Earth Science Weekend
NOVEMBER 21-22

Earth Science Weekend: Farewell to SUE

Say goodbye to SUE with 4.6 billion years of Earth science!

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WHAT

Earth Science Weekend: Farewell to SUE

WHEN

November 21 and 22, 2026
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

WHERE

Spark Atrium, Inspiration Stage, Steven's Lab, Creative Kids Museum and Infinity Dome

COST

Included with General Admission or a Spark Membership.

4.6 Billion Years in 2 Days
Farewell to SUE @ Spark

SUE is wrapping up their time in Calgary, so this year's fourth annual Earth Science Weekend is the perfect chance to say GOODBYE TO SUE! Join the TELUS Spark team, The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation, Earth Science for Society, the Geological Survey of Canada, the Alberta Palaeontological Society and the Royal Tyrrell Museum for a weekend exploring sciences as old as Earth itself.

For one weekend only, hear from world-renowned paleontologists, cast your own fossil, make a dinosaur crown in SUE's honour and explore hands-on earth science across the building. And after you've done all that, don't fossil around — head over to the Spark Store and get a head start-a-saurus on your holiday shopping for the dino-lover in your life, including SUE merch before SUE stomps out of town!

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  • ON NOW
  • UNTIL NOVEMBER 29

Farewell, SUE!

Since June, SUE the T. rex has called TELUS Spark home, and their time in Calgary ends November 29. Discovered in the Black Hills of South Dakota on August 12, 1990, SUE is the most complete, best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex ever found.

Come face-to-face with SUE one more time in SUE: The T. rex Experience, included with General Admission and Spark Membership. Then celebrate all the memories we've made together by decorating a SUE crown in the Atrium!

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WHAT’S ON

  • 10 AM-3 PM
  • Atrium

The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation

Uncover fossils from over 500 million years ago! Explore ancient sea creatures from the Burgess Shale and learn how these remarkable discoveries reveal the origins of life on Earth.

  • 10 AM-3 PM
  • Atrium

Earth Science for Society

Get hands-on with the science of our planet! Explore how geology, water, and energy shape the world around us and discover the Earth science in your everyday life.

  • SUNDAY, 10 AM-3 PM
  • Atrium

The Geological Survey of Canada

Guess the Rock or Fossil! Test your skills as a rock detective. Examine real samples, make your best guess, and learn how geologists read the stories hidden in stone.

  • 10 AM-3 PM
  • Atrium

Alberta Palaeontological Society

Where does your fossil fit? Match real fossils to their place on Earth's timeline and find out how long ago they lived.

  • 10 AM-3 PM
  • Atrium

Royal Tyrrell Museum

Meet the team from Alberta's world-famous dinosaur museum in Drumheller and dig into the science of Alberta's prehistoric past.

  • 10 AM-3 PM
  • Atrium

SUE Crowns

Join us to decorate a dinosaur crown in celebration of all the incredible memories we've made with SUE!

  • 10 AM–3 PM
  • Steven's Lab (7+)

Fossil Casting

Mix, pour and set! Create your very own cast of a fossil and take your million-year-old friend home. Sign up at Steven's Lab to reserve your spot.

  • 10 AM–3 PM
  • Creative Kids Museum

Jurassic X-Ray Tech

Grab some pencil crayons and a flashlight and join us at the LEGO Lab to discover how paleontologists figure out what dinos might have looked like, while colouring your very own dino with a sciencey x-ray surprise!

  • 10 AM–3 PM
  • Creative Kids Museum

Fossil Texture Rubbings

Leave the fossil, take the memory! Paleontologists can't always bring heavy discoveries back to the lab. Learn the techniques they use to capture the details of their specimens and make your very own fossil rubbing at the LEGO Lab.

All programming runs Saturday and Sunday unless noted!

ON THE INSPIRATION STAGE

Talks and shows, same schedule both days.

Plan Your Visit

Mega Fan of Mega Fauna

11:30 AM & 1:30 PM

Go BIG or go extinct. Explore what happens when physics and biology are pushed to the extreme, all while using YOU as the scale!

All the Better to Eat You With! The Feeding Adaptations and Ecology of Tyrannosaurs

12:30 PM

FEATURED TALK

With their massive skulls and puny arms, tyrannosaurs were unlike any other meat-eating dinosaur. Dr. François Therrien, Curator of Dinosaur Palaeoecology at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, explores how tyrannosaurs fed, how their bite force compared to other predators, and how they grew from small, fast-running hunters into giant bone-crushing adults. Come learn what made them the Kings of the Cretaceous!

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What is Under Calgary?

2:30 PM

Let's dig with Paleontologist Cory Gross! Using our imaginations, photos, and real specimens of rocks, fossils, and meteorites, we will pretend to excavate beneath the city of Calgary and investigate what our city was like during the Ice Age and the Age of Dinosaurs, learn how Alberta's vast oil reserves formed, and gaze back to the origins of life and the beginnings of the Earth itself!

Exploding Bucket

3:30 PM

FEATURED DOME SHOWS

  • 12:00 PM / 3:30 PM
  • Infinity Dome

T.REX

Travel back to the age of the tyrant lizard king in this giant-screen adventure.

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  • 1:00 PM
  • Infinity Dome

Mission Moon

Follow the pattern of the moon's phases, witness its explosive beginning and its powerful influence on the Earth. Feel the thrill of the Apollo landings, and the anticipation as Artemis makes the next giant leap in human space exploration.

FAQ

Catch T.REX in the Infinity Dome

Travel back to the age of the tyrant lizard king in this giant-screen adventure, the perfect pairing for a visit with SUE.

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