Learning that leaves the house
Turn any day out into a learning adventure. We create lessons, activity sheets, and quizzes so your child arrives knowing what to look for — and you watch them light up.
Learning that leaves the house
Plan a trip to the Natural History Museum and your child arrives knowing what to look for. They spot the dinosaur fossils they studied, tell you facts about the earthquake simulator you didn't know, and you watch them light up as it all clicks into place. The visit is the treat — the learning happens together, along the way.
Natural History Museum: Dinosaurs & Fossils
Pre-visit preparation for your museum trip
The Natural History Museum has over 80 million specimens. In the Dinosaur Gallery, look for the T. rex — it moves and roars!
Types of fossil
Which type of fossil shows footprints or burrows?
Things to Find: Natural History Museum
Print this out and take it with you!
Tick off each item as you explore the museum together.
Find the T. rex in the Dinosaur Gallery
Hint: it moves and roars!
Count how many legs a Stegosaurus has
Look at the skeleton carefully
Spot a fossil older than 100 million years
Check the labels for dates
Find the earthquake simulator
In the Volcanoes section
Discover which animal has the largest blue model
Look up in Hintze Hall
Pre-visit preparation
Your child learns the key concepts before the trip — so when they arrive, they're already looking for answers.
What to look for
A guided focus list that turns the visit into a treasure hunt — spot the dinosaur teeth, find the oldest artefact.
Post-visit activities
Quizzes, reflection prompts, and follow-up lessons that cement what they experienced. The learning doesn't end when you leave.
From day out to learning adventure
Choose a destination
A museum, castle, zoo, farm, cathedral — anywhere you’re planning to visit as a family.
We create a learning plan
Pre-visit lessons, a things-to-find checklist, and post-visit quizzes — all tailored to the venue.
Learn together on the day
Your child arrives prepared, spots things they studied, and you watch them light up as it all clicks.
Natural History Museum, London
Dinosaurs, earthquakes, human biology, and evolution under one roof. Brings KS2–KS4 science to life — from fossils to ecosystems.
Science Museum, London
Hands-on exhibits covering space, computing, engineering, and medical science. Home educators get discounts on workshops during term time.
The British Museum, London
Artefacts spanning ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and beyond. Free home educator workshops for ages 7–14, with trails to download.
National Railway Museum, York
Discover the engineering behind steam and modern trains. Covers forces, materials science, industrial history, and Victorian Britain.
Eden Project, Cornwall
Enormous biomes housing plants from rainforest to Mediterranean climates. Connects geography, science, sustainability, and global ecology.
Chester Zoo
Study animal adaptations, habitats, and conservation in action. Excellent for KS2 and KS3 biology topics on living things and ecosystems.
Learning doesn't stop at visits
Your child can create lessons on anything — Minecraft, cooking, training a pet, how roller coasters work. Their curiosity is the starting point.
Where are you visiting next?
Tell us the destination and we'll create a full learning plan — pre-visit preparation, things to find, and follow-up activities.