Rica. julianmonge@gmail.com
Description
Dinosaurs have great educational potential because they fascinate young minds and the general public. The ancient
Chinese, Greeks and Romans explained their fossils with beautiful legends; in the Twentieth century, Jurassic
Park and Walking with Dinosaurs brought dinosaur science to the masses. Here I explain how to make three
inexpensive and simple activities: the first one teaches how to reconstruct the appearance of a dinosaur and its
habitat from fossils and focuses on the requirements of the Scientific Method; it can be done with a computer or
manually. The second is a simple drawing practice that teaches the impossibility of faithfully copying an extinct
species (despite the current proposals for species “de-extinction”). The third activity is a dramatization about
ethical conflicts related to fossils. The article includes activity cut-outs and detailed steps, how to evaluate and
practical advice
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16-MONGE-FASCINACIÓN POR LOS DINOSAURIOS-EN.pdf
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