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Pack 2:Research & Resource Pack for Teachers (Key Stages 1 & 2)

Prehistoric Australia: Introducing Dinosaur Zoo

www.dinosaurzoolive.com

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Pack ContentsAbout Erth Visual & Physical Inc Page

About The Dinosaur Zoo Page

An Interview with Scott Wright,Erth Artistic Director Page

Meet The Stars ofThe Show Page

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Dinosaur DiscoveriesOf Australia Page

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About the Puppets Page

Fun Stuff Page

After The Show: Reflection Time Page

References Page

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About Erth Visual &Physical Inc

Erth regularly tour internationally, to every major Australian festival and to regionaland major city venues around the country.Erth's Dinosaur Zoo has toured throughout Australia and overseas for severalyears. More than a million people have seen Erth dinosaurs in performance works(such as Dinosaur Zoo) and in museums.Erth's performances and pieces range from large scale interactive environmentssuch as The Garden, a prehistoric landscape inhabited by giant insects, whichpremiered at the Melbourne International Festival of Arts, to more intimate workstouring to theatre spaces.The company has also been commissioned by major museums including TheAustralian Museum, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Powerhouse Museum(Sydney), The Field Museum in Chicago and the Natural History Museum inLos Angeles.Erth's design studio has built work for a hugerange of cultural institutions and commercialclients, from Sydney Opera House and Cityof Sydney, to the primetime Spanish televisionprogram, El Hormiguero.Erth was founded in 1990 in Ballarat, Victoriaand is now based at Sydney’s Carriage Workscontemporary arts centre.

Erth bring the impossible to life. Over 21 years, the company has developed atruly fantastic aesthetic and an extraordinary box of tricks, the foundations ofits unique visual theatre works.Since its beginnings, the company has strived to provide audiences with eye­popping visual experiences from giant puppetry and stilt walkers to inflatableenvironments.

Turongs from I, Bunyip Giant, inflatable plants from The Garden Giant insects from The Garden

Nyols from I, Bunyip

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The Dinosaur Zoo is a unique show that allows heapsof interaction for children and adults whilst they travel withthe Erth performers on a journey through pre­historic Australia.You will experience close up,a selection of amazing life­likedinosaurs and prehistoriccreatures that inhabited thelandscape millions of years ago.The show is presented in thestyle of a live animal display andchildren will have the opportunityto help feed, water and care forthese prehistoric marvels in thisfabulous educational show.But watch out! Not all the dinosaurs are as tame as theymightseem!

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About theDinosaur Zoo

Baby Dryosaur

“The most impressive ‘puppet’ showwe have ever seen"!

“I took my 5 year old son and afriend’s 10 year old daughter andwe were all transfixed”

“It’s a rare and pleasurable workthat manages technical brilliance,cultural insight and enchantmentall in one go” Sydney Morning Herald

Australovenator

Baby Dryosaur

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An Interview with Scott Wright,Erth Artistic Director

What is Erth, and what is the “Dinosaur Zoo”?Erth is a visual and physical theatre company based inSydney, at an awesome venue called Carriageworks. Wehave been around for 20 years and tour shows aroundAustralia and overseas.Click HERE to visit our website ­ there’s heaps of coolpictures and info ­ this is the specific Dinosaur Zoo page.

The Dinosaur Zoo is a very cool show that is presented as a live animal display, likeSteve Irwin would have done at Australia Zoo, but instead of crocodile and snakes wehave dinosaurs.All of the dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures are Australian and during the show we letkids come up and pat them, feed them … and if the kids behave badly, we feed them tothe dinosaurs (joking)!When you were younger, did you ever think you wouldbe involved in something like the type ofwork Erthcreates?No, not really, but as a child I was an extrovert, and I alsoloved puppets and made my own puppets. The two thingshad to come together at some point.

Howwas the concept for the Dinosaur Zoo inspired?We do a lot of work with museums throughout the world, making life size dinosaurpuppets, and we decided that we would make some of our own and promote Australiaprehistoric natural history.The show is very funny but educational at the same time. We always get peoplecoming up to us at the end of the show telling us how much they enjoyed the show,and how they didn’t know what to expect but were really pleased that they came.Aesthetically, the show looks interesting. What about the storyline? Does anyplot exist?There’s no real storyline. It really is a live animal presentation. Of course, eachdinosaur comes with a back story about where it came from, what it eats, etc.Who are some ofthe most popular characters?The baby dinosaurs and the big scary carnivores.One truly amazing thing about their popularity is that we have many dinosaurs thathave appeared on various youtube clips.We totalled the amount of hits the other day and discovered that our dinosaurs haveamassed over 5 million hits collectively.One dino in particular has 3 million to herself!

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The puppet designs are amazing! Who creates them,and how?We create everything in the show. We have someamazing artists that work with us. Bryony Anderson is oneof them, she’s awesome and inspiring.Where have you toured?Where haven’t we been? Robert Irwin’s birthday inQueensland, one of the oldest theatres in Wellington (NewZealand), the halls of the Los Angeles Natural HistoryMuseum. The show has been so many places and willcontinue travelling.

Would this production appeal only to artists or to a wider audience?This show appeals to anybody between the ages of 5 and 500.Who is your team?The Erth team/crew sometimes changes, depending on where we are performing.They are always great people and all have vast amounts of skill and experience.I have performed in the show as the presenter, we also like to work with real zoo­keepers and use them to present the show. It‘s really cool when a real zoo­keeperworks with us to present the show because they really do look after animals. Whereaswhenever I do it, I’m just a theatre director who knows a lot about dinosaurs … eventhough a lot of people think I’m a palaeontologist!We also work with a team of puppeteers who are all great at bringing our dinosaurs tolife.

What’s the best thing about takingthis production on tour?One of the endearing things abouttouring the show is performing thework in more and more regional towns.

The audiences are so warm andappreciative.The show really does appeal to somany people and it’s always great todo the show for new audiences.The response and enthusiasm is wonderful, and you feel like the show evolveswith every thank you and round of applause.

Thank you Scott

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Meet The Stars of The Show

The Dinosaur Zoo is on its way, travelling from Australia to offer you the firstchance in 65 million years to get up close and personal with a dinosaur!This unique show allows heaps of interaction whilst you travel with the Erthperformers on a journey through prehistoric Australia.

But what types of dinosaur are you likely to meet in the Dinosaur Zoo?You will see an amazing selection of dinosaurs that inhabited the landscapemillions of years ago.You will also have the opportunity to help feed, water and care for the dinosaurswith simple lessons in animal husbandry.The dinosaurs and other creatures on display once roamed the southernhemisphere millions of years ago. From the smallest baby Dryosaur to theMeganuera Dragonfly ­ one of the largest insects ever to have lived on the planet!Over the next few pages is a quick preview of some of the prehistoric marvels youare likely to encounter!

Baby Dryosaurs

Leaellynasaura

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F a c t F i l eH ow t o S a y i t :Meg -a -N EW-ra

N a m e M e a n s :Larg e -N erved

F a m i l y G ro u p :Megan eu ri d ae

P e r i o d :Carbon i fe rou s300 MYA

W h e re F o u n d :Worl dwi d e

1 s t D i s c ove re d :F ran ce , 1 8 80

W i n g s p a n :70cm perh apsmore

F o o d :Oth er i n sects &sma ll amph i b i an s

S p e c i a l F e a t u re s :One of th el a rg est fl y i ngi n sects to h aveexi s ted .O l d e r th an th ed i n osau rs

MeganeuraMeganeura was a gigantic primitive dragonfly with a 70cmwingspan.Meganeura were predatory, they fed on other insects andeven small amphibians.

It dashed to and fro in forests, changing speed anddirection almost instantly, grabbing insects with its legsand bringing them up to the mouth to feed.

Meganeura were around in the late Carboniferousperiod (355­295 million years ago), but not in either theJurassic or the Cretaceous period. However, therewere still large dragonflies in both these periods andpresent day dragonflies are descended from these.

Meganeura flew bybeating two pairs ofwings stiffened by“veins”.

It flew to hunt flying insects above tropical forests and hadswiveling, multi­faceted eyes like headlamps which werequick to spot movement and sharp enough to allow it topounce on flying prey.

Cast from original fossil of Meganeuridae

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Fossils have been found in the western United States,Tanzania and also in New Zealand.

Dryosaurs were bipedal and had powerful back legs,it's likely they were fast runners. The stiff tail balancedthe body while standing or moving.

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DryosaurF a c t F i l eH ow t o S a y i t :Dry-O -saw

N a m e M e a n s :Oak Rep t i l e or Tree L izard

F a m i l y G ro u p :Dryosau ri d ae

P e r i o d :La te J u rass i c1 45 -1 6 1 MYA

W h e re F o u n d :USA + Sou th e rnH em i sph ere

1 s t D i s c ove re d :USA, 1 880 ' s

H e i g h t :1 . 5 me tres

L e n g t h :3 . 7 me tres

W e i g h t :900kg

F o o d :P l an ts

S p e c i a l F e a t u re s :Beak.F i ve fi n g e rs fo rg ri pp i n g food

Dryosaurus means: “Oak Reptile” or Tree Lizard.

Dryosaurs were herbivores,using their hard beak tocut leaves andplants and the oakleaf shaped teethat the back of theirmouth to grindthem up.

Dryosaurs grew to approximately3 to 4 meters long.

Adult Male

Dryosaur

Baby Dryosaur

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Its skull has unusually largeeye sockets, this suggests thatLeaellynasaura adapted to the longwinter darkness of the Antarctic andcould withstand low, perhaps even sub­zero, temperatures.

Leaellynasaura is one of many dinosaurs whosepartial remains have been dug (and blasted) out ofthe solid rocks of Dinosaur Cove in the south east ofAustralia.

Leaellynasaura

Leaellynasaura is a relatively recent dinosaurdiscovery and is known from several specimensincluding two nearly complete skeletons and twofragmentary skulls.It has been variously described as a hypsilophodontid,a primitive iguanodontian and primitive ornithischian.The most recent assessment describes it as a non­iguanodontian ornithopod.It is fair to assume the dinosaur was roughly turkeysized (with a long tail) and was a herbivorousornithopod.In the early Cretaceous, areas of current­day Australiawere well within the Antarctic Circle where the climatewas extreme with limited sun visible for months of theyear.

Notes: The fully grownsize shown is a guess,assuming that fossilsfound so far (which givea length of about 60cmlong) are of juveniles.

F a c t F i l eH ow t o S a y i t :Lee-e l - i n -a-saw-rah

N a m e M e a n s :Leae l l yn ' s L i za rd

F a m i l y G ro u p :U nd ec i d ed !

P e r i o d :Earl y C re taceou s1 04-1 1 2 MYA

W h e re F o u n d :Aus tra l i a

1 s t D i s c ove re d :Aus tra l i a , 1 9 89

H e i g h t :U nknown

L e n g t h :2 -3 M e tres

W e i g h t :U nknown

F o o d :P l an ts

S p e c i a l F e a t u re s :Lon g ta i lcompared tobod y s i ze

To do this, it would have needed a way ofgenerating body heat, which some peoplehave taken as evidence that dinosaurswere in fact warm­blooded. 10

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Minmi is a type of small, armoured dinosaur froma group known as ankylosaurians.Minmi had four long (for an ankylosaurian) legs,with hind legs that were larger than front legs, ashort neck and a wide skull with a very small brain.

Minmi

Minmi was found near (and named after) theMinmi Crossing, in the Bungil Formation, nearRoma, Queensland, Australia.Minmi used to be the shortest name given to adinosaur, but a recent dinosaur discovered inChina now has the shortest name!

F a c t F i l eH ow t o S a y i t :M i n -mee

N a m e M e a n s :N amed afte r M i nm i

C ross i n g , Qu een s l an d

F a m i l y G ro u p :Anky l osau ri d ae

P e r i o d :Earl y C re taceou s1 1 3 -1 1 9 MYA

W h e re F o u n d :Aus tra l i a

1 s t D i s c ove re d :Aus tra l i a , 1 9 64

H e i g h t :1 me tre approx

L e n g t h :2 me tres

W e i g h t :500 /7 0 0kg

F o o d :P l an ts

S p e c i a l F e a t u re s :Be l l y a rmou r: n o tkn own on o th e ra rmou redd i n osau rs

Baby Minmi

Minmi was the first ankylosaur to be discoveredin the southern hemisphere.It is unusual as has belly armour (unknown onany other ankylosaur) and also does not have aclubbed tail.

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AustralovenatorAustralovenator is a carnivorous therapod dinosaur.It is known from discovery of a partial skeleton (whichhas affectionately been named 'Banjo' after theAustralian poet and writer, Banjo Paterson).

F a c t F i l eH ow t o S a y i t :Oss -tra - l o -ven -a -to r

N a m e M e a n s :Sou th e rn H u n te r

F a m i l y G ro u p :N eoven a to ri d ae

P e r i o d :M i d C re taceou s98 -1 0 0 MYA

W h e re F o u n d :Aus tra l i a

1 s t D i s c ove re d :Au s t ra l i a , 2 0 0 6

H e i g h t :1 . 5 me tres a t h i p

L e n g t h :5 metres

W e i g h t :500kg

F o o d :Meat

S p e c i a l F e a t u re s :Razor-sh arp tee th .3 l a rg e s l ash i n gc l aws oneach h an d

Unlike other theropods likeTyrannosaurus Rex thathave small arms,Australovenator's armswere a primary weaponwith the three largeslashing claws on eachhand.

There are only a few fossil remainsof theropods in Australia, with alldiscoveries being represented byonly one or two bone fragments.

'Banjo' is the most complete meat­eating dinosaurskeleton ever found in Australia.The diagram below shows the bones discovered sofar­ there is still a long way to go to make a completeskeleton!

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TitanosaurF a c t F i l eH ow t o S a y i t :Ti e -tan -O -saw

N a m e M e a n s :Ti tan i c L i za rd

F a m i l y G ro u p :Ti tan osau ri d ae

P e r i o d :Cre taceou s65 - 96 MYA

W h e re F o u n d :Al l con t i n en ts

1 s t D i s c ove re d :Sou th Ameri ca +I n d i a i n 1 877

H e i g h t :Up to 1 8 me tres

L e n g t h :Up to 35metres

W e i g h t :Up to 1 0 0 ton n es

F o o d :P l an ts

S p e c i a l F e a t u re s :Very Larg e !Las t su rv i v i n gsau ropod s

Titanosaurs were the largest animals everto roam on land; they were sauropoddinosaurs that survived to the end of theCretaceous period (most sauropods wentextinct at the end of the Jurassic).Titanosaurs grew to sizes far in excess of theirearlier relatives, hence they are named afterthe mythological Titans, who were Gods ofancient Greece.The biggest Titanosaur for which we canestimate a size is Argentinosaurus, it grew upto 35 m in length!Titanosaurs discovered in Australia includeWintonotitan Wattsi.......

.....and Diamantinasaurus Matildae

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Dinosaur Discoveries of AustraliaUntil quite recently, finds of dinosaurs in Australia were few and far between.The Australian dinosaur record has long been an intriguing puzzle, but with most of thepieces missing. Australian dinosaurs are known mostly from fragmentary fossils.

During the Mesozoic era, Australia’sposition (as part of the super continentPangaea) was much further South thanit is today.

The climate would have been temperateand humid, perhaps with winter snowand ice in areas of southern Victoria.Many parts of Australia would haveexperienced the extremes of daylight foundin high latitudes today.

Most of central Australia was submergedunder a shallow, inland sea, leaving thehigher areas as large but isolated islandsfor much of the Cretaceous period.

This unusual habitat along with Australia’s geographic isolation during the latterpart of the Mesozoic era meant that many of Australia’s dinosaurs evolved asunique species adapted to extreme conditions.

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Most Australian dinosaurs come from the eastern half of Australia (Queensland,New South Wales and Victoria) although isolated dinosaur bones have been foundin Western Australia and South Australia.

There have been no 100% complete dinosaur skeletons found in Australia. ‘Complete’skeletons from dinosaurs are actually very rare and Australia’s dinosaur remains tend tobe even rarer because of a lack of rocky outcrops from the Mesozoic era.Australia has many rocks of the right age to contain dinosaurs but the reason so fewremains have been found is that Australia is mostly a low, flat land, with few mountains,deep river valleys, canyons or other geological features that expose the rocks that maycontain dinosaur fossils. Most of Australia's vast plains are very ancient, and anyexposed fossils in these areas are likely to have been destroyed by weathering.However, the fossil remains found to date show that Australia had a unique, diversecollection of dinosaurs. New discoveries of relatively complete skeletons are openingup a new frontier for dinosaur research.

Map of Dinosaur Discoveries

Map of Australia showing locations at

which dinosaur fossils have been found

Source: The Dinosaur Society

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Dinosaurs: State by StateQueenslandThe vast majority of Australia’s dinosaur bones come from north­centralQueensland, found in Early Cretaceous rocks formed about 140 million years ago.Even though this is the richest Australian dinosaur region, finds are still rare, andfewer than 10 skeletons are known, most are rather incomplete.Finds include:

Both are somewhat atypical of their groups and suggest that Australian dinosaursmay turn out to be rather different from their contemporaries elsewhere in theworld.Queensland has also produced two very incomplete sauropod skeletons:­Rhoetosaurus brownei from the Middle Jurassic (170 mya)­Austrosaurus mckillopi from the earliest Late Cretaceous (90 mya)And more recently, the Winton Formation in Central Queensland is the site of 3new discoveries:Australovenator wintonensis: Australia’s most complete carnivorous therapodDiamantinasaurus matildae: A huge long­necked stocky plant­eating titanosaurWintonotitan wattsi: A long­necked plant­eating titanosaurNew South Wales and South AustraliaThe opal fields of Lightning Ridge in New South Wales have produced virtually allof Australia’s opalised dinosaur bones.In South Australia, the Andamooka opal field has produced a single bone of a smalltheropod called Kakuru. Much more common than dinosaurs in the Australian opalfields are the bones of marine reptiles, particularly plesiosaurs. Whereas theopalised dinosaur remains are all single bones, a few nearly complete opalisedskeletons of marine reptiles have been found at Andamooka and Coober Pedy inSouth Australia and White Cliffs in New South Wales.

Click here to find out more about the formation of opalised fossils

The iguanodont Muttaburrasaurus The ankylosaurMinmi

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Western AustraliaFrom the vast area of Western Australia, only a few dinosaur bones have beendiscovered in three different marine formations ranging in age from the MiddleJurassic (170 mya) to the Late Cretaceous (90 mya). One of the oldest is a partialbone of a theropod named Ozraptor. Systematic searching for fossil marine reptilescontinues in Western Australia, and may eventually yield an occasional dinosaurbone.VictoriaIn Victoria, a large number of isolated bones (but only two partial skeletons, bothhypsilophodontids) have been found in a few small coastal outcrops. For a decade,bones were mostly found at a site called Dinosaur Cove near Cape Otway. At thislocality it was necessary to blast tunnels underground to reach the fossils. The sitewas considered exhausted at the end of 1994. Work is now underway at anothersite 300 km to the east of Dinosaur Cove called Flat Rocks, near Inverloch.Flat Rocks is about 10 million years older than Dinosaur Cove. The most commondinosaurs found at these locations are hypsilophodontids, but theropods,ornithomimiosaurs, protoceratopsians, and ankylosaurs have also been found.The most abundant and diverse group of dinosaurs in Victoria are thehypsilophodontids: small dinosaurs with long hind limbs, short forelimbs, longtails and a herbivorous diet. They are generally a rare group of dinosaurs in otherparts of the world.Three new species have been named based on specimens discovered in Victoria:­Atlascopcosaurus: A small bipedal herbivore­Leaellynasaura: A small herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur­Qantassaurus: A two­legged herbivorous ornithischianA fourth was first recognised at Lightning Ridge and named Fulgurotherium:Scientists are still unsure if this is a new species or if it is a known therapod.

There are probably at least two more hypsilophodontid genera to be named fromremains found in Victoria.Most dinosaur groups found in Victoria are represented by just a few fragments ofteeth and bone.These fragments hint that there is much more to be found in Victoria. Amongst thefindings are fossil remains of:• Theropods: large carnivorous dinosaurs• A smalled dinosaur named Timimus• A protoceratopsian: Serendipaceratops was a herbivorous dinosaur relatedto the ancestor of Triceratops• An armoured dinosaur related to Minmi• Possibly an oviraptorosaur, belonging to a rare group of dinosaurs onlyknown from a very few skeletons from Mongolia and North America

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Dinosaur footprintsGiven the scarcity of fossil bones of dinosaurs in Australia, it is fortunate thatdinosaur trackways or footprints are relatively common and greatly add toknowledge of Early Cretaceous and Middle Jurassic dinosaurs in Australia.Palaeontologists at the University of Queensland are going to great lengths todevelop techniques to collect and analyse trackway information. Much of thiscollecting involves getting access to trackways on the roofs of coal mines, whichcan only be reached using elaborate scaffolding.

Footprints and Opalised Fossils

How do opalised fossils form?Opal forms in cavities within rocks. If a cavity has formed because a bone, shell orpinecone was buried in sand or clay that later became rock and the conditions areright for opal formation, then the opal forms a fossil replica of the original objectthat was buried.

Opalised FossilsAustralia is the only place on Earth where opalised animal fossils are found. Theseare no ordinary fossils (if there is such a thing), these incredible relics are made ofsolid opal, sometimes with rainbows of shimmering colour. These fossils are ofglobal scientific interest and are amongst the most beautiful and valuable fossils inthe world.

There are two kinds ofopalised fossil:

i) Internal details not preservedOpal starts as a solution of silica in water. If the silica solution fills an empty space­left by a bone/shell that has rotted away, it may harden to form a cast of theoriginal object. Most opalised shell fossils are this type of fossil – the outsideshape is beautifully preserved, but the opal inside doesn’t retain any of thecreatures internal structure.ii) Internal details preservedIf the buried organic material has not rotted away and a silica solution soaks intoit, when the silica hardens it may form an opal replica of the internal structure ofthe object. This happens sometimes with wood or bone.

Opalised pinecones.Note the varietyin shape andsize.

This dinosaur toe bone preserves excellent detail on thesurface and internally.

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The main style of puppetry used in Dinosaur Zoo is a modified style of “Bunraku”(bun­rah­koo) puppetry, a form of puppetry that originated in Japan over 400 yearsago.In Bunraku, there are usually several puppeteers who manipulate the puppet directlyand are visible throughout the play rather than being hidden.Usually 3 puppeteers will operate 1 puppet in Bunraku­ each puppeteer isresponsible for moving a different part of the body.Puppetry in Japan is highly regarded. Bunraku is directly related to the “kabuki,”mime theatre tradition and at one time was considered the highest form of theatre inJapan, with the greatest writers and actors of the day creating work exclusively forBunraku performances. Many plays were written that are similar to Shakespeareandramas, with detailed language and complex plots.Bunraku plays are still performed today in Japan, a master puppeteer spends alifetime perfecting manipulation of his puppet. 19

About The Puppets

In the Dinosaur Zoo, the dinosaurs are portrayed by puppets.A puppet is a figure whose movements are controlled by someone throughstrings, rods or hand/body movements.

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Fun StuffMake your own mini dinosaur puppets

Print the images on to white card.Colour and cut out the dinosaur shapes.Cut out the 2 large holes and push 2 of your fingers through to make thelegs of your dinosaur!

I n ve n t - a - s a u r u sPrin t and cut out the fol lowing two pages of d inosaur parts. Can youuse the d i fferent body parts to invent your own species of d inosaur?

Use the dinosaur fact file template included in the stage one resources tocreate a profile for your dinosaur creation!

Have a go at designing yourown dinosaur puppet character.

Draw your design on to whitecard, colour it in and cut out.

Remember to include holeswhere you will put your fingersto make the legs!

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After The Show: ReflectionTime

We hope you enjoyed the Dinosaur Zoo!

Now you have seen the show- we hope you have lots to talk about and willhave a lively discussion all about it!Use the following questions to start the discussion

What did you see in the show?

What do you remember most strongly about the performance?

Can you remember any dinosaur facts?

Did you join in with any parts of the show?

Did you like the show?

Do you have a favourite moment?Can you mimic your favorite puppet or character from the show or act out amoment from the show?

Try out different ways of describing memorable moments from the show*

*Remember- you can describe things in various ways: verbally, in writing, bydrawing pictures or through movement.

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Internet References:Click each link to visit relevant web pages

http://dinodictionary.com/index.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur

Natural History Museum: Dinosaurs

Australian Opal Centre: Fossils

Museum of Victoria: Dinosaurs

Melbourne Museum: 600 Million Years Ago

Queensland Museum: Dinosaurs

Australian Age Of Dinosaurs

Walking With Dinosaurs: Australian Dinosaurs

Australian Museum: Dinosaurs

http://www.nnfestival.org.uk/

http://puppettheatre.co.uk/education

ReferencesThis pack has been created by Norwich Puppet Theatre in partnership with ErthVisual & Physical .Inc and Norfolk and Norwich Festival.This pack was researched, compiled and designed by: Gemma Khawaja, withsupport from the Erth website resource: http://www.erth.com.au/#/HOMEAdditional support from Erth team contributers:Anna Young, Scott Wright, Erth Photographer: Leo Bonne

Book References:

Dinosaurs: The Fact Files­ By PaulHarrisonPublished by Arcturus PublishingLtd.ISBN: 978­0­572­03400­9Dinofile­ by Professor RichardMoodyPublished by: Hamlyn a division ofOctopus Publishing Group LtdISBN: 978­0­600­61400­5Dinosaur Record Breakers byDarren NaishPublished by Carlton Books LtdISBN: 978­1­84732­879­3e.explore: Dinosaur by DougalDixonPublished by Dorling Kindersley LtdPenguin GroupISBN: 1 4053 0360 3

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