Extension and Education Activities

On-spot Guided Tour

Programme will be conducted in Cantonese and Putonghua. Please refer to the Chinese synopsis for details.

Education Resources

• "T-Rex Revealed – The Augmented +Virtual Reality Experience" Activity Sheet (suitable for primary school students)
• "T-Rex Revealed – The Augmented +Virtual Reality Experience" Activity Sheet (suitable for junior secondary school students)
• "T-Rex Revealed – The Augmented +Virtual Reality Experience" Exhibition Teachers' Guide

Teacher Preview

Programme will be conducted in Cantonese. Please refer to the Chinese synopsis for details.

Workshop

Remark: The content of the above sessions are the same

Free admission with registration started 30 minutes before the start of programme on site

Enquiries: 2732 3223 (Mon to Fri: 9:00am to 1:00pm, 2:00pm to 5:00pm, except public holidays)

Film

Curriculum Links: S1-S3 Science

Planet Dinosaur – New Giants
This episode focuses on the new giants, the heavyweights of the dinosaur world. It is only in recent years that experts have unearthed the biggest dinosaurs that ever lived.

One monster, the immense Argentinosaurus, eclipsed all others, being more than seven times as heavy as the Diplodocus. A single backbone was bigger than a human.

For years, these giants were considered immune to attack from any predator - until the discovery of the Mapusaurus, a new giant killer whose fate appeared to be inextricably linked to the Argentinosaurus.

Planet Dinosaur – Killer Elite
The episode looks at the last generation of killer dinosaurs - carnivores that took killing to a new level. By the end of the Cretaceous period - 75 million years ago - these gigantic and specialised hunter-killers had spread throughout the globe. In the southern continents, it was the powerful and muscular abelisaurids that reigned supreme, but it was the famous tyrannosaurids (or tyrant dinosaurs) that dominated in the north.

Venue: Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum
Language: English narration with Chinese subtitles
Free admission on a first come, first served basis
Enquiries: 2732 3223 (Mon to Fri: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm, except public holidays)

Lecture

Tyrannosaurs: T. rex and its close relatives
Jointly organised with Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong

Tyrannosaurs were a successful group of carnivorous dinosaurs that included the famous T. rex. Tyrannosaurs first appeared in the Northern hemisphere during the Jurassic period and later spread across the globe. They lived in different habitats including subtropical ones. Tyrannosaurs became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous period 66 million years ago during the impact event that drove all dinosaurs – except birds – to extinction. Tyrannosaurs changed a lot during their evolutionary history. Many were smaller than T. rex and had relatively long arms and small heads. Tyrannosaurs appear to have been covered by primitive feathers, including T. rex! This talk gives a summary of what we know about tyrannosaurs and introduces some of the speaker's own research into Chinese tyrannosaurs.

Curriculum Links: S4-S6 Integrated Science and Liberal Studies "Science, Technology and the Environment"
Venue: Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum
Language: English

Free admission on a first come, first served basis
Enquiries: 2732 3223 (Mon to Fri: 9:00am to 1:00pm, 2:00pm to 5:00pm, except public holidays)