Dynamic Earth Gallery Visit

Discover Earth’s geological processes in this highly engaging exhibition showcasing an impressive collection of different minerals and rocks.

Spinning the Earth through geological time to see how our planet has changed.
Be immersed in the power of Earth’s natural forces in the 3D cinema.
Explore the Earth's formation, the composition of layers within the Earth, rock formation and find a range of common rock types through the extensive displays of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks.
An amazing array of minerals in different sizes and shapes, and the chance to find out which ones fluoresce under UV light.
An incredible display of gems.

That minerals are the building blocks of rocks and that the different characteristics of rocks depend on the minerals within them.
About different uses of minerals, such as for gemstones in jewellery.
How First Peoples of Australia use different rock and mineral types
That Earth is a dynamic planet as demonstrated by tectonic activity, including the formation of geological features at divergent, convergent and transform plate boundaries.
To recognise sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks, and how the minerals within them are used in our everyday objects.

rocks, minerals and soils are important Earth resources and have observable properties that enable them to be used in a variety of ways
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geological processes including weathering, erosion, transportation and deposition can cause slow or rapid changes to Earth’s surface
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Earth is a dynamic planet as demonstrated by tectonic activity, including the formation of geological features at divergent, convergent and transform plate boundaries; the theory of plate tectonics is supported by scientific evidence
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key processes of the rock cycle occur over different timescales; the properties of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks not only reflect their formation but also impact their usefulness and determine the methods used when mined
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