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  Channelnews Asia 21 May 06
Dinosaur exhibit stomps into Science Centre from Field Museum of Chicago
 By Joanne Leow, Channel NewsAsia

SINGAPORE: Dinosaurs will be stomping into the Science Centre all the way from American Field Museum of Chicago.

Visitors to the exhibition will be transported back millions of years in time just for a science lesson.

Towering easily over the height of a regular bus and stretching well beyond the length of it, a 4 metre high, 13 metre long Tyrannosaurus Rex called "Sue" is an accurate cast of the world's largest, most complete and best preserved fossil.

Named after its discoverer Sue Hendrickson, it was unearthed in 1990 in the United State. It will take centrestage at the Dinosaur exhibition and be accompanied by Stan, the world's second most complete T-rex cast, the pride and joy of the Singapore Science Centre.

The Science Centre hopes that exhibitions like this will spark Singaporeans' interest in science.

"Dinosaurs form a very interesting backdrop to questions about biology as well as the environment. Secondly. every 5 years of so a new generation of kids have grown up so there is a new need to expose the new generation to dinosaurs and through it the passion in science," said Dr Chew Tuan Chiong, Director of the Singapore Science Centre.

There will be other exciting exhibits on dinosaurs in the polar region and how they survived the harsh weather, and interactive displays including a sand-pit for mini-digs and numerous workshops.

Also something to look out for is a Paleontology symposium with world-class experts hosting a series of public lectures. The exhibit will be on until August 20th.
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