Plan a fun and educational visit to our Museums in London or Tring, where you can explore natural history themes and topics.
Online resources
Enhance your teaching and learning with our virtual workshops, training programmes and learning resources.
Virtual workshops
We offer live interactive workshops and shows that can be streamed to your class in school.
Learning resources by Key Stage
We have a range of resources to support learning around natural history themes. For ages 5-14.
Teachers' newsletter
Keep up to date with our onsite and virtual offers, new learning resources, programmes and opportunities.
Teacher training and specialist programmes
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Explore: Urban Nature
UK schools programme for KS2 and KS3 (ages 9-14), examining the importance of nature in our towns and cities. With teaching resources, regional workshops and teacher CPD.
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National Education Nature Park and Climate Action Awards
Transforming the way we teach climate education and supporting young people to act and increase biodiversity across England.
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Working with educators
We are looking for educators to help us develop new onsite museum activities and online classroom resources. Please join us.
Highlighted resources
Discover some of our most popular and relevant resources for teaching and learning about natural history.
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Build the Change: Human Impact
This 5-lesson course, suitable for KS2 classes and co-created with the LEGO Group, explores how humans impact the planet, using the example of birds.
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Activity: Conversations with Greta Thunberg - biodiversity and climate change
Watch short clips of Greta Thunberg, Museum scientists and young people discuss the climate crisis. Then challenge your students to consider their opinions and actions.
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Evolution teaching resource: spot the adaptations in Darwin's finches
Some of the actual Galápagos finches collected on the voyage of the Beagle, useful to demonstrate adaptive radiation and natural selection in school science, for KS2, KS3, and KS4 students.
Elsewhere on our site
The Dino Directory
Discover facts, figures and images for more than 300 dinosaurs.
Do your bit for nature
Biodiversity is connected to almost every aspect of our lives, but it needs our help. Small actions can make a big difference.