Year 6 Natural History Museum Trip

12th October 2015
As part of Year 6's learning about Darwin, they visited the Natural History Museum. Below is a letter from Abigail about the trip:
 
Dear Mrs Keefe,
 
On Monday, 12th October, my class and I visited the Natural History Museum. I am writing to inform you of some details about the day.
 
Upon arrival at the museum we separated into our class groups. My class, FS6, made our way to the dinosaur exhibit. It was exceptionally popular. The exhibit was interesting and it concluded with a walk past an animatronic scale model of a roaring Tyrannosaurus Rex.
 
After that we made our way to the investigation centre, which is used by some scientists that work at the museum as well as visitors. Once we had chosen wroking partners, we went to our benches, wall display or drawers to select a specimen to examine and investigate. We had an investigation guide sheet to complete and the use of microscopes, scales, rulers, tape measures, reference books and access to the investigation centre's computerised archive to assist us. We gathered together to share our findings with the class.
 
Following lunch, we made our way through the human biology exhibit, intrigued by the experiments we were able to participate in and surprised by some of the results. We also walked through the mammals and blue whale gallery on our way to our final exhibit of the day, the Darwin centre.
 
We marvelled over the intriguing specimens on display. There were information boards in between the glass cases containing a small number of their huge collection of specimens. They explained how the museum preserves the specimens, as well as how the room is designed to control the climate to allow them to be displayed.
 
Our learning experience did not only begin and end at the museum doors. Our teachers took the time to point out important landmarks, buildings and statues on our journey into and out of London.
 
Thank-you for permitting this educational excursion.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Abigail