Digging up the Diprotodon
Background
- Term 1 from Monday Mon 22nd – Fri 26th March
- Term 4 from Mon 22nd – Fri 26th November.
Key Learning Question
How do palaeontologists use evidence to learn about megafauna and how earth has changed over time?
Learning Intentions
In this program students will:
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Understand and predict how megafauna became extinct.
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Examine a range of fossil evidence and understand how this can unlock our understanding of the megafauna and their habitat.
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Understand how rocks are indicators of how the earth’s surface changes over time.
Activities
Students will:
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Adopt a ‘rolling stone’ from the Ecolinc Geological Trail to investigate its origins and unlock its secrets.
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Examine megafauna trackways and discover who passed this way.
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Become part of the archeological team that uncovers megafauna fossils and solves the puzzle of their origin
Note: This program is strictly 10am-2.30pm and cannot be shortened in time.
Victorian Curriculum
- Science knowledge helps people understand the effects of their actions (VCSSU056)
- Living things can be grouped on the basis of observable features and can be distinguished from non-living things (VCSSU057).
Learning Continuum
The following Learning Continuum is a guide for teachers to show the links between the programs Ecolinc offers onsite, online and through outreach. The Learning Continuum can be used to access Ecolinc resources to support the development of units of work.
Ecolinc Learn Online is an online learning management system offering interactive online courses for students and teachers. These courses can be undertaken either as a pre-visit, post-visit or stand-alone. Students are encouraged to do the pre-learning course before coming to Ecolinc for an onsite program.
Outreach programs are conducted by an Ecolinc education officer at your school. They are available to moderately disadvantaged primary schools in the Geelong, Ballarat and western suburbs areas (or within 100km radius from Bacchus Marsh)