Take a tour of the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Canada without leaving your classroom! During this interactive virtual visit, we’ll guide you through our galleries and exhibits. Marvel at creatures from ancient seas, explore Dinosaur Hall, and discover how life carried on after the asteroid impact that marked the end of the Age of Dinosaurs.

Included resources:

• Teacher Guide
• Activity Guide
• Answer Guide

The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology is one of the biggest and best museums in the world dedicated exclusively to the study of ancient life. In addition to featuring one of the world’s largest displays of dinosaurs, they offer a wide variety of creative, fun, and educational programs that bring the prehistoric past to life.  Ecolinc has established a working collaboration with the Museum to bring you this live guided tour.

Year Level:  Year 3-6

Duration: 45 minutes

No, but there is a variety of teacher resources available:

• A teacher’s guide including the program format and relevant vocabulary for students can be accessed here Tyrrell Virtual Tour_TeachersGuide_VirtualVisit
• A pre/post activity guide tailored for particular Year Levels can be accessed here Tyrrell Virtual Tour__TeacherGuide_Activities_
• An answer key to the activity guide is available here Tyrrell Virtual Tour__TeacherGuide_AnswerKey

No prior knowledge is required.

In this program students will:

• Explore dinosaur remains from the easily recognisable herbivore Triceratops, to the giant Camarasaurus, and the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex
• Investigate the mass extinction 66 million years ago, in which all non-avian dinosaurs perished, mammal populations increased and expanded into an empty ecological niche
• Gain a stronger, broader understanding of the history of life on Earth
• Understand that ecological time is divided into bigger and small amounts, to help scientists understand the different periods in Earth’s history
• Learn more about different types of animals and plants that lived on our planet

In this video conference students will:

• Observe a variety of prehistoric skeletons and learn what distinguishes them
• Engage in questions and answers with an expert from the Royal Tyrrell Museum as they move through the displays and halls

Science: Science Understanding

• Living things have characteristics that distinguish them from non-living things and things that were once living, including fossils (VC2S4U01)