This programme is for the following year groups: ECE

Children and whānau can discover more about dinosaurs through storytelling and hands-on exploration of replica bones.

This programme takes place in the Weird & Wonderful gallery and provides children the opportunity to explore their own interests.

Learning Outcomes
Learners will:
· Explore, ask questions, and create their own working theories in relation to dinosaurs
· Understand that palaeontologists learn about dinosaurs by studying fossils
· Handle and make comparisons between a range of dinosaur fossil bone replica, large and small
· Recognise the difference between the teeth of dinosaurs that ate plants and those that ate meat
· Learn the whakapapa of various fossils found across Tāmaki Makaurau and Aotearoa to make connections to their own past
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Please note: minimum 20 students, maximum 30 students per session

Image details: Cryolophosaurus ellioti, LH2099  © Auckland Museum CC BY

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AM Learn Fossil Van
Be on the lookout for the Museum's Fossil Van which will be bringing the AM Learn team to you and your learners.  Generously supported by the Central Interceptor, Watercare Services Limited.