The content of "Dinosaurs of Antarctica" and its accompanying educational outreach materials enables educators to meet required curricular objectives as called for by national educational standards. The following presentations suggest where the film and its resources can be used to advance classroom learning goals in language arts and science.

COMMON CORE – ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

The supplementary activities related to "Dinosaurs of Antarctica" provide opportunities for students to practice reading scientific and technical information. In doing so, they are meeting goals outlined in the national standards for English Language Arts.

K–5Reading Informational Text
6–12Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects

NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS

The content of "Dinosaurs of Antarctica" supports the goals of the Next Generation Science Standards at all grade levels. The alignments are shown here in brief, full, and detailed presentations for your convenience.

Brief Presentation

K–2ESS1, ESS2, ESS3, LS1
3–5ESS1, ESS2, LS4
6–8ESS1, ESS2, ESS3, LS4
9–12ESS1

Full Presentation

K–2
• Earth & Space Sciences 1 – Earth’s Place in the Universe
• Earth & Space Sciences 2 – Earth’s Systems
• Earth & Space Sciences 3 – Earth & Human Activity
• Life Sciences 1 – From Molecules to Organisms: Structures & Processes
3–5

• Earth & Space Sciences 1 – Earth’s Place in the Universe
• Earth & Space Sciences 2 – Earth’s Systems
• Life Sciences 4 – Biological Evolution: Unity & Diversity
6–8

• Earth & Space Sciences 1 – Earth’s Place in the Universe
• Earth & Space Sciences 2 – Earth’s Systems
• Earth & Space Sciences 3 – Earth & Human Activity
• Life Sciences 4 – Biological Evolution: Unity & Diversity
9–12
Earth & Space Sciences 1 – Earth’s Place in the Universe

Detailed Presentation

K–2• K-ESS2-1: Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
• K-ESS3-1: Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
• K-ESS3-2: Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.
• K-LS1-1: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
• 2-ESS1-1: Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.
3–5

• 3-LS4-1: Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
• 3-LS4-3: Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
• 3-LS4-4: Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
• 3-ESS2-2: Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
• 4-ESS1-1: Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
6–8

• MS-ESS1-4: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6-billion-year-old history.
• MS-ESS2-3: Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
• MS-ESS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment. 
• MS-ESS3-5: Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
• MS-LS4-1: Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
9–12

• HS-ESS1-5: Evaluate evidence of the past and current movements of continental and oceanic crust and the theory of plate tectonics to explain the ages of crustal rocks.
• HS-ESS1-6: Apply scientific reasoning and evidence from ancient Earth materials, meteorites, and other planetary surfaces to construct an account of Earth’s formation and early history.