Meet Ice Age Giants
& ExperienceEarly Archeology
Through Tara’s eyes, students experience:
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Climate Change – How shifting glaciers tested survival.
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Species Adaptation – Animal and human responses to new conditions.
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Human Influence – How the Clovis people shaped their world.
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Archeology – Tools, fossils, and artifacts that reveal the story of the past.
From Dinosaurs to the Ice Age
The end of the Cretaceous brought dramatic shifts in Earth’s ecosystems. By the Pleistocene, glaciers expanded, temperatures dropped, and species were forced to adapt. Ice Age Encounters highlights:
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The rise of megafauna such as mammoths, saber-toothed cats, giant sloths, and armored glyptodonts.
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The appearance of early humans in North America and their growing impact on the environment.
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The role of climate change in shaping adaptation, survival, and extinction.
Ice Age Encounters is an immersive educational adventure that transports children, families, and students into the world that followed the extinction of the dinosaurs. The exhibit explores how Earth’s climate shifted dramatically from the warm late Cretaceous period to the icy challenges of the Pleistocene epoch, when humans and giant mammals shared the land.
Guided by Tara the Tracker, a young girl living with the Clovis people, students experience life during this critical period of change. Tara’s survival depends on her partnership with the great woolly mammoth and her animal companions—Kiriam the Glyptodont, Uki the Harlan Ground Sloth, and Tuloke the Smilodon Fatalis (saber-toothed cat). Through her story, participants learn about climate change, human adaptation, archeology, and the incredible creatures that roamed Earth during the Ice Age.
Journey Into the Frozen Past!
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