Paleontologists study dinosaurs. Because dinosaurs lived thousands of years ago, they use fossils and bones from the ground to learn about their habits, food, and size. During this adventure, you will use your Wolf brains to match dinosaurs to their names, your Wolf imagination to create your own dinosaur, your Wolf taste buds to eat some fossil layers, and your Wolf paws to make fossils and then dig them out!
Rationale for Adventure
This elective adventure will help Wolf Scouts understand the formation of fossils.
Requirements
Complete the following requirements
- Play a game that demonstrates your knowledge of dinosaurs, such as a dinosaur match game.
- Create an imaginary dinosaur. Share with your den its name, what it eats, and where it lives.
- Complete one of the following:
- Make a fossil cast.
- Make a dinosaur dig. Be a paleontologist, and dig through the a dinosaur dig made by another member of your den. Show and explain the ways a paleontologist works carefully during a dig.
- Make edible fossil layers. Explain how this snack is a good model for the formation of fossils.
Takeaways for Cub Scouts
- Understanding that fossils are affected by the ground around them
- Learning about the different types of dinosaurs
- Listening to instructions
- Making a layered dessert
- A Scout is thrifty
Historical Requirements
2015 Handbook Requirements
Wolf Handbook, page 204
Wolf Den Leader Guide, page 119
- Play a game that demonstrates your knowledge of dinosaurs, such as a dinosaur match game.
- Create an imaginary dinosaur. Share with your den its name, what it eats, and where it lives.
- Make a fossil cast.
- Make a dinosaur dig.
- Make edible fossil layers. Explain how this snack is a good model for the formation of fossils.
- Be a paleontologist, and dig through the dinosaur digs made by your den. Show and explain the ways a paleontologist works carefully during a dig.
