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Saturday Science Club - Fantastic Fossils
Become an explorer and discover buried bones, excavate fossilised teeth and create your own fossil to take home. A great ...
Learn more about the displays at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
What do the Iguanodon, Alice in Wonderland, and a dodo have in common? You can find them all in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, of course!
Read on to find out more about the treasures found within the museum.
Saturday Science Club: Fantastic Fossils in Abingdon
Become an explorer and discover buried bones, excavate fossilised teeth and create your own fossil to take home. A great workshop for all budding bone hunters.
Sessions at:
10.00 – 11.00: Suitable for 5 – 9 year olds. 12.00 – 13.00: Suitable for 5 – 9 year olds.
Cost: £7 for 1 child + 1 adult. All additional tickets £7 each.
Virtual collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum
You can explore some of the virtual collections in the Pitt Rivers museum by following the external link at the bottom of the page; there's a vast range of collections on display, such as:
The Tibet Album Body Art Collection...
Podcasts and videos from the Pitt Rivers Museum
Over at the Pitt Channel, you can explore all of the multimedia offerings that Pitt Rivers Museum has for you. You can look at their videos on their vimeo channel, including talks, video displays about the exhibits, and footage from special events, such as their Day of the Dead event where they explored...
Information on what the Oxford University Museum of Natural History can offer to schools and teachers of art
If you'd like to draw in the Museums, a 'Sketchbook Introduction' is available to get you started. There are many brilliant and varied subjects to sketch - check out some of the possibilities at the link below.
Information on what the Oxford University Museum of Natural History can offer to schools and teachers of KS3
The Oxford University Museum of Natural History provides lots of activities appropriate for Key Stage 3 students and teachers. From online image galleries and quizzes to regular educational sessions in the museum, there are some invaluable resources here so check them out!
Learn more about what fossils can tell us
Although some fossils look like today's plants and animals, many don't, which means we're looking at species that no longer exist on Earth! Take a look at some of the fossils in the link below and see if you can figure out what animals they used to be!
Learn how the history of life would look in a single year
Life has a pretty long and complex history, as you might imagine, and in the grand scale of things humans haven't been around for very long at all! Take a look at the link below to get some perspective on what life would...
Learn more about the history of life
Life has a pretty long and complex history, as you might imagine, and in the grand scale of things humans haven't been around for very long at all! Take a look at the link below to get some perspective on how long life has been around.
