National Science Week: Home of Dinosaurs!
- What
- Museum Staff-led
- When
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Tuesday 12 August 2025
10 to 10:45am
11:30am to 12:15pm - Duration
Curriculum links & Accessibility & Access Fund- Year level
- Years F to 6
- Minmum student numbers
- Minimum 10 students
- Maximum student numbers
- Maximum 180 students
- Cost
- $9 per student + education service fee
- Booking information
- Bookings 13 11 02
Decoding Dinosaurs – Exploring the known, unknown, and the thrilling adaptations and survival of dinosaurs!
Students will experience
- Being in the Museum Theatre, and hearing about the most extreme features of the dinosaurs at Melbourne Museum;
- Seeing incredible images of dinosaurs and exploring how we know that they once looked that way.
- Discovering the latest science taking place in the world of palaeontology at Museums Victoria;
- Finally, meeting one small and adorable Triceratops... shh! Don’t tell your students about the surprise!
Students will learn
- That dinosaurs have observable features that can be used to group them in different ways.
- That Scientists discover new things about dinosaurs all the time, and this changes the way we understand how they lived.
- how dinosaurs have evolved over time, as seen in fossils records.
- How the structural features of dinosaurs enabled them to thrive in their environments.
Students will be provided
- All students will be given a curriculum aligned dinosaur booklet, which can be used in the galleries and back at school.
Students will need
- Pens or pencils.
Victorian Curriculum links
Biological Science
plants and animals have observable features that can be used to group them in different ways
VC2S2U01
living things have characteristics that distinguish them from non-living things and things that were once living, including fossils
VC2S4U01
Years 5 to 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
Related programs and resources
Dinosaur Walk Gallery Visit
Walk among the skeletons of amazing animals from the past – dinosaurs, flying reptiles and megafauna.
Gandel Gondwana Garden Gallery Visit
Explore Victoria’s ancient landscapes and see creatures that once walked this land, from dinosaurs to megafauna to the ancestors of today’s iconic Australian species.
Triceratops Alive!
Discover how Triceratops lived, in this self-guided booklet program.
