These images are meant to be humorous, but have you ever really taken a good look at a bird’s feet? Every time I do I see DINOSAURS!

BUT

What makes a dinosaur a dinosaur? Let’s have a look at a few models to see if you can find any common characteristics.

[insert her video]

Take the [Dinosaur? Yes or No?] survey here before going down to the lecture video below.

So, how did the suvey go? As you go on with the Lecture Videos, be sure to fill out your [Week 1 Notes with Gaps] and follow along on the Power Point [What is a Dino pp].

[Insert Poll Everywher window asking ‘what terms can be used to define a dinosaur? (2-3 words only)]

[insert crocs dinos birds video]

[insert when video]

So, now that you know a little bit about the grouping of dinosaurs based on their hip structures, color the 3 hip bones in the dinosaur schematics in your notes with Gaps. use that information to group the dinos in the [Exploring dinosaur Phylogeny] activity.

[insert cladistics video]

Candy Cladistics

This exercise is intended to get you to think about how things are grouped. So, go to your kitchen and get some food items. it would be good to ensure that at least some have shared characteristics. I’m going to use candy in the video, but you can use whatever you want. Gather your items and follow along with the video, when you are done take a photo of your food cladogram and submit it here: [Food Cladogram]

[insert candy cladistics video]

Wrap-up Candy Cladistics

[insert giant panda hierarchy video]