Ice Age Giants Investigation
Meet the giants that ruled the Ice Age!
Pairs examine a real woolly mammoth hair sample and replica Ice Age specimens, from a mammoth femur and sabre-tooth skull to a woolly rhino horn, giant sloth claw and Neanderthal head. They test how fur and blubber keep animals warm, read climate clues in ice layers and weigh up the evidence for why the giants disappeared.
Years 3–6 + HPGE
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What's In Ice Age Giants Investigation?
A hands-on workshop about Ice Age fossils and megafauna: how did the Ice Age giants survive the cold? Every student investigates with a challenge card matched to your stage.
Every session opens with a mystery from the frozen past, and ends with the class piecing together the evidence about the giants of the Ice Age.
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Year Levels
Years 3–6 + HPGE
Duration
60 or 90 minutes
Group Size
Up to 32
Price (incl GST)
$690 (60 min)
$21.56 per student
$790 (90 min)
$24.69 per student
Differentiated challenge cards matched to your class
Choose experiences to match your class interests
Predict, test, observe and explain
THE CRAZY SCIENTIST DIFFERENCE
Multiple Investigations. Learning Matched to Every Stage
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
Explore the learning at your stage.
Stage 2 — Ice Age Giants Investigation
Stage 2 cards challenge students to use fossil evidence to work out how Ice Age animals were built for the cold.
Relevant NSW Science & Technology outcomes (2024)
Every group works from a Stage 2 challenge card written for these outcomes.
✓ ST2-SCI-01 — Body systems work together to enable movement
Recognise that all animals are either invertebrates with no spine, or vertebrates with a spine
✓ ST2-DAT-01 — Physical and living systems depend on energy (skills focus)
uses and interprets data to describe patterns and relationships
See the Science in Action
LEARNING BEYOND THE WOW
What Students learn & How We Support Teachers
What Your Students Will Learn
Compare Ice Age fossils with living animals
Identify adaptations for surviving the cold
Use fossil evidence to describe an extinct animal
Explain how environments change over time
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
How we support teachers
Challenge cards for every stage, used by
students during the session.
Classroom follow-up experiments to keep the learning going
Risk assessment, Working With Children Check and public liability insurance details, sent before your visit
Thinking skills students practise
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Workshop Requirements & Bookings
Everything You Need to Know
Up to 32 students per session
Group Size
60 or 90 minutes
Session Time
A classroom with tables for 16 pairs and a sink nearby. Everything runs inside.
Space & Setup
All materials, equipment, safety glasses and stage challenge cards.
What we Provide
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30+ Years Teaching Science
Experienced science teacher designing activities that keep children engaged, involved and learning.
We Bring Everything
Experiments, equipment and materials come with us — you just provide the space and the kids.
Tailored to Your School
Activities are adjusted to suit your class’s stage
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