The 3rd-5th graders saw him first. His 45-minute presentation was filled with silly jokes, noises, vocabulary, fossils, bone fragments, and boy vs. girl hilarity. For instance, he said the biggest creature ever to inhabit the Earth was a prehistoric whale-type animal that would span the length of a football field. The largest of these creatures were the females. (Insert wild, ear-piercing screams of jubilation from the female elementary population here.) Later on, he turned the tables by saying that the largest of the Stegosauruses were the males. (Insert much whooping and hollering by the boys.)
But in the end, the girls were victorious. The fiercest of all the dinosaurs were the T-Rexes and the biggest T-Rexes were female. His assistant, Becca, is holding the jaw bone of a female.
This was an example of a female vs. male single tooth.
It was amazing how Dinosaur George whipped these kids into a frenzy and then immediately quieted them down again to stay involved in the presentation. The younger kids (K-2) also loved the presentation - he changed it slightly for them, making the jokes and information more age-appropriate. We are working on a proposal with him to bring a Traveling Museum of sorts to Hardy Oak next year and we can't wait.
On the last day of school, we made a special stop in Sarah's classroom to say goodbye to Mrs. Diamond. Unfortunately, due to budget cuts, Hardy Oak is losing eight teachers and Sarah's teacher is one of them. She was reassigned to another school in the district but we will miss her terribly. Her college-age daughter is also named Sarah Elizabeth and we hope to have her do some babysitting this summer.
Lucas - always the center of attention when we visit a classroom.
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