Dinosaur Discovery

Dinosaur Discovery uncovers the wonderful world of Australian Dinosaurs. Become a Paleontologist and look at real fossils to find out about the Dinosaurs that called Australia home. Students will learn how scientists reconstruct the past by looking at different types of fossil evidence.

Dinosaur Discovery Program Content:

In this program students will:

• Have a presentation on fossils and how they are made
• Look at the geological time scale
• Explore Dinosaur fossil sites across Australia
• Walk in the footsteps of the past to discover the size of some Australian Dinosaurs
• Become a palaeontologist and do a mini fossil dig
• Make a fossil to take home
• Touch real fossils

NSW Curriculum Links

Science and Technology K – 6

Skills

Students develop and apply skills in:

• scientific inquiry through the process of working scientifically
• design and production processes in the development of solutions

Knowledge and understanding

Students develop knowledge and understanding of:

• the natural world including living things and Earth
• the built environment
• how digital technologies represent data

Human Society and its Environment HSIE

Students:

• develop knowledge and understanding of the features and characteristics of places and environments across a range of scales
• develop knowledge and understanding of interactions between people, places and environments

Students:

• apply geographical tools for geographical inquiry
• develop skills to acquire, process and communicate geographical information