Grades 3-8, Highschool 
$10 per student 
2 hours 
Capacity: 15-30 students
Please note: minimum program fees will be charged for groups of fewer than 15 students.
Program Description: What was it like here 73 million years ago during the Cretaceous period? What dinosaurs and plants lived here? How did hundreds of dinosaurs die in one spot? Discover some answers and some theories to these questions along a guided tour down the Dinosaur Trail to the Pipestone Creek Bonebed. Students will experience an unforgettable field trip on this 2.5-kilometer hike (round trip). They will get to examine real fossils, learn the different types of dinosaurs found in northern Alberta and meet palaeontologist as they excavate.
*Available mid-June and September only*
* Hike subject to weather conditions*
Note: The bonebed is located 19km west of Grande Prairie and then 19 kilometers south of the Town of Wembley in the Pipestone Creek Campground. Schools must arrange their own transportation. Safety waivers must be signed by all participants. Hiking shoes, water, sunscreen, bug spray and a hat are recommended. Please call for more details 780-532-2362 ext.3.
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
Grade 3 Science: Earth Systems – Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions
Grade 4 Science: Earth Systems – Conservation is the preservation of earth systems, involves creating local and provincial, and national parks
Grade 6 Science: Living Systems – Ecosystems and how components influence each other, indirectly or directly
Grade 7 Science: Unit E: Planet Earth
Grade 8 Science: Unit E: Freshwater and Saltwater Systems
Grade 11 Science: Unit C: The Changing Earth
Science: Unit D: Changing in Living Systems
