Today we went on a class trip to the Otago Museum to see the Dinosaurs and Babies exhibition. This was very cool. We looked at New Zealand's biggest fossil which is a Plesiosaurus and then we went in to the exhibition. Emma (the museum teacher) talked to us about fossils and Corey was chosen as a volunteer to make a handprint in a container of sand. Then Emma poured plaster of paris over the top and we left it to dry. We broke into groups and began doing a variety of exercises - our favourites were digging for dinosaur fossils in a sandpit, making up cool dinosaur names and exploring the dinosaur eggs. After the museum we had lunch and then went to the Art Gallery and John (the Art Gallery's teacher) showed us around. We talked about different paintings and how time is represented. Then he took us to the classroom where we made cool pop up dinosaurs! We had a great time.
Sounds like a great trip - love the pop-up dinosaurs. Keep up the blogging, it's really nice to see what the kids are up to!
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