How many kinds of animals can you think of? Join Matthew as he investigates the unique features of different creatures around the planet and how they can be organised into a group called the animal kingdom!

Nanogirl visits Te Papa and finds out whether we could bring dinosaurs back to life... And whether we would actually want to.

Space out with Bill Nye to learn more about comets and meteors.

Link to video: https://www.schooltube.com/media/Bill_Nye_comets_and_meteors/1_b5vy1hun

We can dish the real dirt about dinosaurs, thanks to fossils – traces of theses astonishing animals.
Link for video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XjqxgfZwqI&list=PLC1A0KOYvlM4Xqyn3GdQqjVm2-THJY-ZH&index=3

Although dinosaurs may not rule the planet anymore, they are still a fascinating topic to discuss and also offer plenty of opportunities for fun games and activities.

My, what big teeth you have… Find out how the physical features of dinosaurs and other animals help them meet their basic survival needs. Use this new understanding to design a defence against a dinosaur attack!

Here’s hoping you’ll dig Bill Nye the Science Guy in the “Fossils” episode.

Link for video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d-cXkkPecE

This book provides the opportunity for children to investigate fossils and how they are made (the process of fossilisation). By doing so, children gain further evidence that life on Earth was different in the past and have the opportunity to develop their concept of things changing over time.

Creating your own fossil is a fun project that will show you how scientists use them to research extinct species such as dinosaurs.

Have fun as you make a fossil and learn about the science behind them. Fossils are one of the reasons scientists know so much about animals such as the dinosaurs which lived on earth millions of years ago.

Make your own pretend dinosaur fossils at home, all you need is some clay, plaster of paris and of course a dinosaur!

Leapin’ lizards! It’s Bill Nye’s episode on reptiles.