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Key Stage 3/4

April 30, 2020 / General Teaching, Key Stage 1/2, Key Stage 3/4

“Crazy Beast” Lived Amongst the Last of the Dinosaurs

Adalatherium hui – “Crazy Beast” from Madagascar Scientists have published a scientific paper in the academic journal “Nature” that describes a cat-sized mammal that lived alongside the dinosaurs at the […]
April 6, 2020 / General Teaching, Key Stage 3/4

Not All Dinosaurs were Feathered

There were Feathered Dinosaurs but not all Dinosaurs were Feathered Research conducted by palaeontologists at the London Natural History Museum suggests that whilst dinosaurs that were closely related to modern […]
March 28, 2020 / General Teaching, Key Stage 3/4

Fossil Skull Reveals Origin of Modern Birds

“Wonderchicken” Fossil Reveals Origin of Modern Birds The oldest fossil of a modern bird yet found, dating from the very end of the Cretaceous, has been identified by an international […]
March 12, 2020 / General Teaching, Key Stage 3/4

Remarkable Tiny Dinosaur Discovery Coincides with British Science Week

Remarkable Tiny Dinosaur Discovery Coincides with British Science Week Everything Dinosaur marks British Science Week 2020 by reporting on the remarkable discovery of a tiny fossilised skull preserved in amber […]
September 2, 2019 / Key Stage 3/4

Making Preparations for KS3

Making Preparations for Key Stage 3 It has been a busy end to August for our teaching team as they finalise plans for school and college visits over the autumn […]
April 30, 2019

A Late Cretaceous Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal Diorama
April 17, 2019

Symbiosis in the Dinosauria
January 14, 2018

Giant Burrowing Bat from the Miocene
August 22, 2017

New Steppe Mammoth Steps into View
July 20, 2017

Impressive Dinosaur Model Painting

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