First graders at Black Mountain Primary School (BMP) recently traded in their books for hard hats during the school’s annual Dino Day - a fun-filled, hands-on learning experience that turned young students into paleontologists for the day!
Excitement filled the classrooms as students discovered mysterious dinosaur tracks leading across the floor. Working together, they used blocks to measure the size of each footprint and compared them to their own.
“The tracks were huge! I think a T-Rex came to visit,” one student exclaimed.
Throughout the day, students dug for fossils, searched for clues about extinct creatures, and explored what life might have looked like before humans existed. Teachers guided the young explorers through creative activities designed to blend science, math, reading, and imagination.
The annual tradition is one of the highlights of the year for BMP first graders, giving students the chance to learn through discovery and play. Dino Day continues to prove that when curiosity leads the way, learning becomes an adventure.
