Australian
Fossil
And Mineral
Museum

Lessons Of The Past

Stage 4 – Stage 5

Evolution and Extinctions. What lessons can we learn from the past to help us plan for the future?

Through tours of the fossil gallery, students will gain an understanding of how the fossil record provides evidence of how present day organisms have evolved, and how the fossil record can be used to determine the changes that have occurred over time.

 

 

CURRICULUM LINKS
Processing and Analysing Data and Information

  • SC5-7WS ‘Processes, analyses and evaluates data from first-hand investigations and secondary sources to develop evidence based arguments and conclusions’

Communicating

  • SC5-9WS ‘Presents science ideas and evidence for a particular purpose and to a specific audience, using appropriate language, conventions and representations’

Earth and Space

  • SC5-12ES ‘Describes the changing ideas about the structure of the Earth, to illustrate how models, theories and laws are refined over time by the scientific community’
  • SC5-15LW ‘Explains how biological understanding has advanced through scientific discoveries, technological developments and the needs of society’

Museums Bathurst is a suite of public museums managed by Bathurst Regional Council, located on Wiradjuri Country. Museums Bathurst acknowledges the Wiradjuri People as the Traditional Custodians of the land in the Bathurst Region. We pay respect to Elders, past, present, and emerging and acknowledge all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who live, work and play in the Bathurst region.