DINOSAURS – LIVE! EXHIBITION
Recommended duration: 2h ; Target group: Lower Primary – Tertiary level
This exhibition is the largest dinosaur exhibition in Singapore, showcasing close to 50 dinosaurs and their environments.
Visitors will be enthralled by the impressive life-sized animatronic dinosaurs that can move their bodies, eyes and tongues.
This exhibition includes well-researched educational information on the place of discovery, period of existence, anatomical
characteristics, food patterns and scientific discoveries about the evolution and habitats of each dinosaur. Students will be
given a 15 minute briefing and trail booklet to guide them through the exhibition.
*to enhance the educational experience of the exhibition, it is strongly recommended that the exhibition is accompanied by
one of our education programmes below.
PROG A. ENTERING THE WORLD OF DINOSAURS
Mode of Teaching: Lecture demonstration ; Duration of Lesson (excluding exhibition): 1h ; Cost of lesson: free
Capacity: 40 (min.) – 200 (max) ; Target group: Upper Primary - Tertiary level (Content will be adjusted according to the level of the
students)
No one has invented a time machine yet; hence it is impossible for us to return to the past to study dinosaurs. So how did
palaeontologists find out so much about how dinosaurs looked like and when they existed, just from examining bones, fossils
or imprints? In this lesson, students will learn how palaeontologists determine when dinosaurs existed by studying
radioactive particles found in fossils. They will also learn how palaeontologists determine the length of a dinosaur’s leg and
how fast it moved from its footprints. Join us on this journey of discovery as we enter the amazing world of dinosaurs!
Topics covered (depending on level of students): Half-life and radioactive decay; Ratio and proportions; Speed; Adaptations;
Anatomy; Evolution
PROG B. 3D PHOTOGRAPHY 101 – DINOSAURS IN THIRD DIMENSION!
Mode of Teaching: Hands-on activities ; Duration of Lesson (excluding exhibition): 1h ; Cost of lesson: $5
Capacity: 20 (min.) – 40 (max.) ; Target group: Upper Primary – Tertiary level (Content will be adjusted according to the level of the
students)
3D photography is an emerging technology for capturing richly detailed models of objects in the real world. So simple is the
trick that, with a little effort, anybody with a camera, a computer equipped with photo-editing software and a pair of tinted
glasses can make his or her own 3-D pictures of dinosaurs, pets, family members and friends or anything else worth placing
in front of a lens. In this workshop students will learn how to take a good photograph of dinosaur miniature models with any
camera and learn the techniques of creating 3D photos. Students will also get a chance to create their very own 3D photos
and glasses. Learn innovative ways on how to make the pictures look interesting ... in 3D!
Topics covered: Light (colours); How to take great pictures on landscape, macro and animal photography; 3D photography
and 3D editing software; DIY (do it yourself) 3D glass; Guideline on Stereoscopy – Anaglyph and Stereoscope.
Note: Camera & 3D glasses provided. Students are strongly encouraged to bring their personal camera.
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PROG C. DINOSAUR CASTING... WITH A TWIST! (only available from 24 Oct -18 Nov)
Mode of Teaching: Hands-on activities ; Duration of Lesson (excluding exhibition): 1h ; Cost of lesson: $3
Capacity: 20 (min.) – 40 (max.) ; Target group: Upper Primary – Secondary. Venue: Kitchen Lab
How did palaeontologists find out so much about dinosaurs just from preserved imprints in the ground? Why do we think
dinosaurs look the way they do? Some of them have horns, spikes, huge bodies, long necks etc. What is the purpose of all
these parts of the dinosaurs? Get all these questions answered and more! Students will get to be palaeontologists and make
edible dinosaur candy ‘casts’!
Topics: Introduction to Palaeontology; Dinosaur biodiversity and adaptations
Links to the Curriculum
Programme
Exhibition
Prog A. Entering the
World of Dinosaurs
Learning Objectives
• Dinosaur’s period of existence of
dinosaurs
• Anatomical
characteristics
of
dinosaurs
• Evolution and habitat of dinosaurs
• Understand
the
relationship
between foot length and leg length
• Determining the speed of a
dinosaur by its footprint length
and stride length
• Understand radioactive decay and
its significance in dating fossils
• Adaptation of dinosaurs to their
environment
• Evolution
Prog B. 3D
photography 101 –
dinosaurs in third
dimension!
• Understand how 3D Photography
works
• Learn how to take good photos
• Create own 3D Photograph using
simple method.
Prog C. Dinosaur
Casting... with a
twist!
• General understanding of
palaeontology
• Dinosaur biodiversity and
adaptations
Primary School
• Diversity of living things –
different species of dinosaurs
Links to the Syllabus
Secondary School
• Organisms and their environment dinosaurs and their relationship
with the environment
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Ratio and proportion
•
Measurement and length
Diversity of living things – •
different species of dinosaurs
• Interaction with the environment
– understand the factors that
affect the survival of an organism
• Interaction with the environment
– discuss the effect on organisms
when the environment becomes
unfavourable
• Adaptations of organisms to
enhance survival
• Science and Art: Colours and •
Digital Media – 3D Photography
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Diversity of living things –
different species of dinosaurs
Interaction with the environment
– understand the factors that
affect the survival of an organism
Junior Colleges
• Diversity and evolution
Relative speed of an animal –
calculation of speed
Organisms and their environment dinosaurs and their relationship
with the environment
• Nuclear physics – radioactive
decay
• Diversity and evolution
Science: Light and how we see
colour of objects in coloured light
such as red, green and blue
Art:
Digital
Media
–
3D
Photography
• Digital Media: Stereoscopy (3D)
and Macro Photography
• Organisms and their environment
- dinosaurs and their relationship
with the environment
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