Exhibition

Triceratops Survives

Years 3 to 4

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Explore real dinosaurs and discover how they survived.

Using your very own dinosaur booklet, explore real dinosaurs and discover how they survived.

Students will experience

Visit two galleries, Dinosaur Walk and Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs to see the amazing real fossil skeleton of Triceratops and real fossil dinosaur eggs to learn about dinosaur life cycles.
Be immersed in the habitat of Triceratops to discover the many Cretaceous food chains!
Use their very own Dinosaur Booklet to record their observations of dinosaurs; including a Survival Game, with a make your own dice, to learn about dinosaur survival to play back at school.

Students will learn

Dinosaurs, like living things, had characteristics that distinguish them from non-living things and we know this from their fossils.
Dinosaurs had a life cycles and reproduced by laying eggs, and we know this from the fossil record.
Carnivores, herbivores and plants all had different roles and interactions within a Cretaceous habitat.

Students will be provided

An exclusive, curriculum aligned, dinosaur booklet which can be used in the galleries and back at school.

Students will need

Please bring a pencil for each student to be able to fill in their booklet in the galleries.

Other key information

The length of this excursion is 60 minutes and includes 30 minutes in Dinosaur Walk and 30 minutes in Triceratops.

Availability

Terms 1–4, Monday to Friday

30 minutes in Dinosaur Walk, 30 minutes in Triceratops

Duration: 60 minutes

Student information

Years 3 to 4

Minimum 10 students

Maximum 60 students

Bookings

$8 per student + education service fee

Call 13 11 02

School visit information

Exhibition

Self-guided exhibition visit with provided activity

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Students exploring the Soil Biome in Our Wondrous Planet exhibition. Giant models of soil organisms can be seen, such as ants and mites.

Victorian Curriculum Links

Science: Levels 3 and 4

Biological sciences

living things have characteristics that distinguish them from non-living things and things that were once living, including fossils (VC2S4U01)
plants and animals have different life cycles; offspring are similar, but not identical, to their parents (VC2S4U02)
consumers, producers and decomposers have different roles and interactions within a habitat; food chains can be used to represent feeding relationships (VC2S4U03)

Science Inquiry

observations can be used as a basis for posing questions to identify patterns and relationships, and to predict the outcomes of investigations (VC2S4I01)

Accessibility

Please view our accessibility page for general information. Contact our team on 13 11 02 or email us at [email protected] to discuss how we can support your visit.

Museums Victoria Learning Access Fund

The Museums Victoria Learning Access Fund aims to enhance access to our museums (Melbourne Museum, Scienceworks and Immigration Museum), programs and events by offering free or subsidised education programs for eligible schools. Find out more about the fund.