Event information
Event type: Workshop
Location: Lasting Impressions Learning Space (Red Zone)
Suitable for: Year Six (ages 10-11) only
Capacity: 35 pupils
Duration: 45 minutes
Ticket prices: £3 per pupil
Booking required by phone
This onsite workshop introduces your Year Six class to the concepts that underpin evolution through natural selection.
In this workshop, students will:
- Explore in an interactive session, what evolution is, how and why it happens.
- Get the opportunity to look at fossil evidence of change over time.
- Get hands-on with specimens to work out for themselves why these changes occur.
- Explore how Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection is the mechanism behind these changes.
- Discover a real-life example of evolution, happening today, based on research from Museum scientists.
This workshop is an ideal introduction to the subject of evolution, but is equally useful for reinforcing prior knowledge through hands-on and engaging activities.
Pre- or post- visit activity: to prepare your class for the workshop, an accompanying on-gallery activity can be accessed and printed (download the PDF (1.7MB) version or DOCX (1.3MB) version). It can be beneficial to complete this during your visit before the workshop but may be used as a follow-up activity afterwards.
Curriculum links: using observations to draw conclusions, finding out how scientists use evidence, making predictions, evolution
Pre-visit information and curriculum links PDF (128KB)
Additional information for booked school groups
This workshop takes place over multiple floors of the Museum. Please inform our bookings team of any access issues ahead of time so we can make arrangements to support you and your students.
Event dates and times
The workshop runs at 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm and 1.30pm on the weekdays shown below. The duration is 45 minutes.
May 2024
7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 22
June 2024
3, 5, 10, 12, 13, 17, 18, 24, 26, 27
July 2024
1, 2, 3, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24
Sept 2024
18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25
Oct 2024
1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23
Nov 2024
4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27
Dec 2024
2, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18
For Year Six (ages 10-11) only
How to book
All workshops must be prebooked by phone. The dates listed above are not live and you will need to contact us for availability.
You can book for dates up to December 2024, during term time. Bookings must be made at least three weeks in advance.
This workshop is for Year Six (ages 10-11) only.
The maximum capacity per workshop is 35 pupils. Bookings must be for a minimum of 15 pupils.
To check dates and make a booking, please read our essential information page, then phone the bookings team.
