All third grade students from McKenna have become archaeologists by exploring the wonderful history of fossils and dinosaurs. In cooperative research teams, they performed a fossil dig and studied them in order to determine where they originated from. They then classified them into the paleozoic, mesozoic, and cenozoic time periods. Independently, they created their own trace, cast, mold, and true form fossils after researching the similarities and differences between the various impressions. They created amber fossils as well!  

    As their cumulative project, the students collected and analyzed data of an ancient environment for one dinosaur. They recreated the location and time period their dinosaur lived in by creating a diorama. In a final showcase, the students presented their dioramas to each other in the McKenna Senior Center where they were able to use their presentation skills to share facts about what they learned with their peers. A special thank you to Ms. Annarumma, Ms. Dizdar, Mrs. Donnelly, Mrs. Finnerty, Mrs. Lipori,  Mrs. Salony, Mr. Ondris and all of the wonderful teacher assistants for all of their continuous support and dedication to this unit!