TWO New Exhibits: BE THE DINOSAUR™ &
MEET THE DINOSAURFebruary 5, 2010 through
May 4, 2010Grades PreK–12
Presented by: M& T Bank
NYS Learning Standards:
A:1, 2
MST: 1, 3, 4LE(3, 5, 6), 5
CDOS: 2
ELA: 1, 3, 4
SS: 3 |
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Download the Entire FREE Be The Dinosaur™ Field Guide 
or by Grade Level:
K-2: Dinosaur Dinner; Carbon Films; Dinosaur Shadows 
K-4: My Favorite Dinosaur; Label a Tyranosaurus rex
2-5: Mesozoic Master Piece; Dinosaur Food Chains
5-12: What Killed the Dinosaurs?
These Field Guides include detailed information about the exhibit, as well as information about:
- dinosaur anatomy
- The differences between carnivores and herbivores
- The difference between solitary hunters and dinosaurs that may have lived in groups, or herds
- animal behavior
- how scientists can infer the behavior of extinct animals
- ancient plant life
- the ecosystems of the Cretaceous Period, and how they compare to the world we live in today
- Connections to National Education Standards
Download Teacher Tips for before and during your visit.
Students take a seat in a state-of-the-art Be the Dinosaur™ Simulator Pod and become a dinosaur, exploring the most complex and far reaching restoration of dinosaurs and their environment ever created. Living the role of a dinosaur, students will have to learn what food to eat, how and where to find it, when to drink, etc.—or they will fail to survive.
Be The Dinosaur™ is designed so that the more time students spend exploring the label panels and interactives in the physical exhibit, the more they will learn to help them survive longer in the simulation experience. More time spent absorbing the lessons presented on Amber Pillars, Rock Formation stations, in the Field Station, and at other physical exhibit components will equip students to perform well in the simulation. Students who ignore these traditional elements are challenged by the simulation, and prompted to seek out the required knowledge via the icon system.
Along the way, students will learn about their environment, the plants, animals and insects that share it, and the relationships among them in an accurate, hands-on interactive world. Back in the dinosaur world, they will explore the mysteries and theories of dinosaur behavior, find and communicate with others in their herd, cooperate in defense, use their sense of smell to find food and other animals, and more.
A space designed specifically for young learners by staff from the RMSC and RMSC Preschool will engage children grades PreK-2 in ways that allow them to participate in role-play to Be the Dinosaur™.
As students travel to Meet the Dinosaur they come face to face with some giants of the Jurassic Period. You and your students will step foot back in time — and into the primordial swamp — where they will encounter towering, roaring half-sized animatronic Stegosaurus, Dimetrodon, and a mother Apatosaurus protecting her newly hatched babies. Take your students beyond the bones through a primordial swamp to see how these prehistoric creatures may have looked, and sounded, when they roamed the earth millions of years ago.
