Self-led activities

Give your students control over their own learning experience at the Museum with these self-led activities.

  • Great Debate - self-led activity
    The Great Debate - self-guided activity

    Introduce your pupils to the historic debate surrounding Darwin's theory of evolution with this self-guided version of our popular Great Debate workshop for schools

  • Artist's impression of visitors inside the cocoon
    Cocoon experience

    Immerse yourself in the Cocoon experience, a brand new journey through the Darwin Centre. This interactive and visually stunning experience will inspire your students to look at the variety of life in a different way.

  • Photograph showing contenets of Explorer packs - activity books, binoculars, explorers hat
    Explorers: Ourselves and Other Animals

    Pupils can engage with specimens through role-play in a self-guided Explorer challenge through the Museum.

  • Dino-scientist
    Dino-Scientists

    Become Dino-Scientists for the day using our incredible galleries.

  • Explore and Discover Guide
    Explore and Discover guides

    Our self-led discovery guides and new Explore and Discover series are a great way to see the galleries while supporting National Curriculum learning.

School bookings

All school activities must be booked in advance. To book, please call our school bookings line between 08.30-16.00, Monday to Friday during term-time, or 10.00-13.00 during the school holidays.

Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5555