Struggling to teach Habitats? Studying living things in their environment but having trouble finding any animals to identify? Our Natural History collection gives pupils the chance to see and often touch the animals they are studying. What better way to explain the importance of a mole's strong front feet than by seeing them up close?
Sessions are run and supervised by a qualified Museum Curator (CRB checked). Take as many sessions as you like in one school day (we can even participate in your Assembly!)
Outreach Workshops:
Identify local habitats and the animals that live in them. Discover how animals adapt to their environment and how they feed. Distinguish between animals who eat plants and those that eat other animals and then link to food chains and predator/prey relationships. Through the use of simple keys, learn how to assign animals to groups through observation of similarities and differences.
Use our collection as part of your art programme - record first-hand observations and develop ideas. The preserved animals provide both visual and tactile elements which can encourage understanding of form, shape, texture and tone.
We offer handouts on all the animals and are more than happy to adapt our package to suit your requirements.
Please note - All the animals in our collection are the victims of accidents, predators or natural causes (We never kill mammals or birds for displays).
Resources include: Otters, Badgers, Foxes, Hedgehogs, Pygmy Shrews, Bats, Moles, Kingfishers, Kestrels, Herons, Woodpeckers, Owls & many other examples of native woodland, wetland, farmland & garden wildlife.
Cost: £75 per half school day / £100 per school day
contact us for our special First Visit rates curator@johnmooremuseum.org
Individual objects can also be borrowed from the collection for a charge of £5 each per week.
If you would prefer to visit the museum, we are open all year for school visits.