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Bush, Bugs, and Bones
Explore our living and growing exhibition in Bush City. Discover how bugs and bones can help us learn about our natural environment.
- Education type Education visit
- Duration 1 hour
- Suitable for ECE
- Te Whāriki Belonging, Contribution, Communication, Exploration
- Cost $3 per child (free for teachers and parent helpers)
Guided by our learning specialists, your early childhood students will:
- Explore Bush City looking at different ferns and plants and their characteristics
- Learn about what makes Aotearoa New Zealand flora unique
- Learn names and ways of identifying different flora
- Get up close and handle some of Te Papa’s objects – bugs and bones
- Dig for a dinosaur fossil and learn about how fossils help us understand ancient times.
Book this programme if your tamariki are:
- Interested in science
- Exploring animals and insects
- Exploring the natural environment
- Enjoy outdoor exploration activities
- Interested in dinosaurs and fossils.
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Gazing at insects, 2015. Te Papa