Illustration of a triceratops surrounded by lush rainforest.

Triceratops Habitats

What
Museum Staff-led
When
Terms 1 to 4, Monday to Friday
Duration
30 minutes
Curriculum links & Accessibility & Access Fund
Year level
Years 5 to 6
Minmum student numbers
Minimum 15 students
Maximum student numbers
Maximum 30 students
Cost
$9 per student + education service fee
Booking information
Bookings 13 11 02

Explore the habitat of Triceratops based on fossil evidence, and learn how they thrived in their environment.

Students will experience

  • Walk through the immersive world of the Triceratops, exploring the various species that lived at the same time.
  • Hear from a museum learning expert about how the habitat our Triceratops lived in led to its successful fossilisation.
  • Through hands-on objects, discover how Triceratops' amazing structural features enabled it to thrive in its environment.
  • Visit the Dinosaur Walk and Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs exhibitions and see real dinosaur fossils.

Students will learn

  • Dinosaurs, like all organisms, have evolved over time, as seen in fossils and scientific records.
  • Dinosaurs’ structural features and behaviours enable them to thrive in their environments.
  • Dinosaur habitats can be described by their physical conditions and changing the physical conditions of a habitat, such as through massive volcanic activity or a major asteroid impact, will affect the growth and survival of organisms.

Students will be provided

  • an exclusive dinosaur booklet which can be used in the galleries and back at school.

Students will need

  • Please bring pencils for students to be able to complete their booklet in the galleries.

 

 

Victorian Curriculum links

Biological sciences: Levels 5 and 6
  • habitats can be described by their physical conditions; changing the physical conditions of a habitat, including by human activity, may affect the growth and survival of organisms
    VC2S6U01
  • 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