The year is 1852. The Crystal Palace has recently been moved to Penge from Hyde Park and leading scientist Richard Owen and sculptor Benjamin Waterhouse-Hawkins have been commissioned to create a series of life-sized models depicting extinct animals. Join them as they discuss how to construct the world's first dinosaur theme park.

There are ten stopping point signs - similar to the image above - around the Dinosaur Court at Crystal Palace Park. The number on these signs refer to the audio trail track links below. If you can access the internet on your mobile phone, why not visit the Dinosaur Court and listen to each track while you are there, by clicking the relevant links.

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Alternatively you can download the full audio trail (in a zipped folder) onto your computer and transfer them to an MP3 player or phone (click here for help in downloading the files).

A map and directions sheet, illustrating the audio trail stopping points, can be downloaded as a PDF here, or viewed as an image here.

1. The first theme park (1mb)

2. Megaloceros - Irish Elks (1.3mb)

3. A giant ground sloth (740kb)

4. Mosasaurus - the first find (1.4mb)

5. If only they knew about T.Rex (1.2mb)

6. Paxton's Bridge (1mb)

7. The Iguanadon Dinner Party (1.2mb)

8. Old crocs, and isn't that Nessie (1mb)

9. The beginning of time (900kb)

10. A Hylaeosaurus eye's view (750kb)

To accompany the audio trail, a PDF activity sheet can be downloaded and printed off. Aimed at 11-16 year olds, it further expands on the topics raised in the trail and provides an opportunity to get creative.

If you have a couple of minutes to spare after finishing the audio trail, we would really appreciate your feedback about this audio trail.

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