Dinosaur Walk Gallery Visit

See how prehistoric animals lived and get up close to skeletons of dinosaurs and giant extinct megafauna.

Students will experience

• An incredible diversity of dinosaur skeletons including enormous long-necked dinosaurs, terrifying carnivores, tenacious tiny herbivores, the armoured ankylosaurs and more!
• Videos of palaeontologists explaining key dinosaur facts such as: how dinosaurs evolved from birds, why Tarbosaurus was such an efficient killer, what dinosaur eggs can tell us about their life cycles, and what we know about Megafauna.
• Giant extinct Australian megafauna.
• Amazing scientific replicas of the dinosaur teeth and skulls, which students can touch and examine to learn about the structural features that helped creatures to survive.
• Multimedia interactives that demonstrate how these animals moved, ate, and survived.

Students will learn

• Dinosaurs have observable features that can be used to group them in different ways.
• Living things, including dinosaurs, have characteristics that distinguish them from non-living things.
• Dinosaurs have evolved over time, as shown by fossils records.
• The structural features of dinosaurs enabled them to thrive in their environments.
• There are similarities and differences within and between dinosaurs.

Related links

• Home Of The Dinosaurs Teacher Guide|  4.84 MB .pdf file
• Dinosaur Walk website
• IMAX T.rex 3D
• Triceratops & dinosaur online activities