A taste of my own… if you start it finish it philosophy. Waaaaay delayed!!! Well, it keeps you humble. Enjoy!

Edit: For a video that is current check out this video to hear how this dinosaur got its name. Thanks to the Royal Tyrrell Museum.

I must admit our 2013-2014 school year has been light on the dinosaurs. It just seems like learning to read and external forces have held us at bay… but no longer! We are planning to go up to AT LEAST 2 a week if not back to our original 5. This means LOTS of hunting for mommy for those more obscure dinosaurs. But first… the Pachyrhinosaurus.

This Cretaceous period herbivore was found in what is now Alberta and Alaska. Believed to have moved in herds, it was a rather unintelligent dinosaur with less hearing and scent capabilities. Being a plant eater its teeth were constantly worn down and replaced and included cheek teeth. Without brow or nasal bones this 4 legged dinosaur had a rather unique look. Definitely a traditional plant eater though!

Our video today was from the documentary March of the Dinosaurs. (part 5) All thanks to Clubpenguindino.

And now for our links. Sadly we are finding less links now that we are going more obscure but they ARE helpful nonetheless.

• Walking With Dinosaurs site (BBC) HERE
• Dinosaurs.about.com HERE
• Walking With Wikis HERE
• Animal Planet HERE
• Wiki HERE
• And our colouring page found on Caw. HERE

How we miss you! And how the boys asked so politely to do a FULL unit on you. And with that… time to share our resources!!! It is mostly a book like, but I figured… time to get this puppy posted. Remember to research interesting topics… I would suggest the following:

• Inukshuks
• First Nations
• Beavers
• Dinosaurs
• RCMP
• Kermode Bear
• The “new” Territories
• Canada Geese
• Poutine
• Maple Syrup

The list goes on! Good luck and enjoy.. eh.

BOOKS (and there are a few!)

• Canada by Julie Murray (Explore the Countries)
• Only in Canada by Vivien Bowers
• Honk, Honk, Goose! (Canada Geese Start a Family) by April Pulley Sayre
• Lucy Maud Montgomery by Alexandra Wallner
• Grasslands Inside Out by James Bow (this has a  couple pages on the Canadian Prairies and discusses what an ecosystem is)
• Cultures of the World: Canada
• Getting to Know… Nature’s Children Beavers by Merebeth Switzer
• Canada by Liz Sonneborn
• On the Tundra by Jen Green (Small Worlds)
• The Canadian Forces Snowbirds by Lora Polack Oberle (this is one we didn’t get to, I ended up having to cut some of our topics to deal with the fact it IS summer… but interesting all the same!)
• Coming to Canada by Susan Hughes (We did not read this book through either, I really would like to re-request this one and read it myself!)
• Countries of the World: Canada by Brian Williams (an older book but very good resource)
• A Visit to Canada by Mary Quigley
• Canada by Karen Latchana Kenney
• Igloos by Jack Manning (and the kids are back to planning on building their next igloo this winter… boy do they hope there is more snow than last winter!)
• History of the Great Lakes by Emily Jankowski
• The Inuit by Kevin Cunningham and Peter Benoit
• Across Canada by Jeff Sinclair
• Canada’s Arctic Animals by Chelsea Donaldson
• A is for Algonquin by Lovenia Gorman
• M is for Maple by Mike Ulmer
• Polar Animal’s Dictionary by Scholastic
• Goose’s Story by Cari Best
• Ituko An Inuit Child – Children of the World
• Winnie – The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie the Pooh by Sally M. Walker

DVD

• Families of Canada from the Families of the World series. The link is to the 2015 version. We had the 2005 one from the library.

USEFUL SITES (quick links to their Canada resources… good luck!)

• Kidzone HERE
• SuperTeacher Worksheets HERE
• Today I Found Out (on the flag) HERE
• FactSlides.com HERE
• Teachers Pay Teachers Freebie HERE
• EasyScienceForKids worksheet HERE
• ISLCollective has some worksheets HERE

Of course we used Activity Village for resources and did lots of colouring. Education.com has a bit, HERE is my collection. It is well worth it to do a search on dinosaurs found in Canada. We used to live near the Royal Tyrrell Museum which is an amazing dinosaur museum with some very new finds. Do check out their site HERE. Macleans also has a 10 coolest dinosaurs article to get you started HERE. Check out Global’s piece on a new dinosaur find HERE.

It is really past time for me to post this! So I am glad to get it up. I am sure we will cover our homeland once again in 2017. With it being a landmark year (150) I will try to find some interesting ways to learn even more about Canada in all her glory. Wish me luck!