Discover the masterpieces of the Museum of Natural Sciences For children from 6 to 8 years
Entrance The Whale in the Entrance Lobby This isn t a dinosaur. It s a humpback whale! Look closely, what does it NOT have? a) Ribs b) A skull c) Teeth Dinosaur Gallery Bernissart Iguanodons a) 3 fingers b) 4 fingers c) 5 fingers These dinosaurs were found by accident in a Belgian coalmine 322m underground! Look at the iguanodon coming out of the glass display case on all fours. How many fingers does it have on each hand? 2.
Mont-Dieu Meteorite Meteorites are rocks that come from space and fall to Earth. This one is a piece of the biggest meteorite found in Europe. How much does it weigh? a) 435kg b) 206kg c) 124kg 3.
Mosasaur Hall Hainosaurus bernardi Hainosaurus bernardi is not a dinosaur but a mosasaur: it s a giant lizard that lived in the sea at the same time as T. rex lived on land. Look at its teeth: what do you think it ate? a) Rocks b) Algae c) Sharks Gallery of Evolution Sea Lilies Sea lilies are not plants. They are animals with long stalks topped with lots of arms. Where did they live? a) On top of mountains b) At the bottom of the sea c) In pine forests 4.
Eurohippus messelensis This little animal is an ancestor of modern horses. It lived in the forest and ate leaves. How many legs did it have? a) Two b) Four c) Six 250 years of Natural Sciences Hall Lier Mammoth This mammoth was discovered in Belgium. How old was it when it died? a) Three and a half months old, it was a baby b) Three and a half years old, it was a young animal c) Between 30 and 35 years old, it was an adult 5.
Thylacine Just like kangaroos, the mother thylacine kept her babies in a pouch on her belly. On its back the thylacine (or Tasmanian wolf) has a) big splodges like a giraffe b) small spots like a ladybird c) stripes like a tiger Ishango Bone The Ishango Bone is a 10cm long bone covered in notches and topped with a small piece of quartz. Where was it found? a) At Lake Geneva b) At Lake Edward c) At Lake Titicaca 6.
Gallery of Humankind The Spy Man The Spy Man (pronounced Spee ) lived in Belgium a very long time ago (40,000 years ago). He had bigger teeth than us modern humans. What did he eat? a) Mammoth meat b) No meat, just raw vegetables c) No meat, no vegetables, just sweets Chaleux Stone This stone slab was decorated more than 12,000 years ago! On one side there s a horse and two mountain goats. On the other side there s a reindeer and a) a bison b) an aurochs c) a buffalo 7.
Mineral Hall Moon rock American astronauts collected this small piece of rock on the Moon. It s as big as a) a tennis ball b) a golf ball c) a marble 8.
1: c (It has baleen instead of teeth: we can t see it on this skeleton but baleen is made of long plates of keratin (the same material that makes up your nails and hair). The plates are packed tightly together so that small fish and shrimps can t escape the mouth.) 2: c (Look the pointy thumb! Before these iguanodons were discovered in Bernissart, scientists thought that it was a horn that grew on their nose!) 3: a (The whole meteorite would weight more than 800kg, that s same as a big cow!) 4: c (Hainosaurus bernardi was a carnivore: it ate fish (even sharks!), tortoises, squid and sometimes other mosasaurs!) 5: b (In the past, there were so many of these lilies that they formed meadows on the seabed.) 6: b (You might think that this fossil has only got three legs, but if you look closely, you ll see the left leg is to the right.) 7: c (It was found with another adult, a young mammoth and the remains of a cave hyena, a horse and a deer.) 8: c (It s also known as the Tasmanian tiger : it lived on the Australian island of Tasmania.) 9: b (Lake Geneva is in Switzerland, Lake Titicaca is in South America.) 10: a (The Spy Man ate cooked vegetables and the meat of the animals he hunted. At that time there weren t any sweets, just fruits, berries and nuts) 11: b (The aurochs is the ancestor of the modern cow. It has been extinct for nearly 400 years) 12: c (It really is very small!) Colophon Translation: Sarah Muir Layout: Delphine Vandenbranden Brussels Museums - 2016 9.
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