Media Contact: Paul Ramey, APR (352) 273-2054 [email protected] Jan. 24-Sept. 13, 2015 Major Themes and Components Sue’s Skeleton and Skull Meet the Tyrant Lizard King and witness her extraordinarily powerful jaws and massive serrated steak-knife teeth. The centerpiece of “A T. rex Named Sue” is a fully articulated cast skeleton of Sue. Get an eye-to-eye look at a separate cast of Sue’s 5-foot-long skull that roars and growls. Touch casts of Sue’s bones and teeth while interpreting anomalies and diagnosing pathologies. Discover Sue’s history through news articles and behind-the-scenes photos and learn about the process of making casts from fossilized bones. Interactives Visitor-controlled mechanical models and interactive pods explore in- depth topics related to Sue, T. rex and dinosaur science. Young visitors can get up close and personal with fossil bone casts from T. rex in a “Dig Pit” complete with shovels, trowels and other tools of the trade. Look through the eyes of a T. rex and a Triceratops and take a peek into the Cretaceous world. Sue probably had a keen sense of smell. Test your nose to find food, water and shelter. Scientists think that Sue didn’t chew. Find out how she probably ate. Assemble spare parts from a “bone bank” in a large-format 3-D puzzle of Sue’s skeleton to demonstrate her completeness. Use an apparatus to feel how scientists think Sue moved her arms. Manipulate a model of Sue’s jaws to demonstrate how her gigantic muscles slammed shut on prey. Sort out the difference between science and speculation by examining clues about dinosaurs.

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Page 1: Florida Museum of Natural History€¦ · Web view2014/12/12 · Look through the eyes of a T. rex and a Triceratops and take a peek into the Cretaceous world. Sue probably had a

Media Contact:Paul Ramey, APR(352) [email protected]

Jan. 24-Sept. 13, 2015

Major Themes and ComponentsSue’s Skeleton and SkullMeet the Tyrant Lizard King and witness her extraordinarily powerful jaws and massive serrated steak-knife teeth. The centerpiece of “A T. rex Named Sue” is a fully articulated cast skeleton of Sue. Get an eye-to-eye look at a separate cast of Sue’s 5-foot-long skull that roars and growls. Touch casts of Sue’s bones and teeth while interpreting anomalies and diagnosing pathologies. Discover Sue’s history through news articles and behind-the-scenes photos and learn about the process of making casts from fossilized bones.

InteractivesVisitor-controlled mechanical models and interactive pods explore in-depth topics related to Sue, T. rex and dinosaur science.

Young visitors can get up close and personal with fossil bone casts from T. rex in a “Dig Pit” complete with shovels, trowels and other tools of the trade.

Look through the eyes of a T. rex and a Triceratops and take a peek into the Cretaceous world. Sue probably had a keen sense of smell. Test your nose to find food, water and shelter. Scientists think that Sue didn’t chew. Find out how she probably ate.

Assemble spare parts from a “bone bank” in a large-format 3-D puzzle of Sue’s skeleton to demonstrate her completeness. Use an apparatus to feel how scientists think Sue moved her arms. Manipulate a model of Sue’s jaws to demonstrate how her gigantic muscles slammed shut on prey.

Sort out the difference between science and speculation by examining clues about dinosaurs.

VideosLearn how perceptions of T. rex have changed over time as scientists have made new discoveries through a video that incorporates a variety of pop-culture images and a short animation sequence. Another documentary-style video shows how scientists at The Field Museum obtained CT images of Sue’s skull and how these high-tech scans have helped researchers learn more about the species.

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