Key stage 4 sessions offer students the opportunity to handle Museum specimens and take part in object-based activities involving group work and discussion. In addition to the workshop below, we are happy to tailor sessions for your students and curriculum needs.
Sessions can be combined with a visit to the Botanic Garden or the Museum of the History of Science. Please use our booking form or send us an email.
Our Place in Evolution
Why was Charles Darwin such a famous and controversial figure? In this taught workshop, we use Museum specimens to tell Darwin’s story and explain the strength of his ideas. Students have an opportunity to handle replica skulls of early human ancestors and figure out how we use different types of scientific evidence to fill in the gaps of our own evolutionary story.
Across the world, 90 percent of people are meat-eaters, and the global consumption of animal products is rising. Click to view our online exhibition, and learn about cutting edge research into the health and environmental impacts of different foods.
Science is lifting the lid on the secret lives of bacteria – and revealing how the smallest of organisms are the key to understanding ourselves and some of our biggest questions.
