Dinosaur Walk Gallery Visit

What
Self-directed
When
Terms 1 to 4, Monday to Friday
Duration

Curriculum links & Accessibility
Year level
Years K to 10
Cost
education service fee
Booking information
Bookings 13 11 02

See how prehistoric animals lived and get up close to skeletons of dinosaurs and giant extinct megafauna.

Students will experience

  • An incredible diversity of dinosaur skeletons including enormous long-necked dinosaurs, terrifying carnivores, tenacious tiny herbivores, the armoured ankylosaurs and more!
  • Videos of palaeontologists explaining key dinosaur facts such as: how dinosaurs evolved from birds, why Tarbosaurus was such an efficient killer, what dinosaur eggs can tell us about their life cycles, and what we know about Megafauna.
  • Giant extinct Australian megafauna.
  • Amazing scientific replicas of the dinosaur teeth and skulls, which students can touch and examine to learn about the structural features that helped creatures to survive.
  • Multimedia interactives that demonstrate how these animals moved, ate, and survived.

Students will learn

  • Dinosaurs have observable features that can be used to group them in different ways.
  • Living things, including dinosaurs, have characteristics that distinguish them from non-living things.
  • Dinosaurs have evolved over time, as shown by fossils records.
  • The structural features of dinosaurs enabled them to thrive in their environments.
  • There are similarities and differences within and between dinosaurs.

Victorian Curriculum links

Biological sciences: Foundation to Level 2
  • plants and animals have observable features that can be used to group them in different ways
    VC2S2U01
Biological sciences: Levels 3 and 4
  • living things have characteristics that distinguish them from non-living things and things that were once living, including fossils
    VC2S4U01
Biological sciences: Levels 5 and 6
  • organisms have evolved over time, as seen in fossils and scientific records; the structural features and behaviours of living organisms enable them to thrive in their environments
    VC2S6U02
Biological sciences: Levels 7 and 8
  • There are similarities and differences within and between groups of organisms living on Earth; the development and use of classification tools, including dichotomous keys, help order and organise human understanding of the diversity of life
    VC2S8U01

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