Dinosaur races at CES? Go!

Seth VanGaasbeek’s third-grade students at CES, as well as passersby in their hallway, had an interesting and fun lesson about dinosaurs that culminated in a dinosaur race!

A blue carpet down the center of a hallway with kids sitting on either side of it. An elementary age boy runs down the center of it.

During the lesson, students learned about fossil dinosaur tracks and that they reveal how quickly a dinosaur was running. Students figured out if they could have won a race with a dinosaur that was just their size! To determine the winner, students compared the length of their running steps with the dinosaur’s stride.

Pieces of blue and red paper on a floor, showing the stride of different people.

This activity wasn’t limited to the students. Any adults who passed by were invited to race the dinosaur that matched their leg length. Assistant Principal Joe Prestianni, STEAM coach Alyson Callahan, social worker Kelly Wallace, ENL teacher Catherine Aller and even Officer Gorman participated!

A blue carpet down a hallway with kids sitting on either side of it. A woman stands at the far end of it.

It was a terrific lesson – and fun – for the students to use their math and estimation skills to figure out if they could win the race!

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