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Build a Dinosaur Museum

Design and build a museum exhibition about dinosaurs, complete with labels, a floor plan and a guided tour.

Your mission

Your mission is to open a dinosaur museum that teaches visitors three amazing facts they didn't know.

Learning goals

  • • Research three dinosaur species and their habitats
  • • Write clear exhibit labels for an audience
  • • Design a museum layout that visitors can follow

You'll need

  • • Cardboard boxes
  • • Paper and pencils
  • • Glue or tape
  • • Paint or textas

Optional: Toy dinosaurs, Air-dry clay, String lights

  • Adult help with scissors and hot glue.

Project stages

0/8 tasks

Discover

~55 min

Find out what you already know and gather ideas before you start building.

  • Choose your dinosaurs

    Pick three dinosaurs you find fascinating and note what makes each one special.

    ~25 min · Parent guidance: Check in at the end of the task and talk it through together.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your discover work and explain why you chose it.

  • Fact hunt

    Find out where each dinosaur lived, what it ate and how big it was.

    ~30 min · Parent guidance: Check in at the end of the task and talk it through together.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your discover work and explain why you chose it.

Plan

~45 min

Turn your ideas into a plan you can actually follow.

  • Draw the floor plan

    Sketch where each exhibit will go and how visitors will walk through.

    ~25 min · Parent guidance: Check in at the end of the task and talk it through together.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your plan work and explain why you chose it.

  • Write your label plan

    Decide what each sign will say — name, size, food, one wow fact.

    ~20 min · Parent guidance: Check in at the end of the task and talk it through together.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your plan work and explain why you chose it.

Create

~100 min

Make the main part of your project.

  • Build the exhibits

    Make your models and displays from cardboard and craft materials.

    ~60 min · Parent guidance: Stay nearby for set-up, then let your learner lead.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your create work and explain why you chose it.

  • Make the signs

    Write and decorate a label for every exhibit.

    ~40 min · Parent guidance: Stay nearby for set-up, then let your learner lead.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your create work and explain why you chose it.

Present

~20 min

Share your work with your family or group.

  • Run a guided tour

    Lead your family through the museum and explain each exhibit.

    ~20 min · Parent guidance: Check in at the end of the task and talk it through together.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your present work and explain why you chose it.

Reflect

~15 min

Think about what you learned and what you would do next time.

  • Curator's notes

    Write or record what you would add to your museum next.

    ~15 min · Parent guidance: Check in at the end of the task and talk it through together.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your reflect work and explain why you chose it.

Australian Curriculum links

English · Inquiry and skills

Learners apply English skills while planning, making and presenting "Build a Dinosaur Museum".

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Science · Inquiry and skills

Learners apply Science skills while planning, making and presenting "Build a Dinosaur Museum".

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The Arts · Inquiry and skills

Learners apply The Arts skills while planning, making and presenting "Build a Dinosaur Museum".

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Humanities and Social Sciences · Inquiry and skills

Learners apply Humanities and Social Sciences skills while planning, making and presenting "Build a Dinosaur Museum".

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Reflection

  • • What part of this project are you most proud of?
  • • What was tricky, and how did you work it out?
  • • What would you change if you did it again?
  • • What is one new thing you can now explain to someone else?

Completion checklist

  • ☐ All stages marked complete
  • ☐ Final product finished
  • ☐ Evidence uploaded (photo, writing, audio or video)
  • ☐ Reflection questions answered
  • ☐ Presented to family or group
  • ☐ Parent review complete