Tynessa Morgan

I built a scale using Legos a few years ago. If I can’t find it I can build a new one. Mega Blocks gave me a huge donation years ago so I am always trying to figure out ways to use them.

I haven’t had a lab group old enough, but I have used portions of the documentary. I was fortunate enough to get a free one from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. They have several DVDs related to paleontology that can either be streamed or you can request a hard copy for free. If a high school class wanted to take sections of YIF and modify it for 4-8 that could be interesting as an experiment in science communication.

I would like to be able to voice record notes for later transcription. Again using the gomphothere as an example, I would like to be able to link to museums that have them in their collections with a special asterisks for specimens on display.

An audible pronunciation guide with phonetic spelling would be amazing as well.

There could be a misconception corner that explains the difference between a mammoth and mastodon. A Venn Diagram would be fine.

How can we find the cards for specimens that we found? @jeanette-pirlo

@llundgren, @taorminalepore, @jeanette-pirlo

I do have several verts in my classroom. I now have an articulated human skeleton in my room so I can compare that way as well. I can email the students clips from Your InnerFish where Shubin discusses comparative anatomy.

Look at you!!!  @todd-kohorst

@llundgren, @jeanette-pirlo, @jbokor, @kate-griener – I have a group of 6 fifth and sixth graders that are all girls so we kind of have a WISE group of our own. I teach it in a way that touches their imaginations. I know that there is controversy surrounded the idea of learning styles, but I still get amazing successes by getting the kids out of their chairs. I would be glad to pilot a program in the Dallas area next school year.

I would use it as a digital field guide. Would it be possible to have a scale function that you could overlay like those hideous Snapchat filters? Perhaps 2-3 minutes tutorials for when you encounter a situation that is a tad bit difficult. It should have a couple of common first aid instruction cards as well. I remember sitting in the pit at Montbrook and wanting to see high-quality artistic renderings of these creatures.