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Fossil Finders

KS1 workshop available for a limited time!

Who is it for: Key stage 1 and reception
Duration: 45 minutes
Boy plays as a palaeontologist, digging out a toy dinosaur from a clay block

Become a dino-scientist!

Students will discover what it’s like to be a palaeontologist who studies dino bones! 

In this workshop, students (literally) get to the bones of how fossils are formed, identified, and studied.  

By creating their own salt-dough fossils to take home and excavating bones from sand and assembling them into a skeleton, students will discover how fossils can help us learn about plants and animals that lived millions of years ago. 

 

Curriculum links

Key stage 1 and reception
Biology
  • Working scientifically
  • Living things and their habitats

Students will learn

The techniques palaeontologists can use to discover fossils

The different types of fossils which we might discover

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That new discoveries about dinosaurs are still being made

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How fossils can help us learn about plants and animals that lived millions of years ago

School trip prices

We allow a ratio of 1 adult to every 5 children for most groups. Additional adults over this ratio will be charged. In the case of SEN groups, we may offer further free adult support on request – please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Visiting from 25 June to end of the Summer term? The government is cutting VAT for organisations like ours over the summer and we’re passing the saving onto schools. This applies to all trips that include a science centre visit (and excludes workshops only). If you visit during this period, science centre visits are £6.08, and centre/workshop visits are £11.05. If you have already booked during this period, we will be in touch about refunds

Bookings are now open for the new academic year, and our prices have been reviewed. If you’d like to book for September onwards, please get in touch for a quote.

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Palaeontologist Package KS1

Package includes the Fossil Finders workshop, The Great Dinosaur Escape trail, and science centre admission.

£11.95 per pupil