Back to search
- local
- FREE
Digging Up Ryde: Dino dig workshop at West Ryde Library
- - (AEST)
-
West Ryde Library
2 Graf Ave, West Ryde NSW 2114, Australia
Unearth the secrets of the past in this hands-on palaeontology experience.
In this immersive workshop, young palaeontologists will:
- Suit up in safety vests and use real tools to carefully excavate dinosaur "bones" from sand pits.
- Record their discoveries—measuring and sketching their finds—before reconstructing a mini dinosaur skeleton.
- Use their observational skills and dino knowledge to identify the skeleton: a theropod, possibly a mini T. rex!
- Work with a dichotomous key to classify fossil claws, teeth, and spines.
- Use the key to examine a giant replica fossil—a T. rex femur—and calculate the dinosaur’s towering height using their own body proportions (around 3 metres tall!).
This exciting, educational workshop combines science, maths, and history in a way that will ignite curiosity and inspire young dinosaur enthusiasts!
