A multi-storey museum gallery with taxidermy models of animals on display. The skeleton of a T.Rex stands at the entrance to the gallery.
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Dinosaurs!

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About Dinosaurs!

Join our Learning team for 25 minutes of interactive fun where we explore our museum’s dinosaur and fossil collections.

What will my pupils do in the session?

Pupils will: 

  • Learn about the work of palaeontologists
  • Discover secrets of one of the museum’s most popular residents through our handling collection
  • Play interactive games and ask questions to deepen understanding

About Digital Schools Sessions

Our Digital Schools Sessions bring the museum to your classroom. Our free sessions are led by our team of Learning Communicators and are broadcast using Microsoft Teams. 

Read our FAQs for further information about our sessions. 

A fantastic session, pitched at the right level and was amazing to see real fossils!

P3 teacher, Aberdeenshire

Curriculum links

LIT 1-02a    

LIT 1-07a  

LIT 1-09a     

LIT 1-10a   

 

SCN 1-01a       

SCN1-02a  

SOC 1-01a 

HWB 1-20a

Sustainable development goals

4, 8, 10, 11, 15, 17 

Meta skills framework

Self-management: Focusing

Social intelligence: Communicating 

Innovation:Curiosity, Sense-making, Critical thinking 

Resources

  1. Three stages of making a cardboard dinoasaur, from drawing the outline on card to cutting it out.
    Schools resource

    Make a Recyclesaurus

    Create a terrific T Rex, a stunning Stegosaursus or a dapper Diplodocus? Follow the steps to make your own prehistoric friend!
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  2. A side view of a T rex skeleton
    Schools resource

    Dinosaur workshop - accompanying resources

    A range of dinosaur themed resources to accompany our dinosaurs schools sessions.
    Find out more

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