All about dinosaurs, fossils and prehistoric animals by Everything Dinosaur team members.
10 05, 2014

Artwork Prepared for New School Site

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Everything Dinosaur’s New School Site Coming Along Nicely

Team members at Everything Dinosaur have been busy sorting through and setting aside the pictures of all the company’s dinosaur themed activities in museums, educational events and dinosaur workshops in schools.  A number of new visuals are required for the new and improved “dinosaur teaching” website that is currently being worked on.  The website is much bigger than the existing site and we are keen to include as many photographs of our work in schools and museums as we possibly can.

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One of the Banner Visuals for the “Dinosaur Teaching” Website

So many events, so many activities, so many photographs.

So many events, so many activities, so many photographs.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

The site is slowly and surely coming together.  It will provide teachers, home-schoolers and museum staff with lots more information about who we are and what we do.  In addition, there will be lots of free downloads of teaching materials to help with teaching about dinosaurs, fossils and evolution in schools and other establishments.  Hopefully the new site will be ready soon.

Visit the award-winning and user-friendly Everything Dinosaur website: Visit Everything Dinosaur.

10 05, 2014

Key Stage 3/4 – The Evolution of Mankind

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Useful Teaching Resources for Key Stage 3 and 4 – Evolution of Mankind

With the retirement of the series of early hominid models manufactured by Bullyland of Germany, science teachers aiming to link the evolution of our species within the topic areas related to evolution and natural selection have been a little short on models for students to study.  The German made series consisted of six replicas starting with a model of a Dryopithecus ape and concluding with a model of a Clovis Man complete with spear thrower.  Sadly, this range went out of production three years ago, with team members at Everything Dinosaur working closely with the German museum market to secure the final stocks of these hand-painted, scale models.

The Evolution of Mankind

Homo sapiens (Bullyland Modern Man Replica)

Bullyland H. sapiens

A model of modern human being (H. sapiens).

Picture credit: Bullyland

The models provided a very visual illustration of the origin of our own species, which could lead onto extension activities where the effect of Darwin’s ground breaking book “The Origin of Species”, on Victorian society could be explored by the class.

The Evolution of Man

Fortunately, a new model series entitled “The Evolution of Man” is coming to the UK market very shortly.  This model series consists of five replicas, each one represents an iconic hominin and helps to shed light on the evolution of our species.  Sadly, we don’t have any female models included in the series.  However, the manufacturer has been keen to show the development of tool use within this replica range.  For example, the figure representing Homo erectus is holding a burning branch.  It is widely believed that it was this species of hominin that first mastered the ability to make fire.

The Evolution of Man Model Series (2014 Production)

Evolution of Man model set.

Tracing our evolution. The evolution of man model set.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur/Safari Ltd

The models begin with the Australopithecine which is thought by palaeoanthropologists to be the ancestor of the Homo genus – Australopithecus afarensis. The iconic “Lucy” is an example of this species.  The set then moves onto the H. habilis “handy man” and then onto Homo erectus “upright man”.  A Neanderthal is included and can be used to compare with the tools included with the modern human replica that concludes the series.  It is likely that this set will be available in a handy blister pack for teachers.

To view the range of prehistoric figures available in the Safari Ltd range: Wild Safari Prehistoric World Figures.

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