Secrets of the Lost Quarry

by Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology (Canada)

Investigative skills will be put to the test in this interactive adventure! Journey into the Canadian Badlands to rediscover a fossil site lost over 100 years ago. Students will be transported through the Red Deer River valley to collect and study evidence pointing to the location of a historic dinosaur quarry.
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Cost

Point to Point: $135.00
Point to Point Premium: $125.00

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Length

45 minutes

Target Audience

Education: Grade(s) 3, 4, 5, 6, 7Public Library: Library Patrons

Minimum participants:

None

Maximum participants:

Primary Disciplines

Sciences, Social Studies/History

Program Delivery Mode

Videoconference – Webcam/desktop (Zoom, Google Meet, Cisco WebEx, GoToMeeting, Microsoft Teams, etc...)
Zoom

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About This Provider

Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology (Canada)

Drumheller, Alberta
Canada

The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology is Canada's only museum dedicated to the science of palaeontology and to celebrating the history and spectacular diversity of life on Earth - from the tiniest grains of pollen to the mightiest dinosaur. Housing over 170,000 individual specimens, the Museum is internationally renowned for its palaeontological research, collection of extraordinary educational and scientific value, and dynamic galleries.
Through award-winning and innovative Distance Learning programs delivered from the Canadian Badlands, your students can connect to experts who will inspire them with creative, fun, and educational activities.

Live from our Distance Learning Studio we offer programs for schools, homeschool students, and public sites. We use Zoom software to connect, but are able to accommodate other platforms. We can connect to a single group or multiple connections at once.

Initially launched in 2006, we have connected to over 130,000 participants in 4,700 programs to Canada, the United States, and around the world! We are proud to be a recipient of the CILC Pinnacle Award Hall of Fame!

Contact:
Bookings
tyrrell.bookings@gov.ab.ca
1-403-823-7707

Program Details

Format

1. Introduction
2. Travel into the Canadian Badlands
3. Formation of the Drumheller valley
4. Sedimentary rocks in the Badlands
5. Brief history of Palaeontology in the valley
6. Prospect the site through a palaeo-quiz
7. Questions & Conclusion

Objectives

The participants will:
gain an appreciation for the landscape that makes up the Canadian Badlands
receive insight into the history of palaeontology as it applies to the Canadian Badlands
discover how the Badlands were formed
review the types of sedimentary rocks that make up the Badlands

Standards Alignment

National Standards

NS.K-4.1 – Science as Inquiry
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Understandings about scientific inquiry

NS.K-4.3 – Life Science
Characteristics of organism
Organisms and their environments;

NS.K-4.5 – Science and Technology
Understanding about science and technology
Abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans

NS.K-4.6 - Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
Changes in environments
Science and technology in local challenges

NS.K-4.7 – History and Nature of Science
Science as a human endeavor

NS.5-8.1 – Science as Inquiry
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Understandings about scientific inquiry

NS.5-8.2 – Physical Science
Properties and changes of properties in matter
Motions and forces

NS.5-8.3 – Life Science
Structure and function in living systems
Populations and ecosystems
Diversity and adaptations of organisms

NS.5-8.4 – Earth and Space Science
Structure of the earth system
Earth’s history

NS.5-8.5 - Science and Technology
Understanding about science and technology

NS.5-8.6 - Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
Populations, resources, and environments

NS.5-8.7 - History and Nature of Science
Science as a human endeavor

State Standards

Alberta:
Grade 3 - Science - Rocks and Minerals
Grade 4 - Social Studies - Alberta: Its Geography and People
Grade 5 - Social Studies - Histories and Stories of Life in Canada
Grade 6 - Science - Evidence and Investigation
Grade 7 - Science - Planet Earth