Spotting a Gomphotherium
Whilst on a visit to a school to deliver a series of dinosaur and fossil themed workshops to lower Key Stage 2 classes, one of our team members at Everything Dinosaur was given the opportunity to view some of the work carried out by the Year six children as they studied Darwinism and natural selection as part of their curriculum.
Several of the children had collaborated on poster displays providing an outline of Darwin’s ground-breaking theory regarding how populations change due to the transfer of heritable traits from one generation to another. The posters included details of Darwin’s life such as his voyage on the Beagle, his work on the finches on the Galapagos Islands and of course, the publication of his book “The Origin of Species” and its consequences for academia and the wider world.
Gomphotherium
One part of the display focused on the evolution of the elephant family (Order Proboscidea) and our eagle-eyed team member spotted an image of the CollectA Deluxe 1:20 scale Gomphotherium model that had been used to help illustrate different genera of ancient elephants.
An Image of the CollectA Deluxe 1:20 Scale Gomphotherium Model Features in the Display
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
The CollectA Deluxe prehistoric life model range: CollectA Deluxe Prehistoric Life Models.
Prehistoric Elephants
Many different types of prehistoric elephant were featured in the posters. For example, one of the earliest and most primitive members of the elephant family – Moeritherium was featured, along with Deinotheres and representatives of the Mammuthus genus.
The CollectA Deluxe Gomphotherium Model
Our team member suggested that Everything Dinosaur would be happy to assist the children with their studies by providing scale drawings of a number of proboscideans.
The Everything Dinosaur website: Everything Dinosaur.
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