Uncovering Triceratops

What: Museum Staff-led
When: Terms 1 to 4, Monday to Friday
10am, 11am, 12 noon & 1:30pm
Duration: 30 minutes + gallery viewing time
Year level: Years K to 6
Minmum student numbers: Minimum 10 students
Maximum student numbers: Maximum 30 students
Cost: $9 per student + education service fee
Booking information: Bookings 13 11 02
School visit information

Uncover the secrets of dinosaur fossils and explore what scientists know about dinosaurs like Triceratops, and how they know it.

In this 30-minute staff-led program, students will meet Horridus the Triceratops at Melbourne Museum and learn about the science of palaeontology. How was Horridus fossilised and found? Who found Horridus? And how did Horridus end up in Australia? Did Triceratops dinosaurs live in Australia? Which dinosaurs did, and how do we know?

Primary school students taking part in this program will each receive a year-level appropriate, curriculum aligned booklet, to be used in the Dinosaur Walk and Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs exhibitions and back at school. Uncovering Triceratops is also suitable for four year-old kindergarten groups.

Bookings for Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs must be made at least three weeks prior to visiting.

Victorian Curriculum links

Living things have a variety of external features and live in different places where their basic needs, including food, water and shelter, are met (VCSSU042)
Different living things have different life cycles and depend on each other and the environment to survive (VCSSU058)
Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment (VCSSU074)