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Managed by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums on behalf of Newcastle University
KS2: Science, STEM
Permanent
Free*
45 minutes
Available on Mondays and Thursdays.
This workshop can be followed up by downloading our free resources to use in the galleries if you click this link.
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Have a question about this workshop? Email learning@greatnorthmuseum.org.uk
In this workshop, pupils will explore evidence of evolution using the museum’s collection.
Getting up close to taxidermy provides a great opportunity to identify and discuss adaptations. Next, we consider how these adaptations came about, looking at an example and considering the roles of inheritance, variation and competition. Finally, exploring a collection of early human species skulls, pupils build a timeline of human evolution and grasp the length of evolutionary timescales.
Intended learning outcomes:
Please note: Handling collection taxidermy is safe to touch, but please check if anyone in your group has allergies to animal fur. All human skull specimens used in this workshop are models – no real human remains are used.
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