Using the exhibition Dragons and Diprotodons and other fossil material, students will follow the process from fossilisation to reconstruction. Each day more and more species become threatened, or go extinct. Learn about what is threatening our Queensland native wildlife and what we can do to save them. Endangered Species display. Presented by Dr. Steve Van Dyck, Senior Curator of Mammals.
Some people find spiders scary or horrifying animals.
However, scientists at the Queensland Museum, spend their days collecting and documenting some of the world s largest, hairiest and venomous spiders. Meet Mathew in the Inquiry Centre, where he will demonstrate how wonderful spiders can be, how they live and most importantly, how they make their amazing silken webs. 1.00-1.30pm Creepy crawlies Join our Queensland Museum entomologists for a talk and demonstration of the diversity of insect life on Earth. Meet our giant burrowing cockroach family, see some of Australia s largest stick insects and learn how to collect, preserve and display insects for school. The fascinating world of reptiles Slide show Available for groups larger than 30.