This film focuses on two of the museums outstanding dinosaurs- the Neovenator and the Cetiosaurus and points out characteristics of these amazing creatures. The film has a strong localised theme with further focus on the Barrow Kipper and the Barwell Meteorite
Curriculum Enrichment Activity
Key Stage: 1
Venue: Leicester Museum & Art Gallery
Curriculum Links: History, Language and Literacy, Mathematics and Science
Duration: 90 minutes
Children will engage in hands-on activities to explore how we find out and learn about dinosaurs. The session focuses on the specific differences between two of our dinosaurs on display which have contrasting characteristics.
- To increase general understanding of the dinosaurs and how they lived.
- To understand that dinosaurs were not all the same to each other.
- To understand that we can learn about dinosaurs from fossils.
- To understand that dinosaurs lived on the earth a long time before humans.
The session outline with suggested Pre and Post Visit Activities can be downloaded here:
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