What

Self-directed

When

Terms 1 to 4, Monday to Friday

Year level

Years K to 10

Cost

education service fee

Booking information

Bookings 13 11 02

School visit information

Explore how prehistoric animals lived when you get up close with skeletons of dinosaurs and giant extinct megafauna. In the Dinosaur Walk exhibition, your students can see real dinosaur eggs, touch replicas of the dinosaur teeth and skulls, walk alongside a long-necked dinosaur and discover what they all looked like when they were alive.

 

Victorian Curriculum links

Biological science

Foundation - level 2

• Living things have a variety of external features and live in different places where their basic needs, including food, water and shelter, are met
• Living things grow, change and have offspring similar to themselves

Levels 3 - 4

• Living things can be grouped on the basis of observable features and can be distinguished from non-living things
• Different living things have different life cycles and depend on each other and the environment to survive

Levels 5 – 6

• Living things have structural adaptations that help them survive in their environment
• The growth and survival of living things are affected by the physical conditions of their environment

Levels 7 - 8

A range of curriculum-linked topics could be explored, including ancient animals as models for understanding classification, ecological interactions, body systems, survival and reproduction.

Levels 9 - 10

A range of curriculum-linked topics could be explored, including ancient animals as models for understanding stimulus and response, homeostasis, inheritance, evolution and ecological relationships.