Classroom resources
Observe and reason: Mary Anning’s fossil challenge
In this activity, your class will think like a palaeontologist and compare their own bodies to one of Mary Anning’s real fossil finds.
Historical scientists
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CollectionsThe incomparable tale of Evelyn Cheesman
The adventures of a tenacious female explorer brought to life by comic artist Sammy Borras.
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CollectionsMary Anning: the unsung hero of fossil discovery
Mary was a pioneering palaeontologist and fossil collector. Her lifetime was a constellation of firsts.
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CollectionsCharles Darwin: History’s most famous biologist
Charles Robert Darwin transformed the way we understand the natural world with ideas that, in his day, were nothing short of revolutionary.
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CollectionsWho was Alfred Russel Wallace?
An intrepid explorer and brilliant naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace co-published the theory of evolution by natural selection with Charles Darwin.
