Twilight at Home: Anglerfish of the Deep
Make your own Anglerfish mask and discover how this crafty fish tempts in its prey...
Twilight at Home: Shadow Rats
Make your own rat-shaped shadow puppet then use it to try some shadow experiments.
Twilight at Home: Make your own Starfish
Salt dough is easy to make and can be used to make all sorts of models - including starfish. This activity will show you how.
Fossil Jurassic star fish from the Sedgwick Museum
Twilight at Home: Knight at the Museum
The Fitzwilliam Museum has real Tudor armour in its collection. Create your own 'knight' at the museum with this easy to create, cut-and-colour diorama.
Museum of Zoology: Learning Resources
Museum Trails
If you are visiting the Museum with young children, why not download our Rainbow of Colour trail to print out and bring with you? It will keep the children entertained as they look for all the colourful specimens in the Museum, and they can even use it in the garden or any outdoor space too.
- rainbow_of_colour_trail_.pdf (1.35 MB)
Botanic Garden: Learning Resources
Early Years
Resources for Early Years pupils to aid exploration of the natural world
Key Stage 1
Resources suitable for pupils in Year 1 and Year 2
Mary Anning - Look, copy, make ichthyosaur
Artist Kaitlin Ferguson shows you how to make your own ichthyosaur using one of Mary Anning's fossils in the Sedgwick Museum’s collection as inspiration.
There are two different makes that you can try depending on how much time you have.
Make one: Ichthyosaur template
Make two: salt, flour and water to make salt dough (or plasticine or playdough)
Mary Anning - how to make a geology zine
To make your zine you will need:
Build-a-bird activity
An adaptation is when part of the body becomes specialised for a certain function that means the animal has a better chance of survival in a particular environment.
The Wonderchicken research team have put together a craft activity and information sheets about different types of bird and how they have adapted to the environment they live in.
You will need:
