Deep Time Explorers

Six missions through 400 million years

Real EarthByte plate-reconstruction data, turned into six short interactive missions for Year 4 explorers — no install, no code, nothing to run. Just pick one and drag the slider.

Prototype — not yet classroom-tested
Mission 1

Continents on the Move

Drag through 400 million years of real plate reconstructions.

Mission 2

The Jigsaw Continents

Watch South America and Africa's coastlines fit back together.

Mission 3

Where the Ground Shakes

246 real earthquakes, switched on and off over today's plate boundaries.

Mission 4

Follow the Duck through Deep Time

See how the Tasmanian Gateway opening changed an ocean route.

Mission 5

Postcard from Deep Time

Pick an Australian town and an age, get a postcard of where it used to sit.

Mission 6

Fossil Climate Detectives

Real rock and fossil climate clues, plotted across six deep-time ages.