Places to go on a science visit

• Museums and science centres (see the links on the left for lists of lots of museums and science centres)
• Dentists, doctors surgeries and hospitals
• Zoos, safari parks, aquaria, and botanical gardens
• Farms
• Woods, forests, the seaside and the countryside
• Railway stations, factories or even a quarry
• A university
• An air pollution monitoring site, or a weather station

What to do when you get there?

1. Activity sheets - from the National Museum Cardiff. We like Trilobite and tracks
2. Activities, exhibit trails and Nina and the Neurons from Glasgow Science Centre

• Have a treasure hunt
• Put little activities in a rucksack, this is a bit like creating a leaflet, but you get to include objects as well (e.g. a magnifying glass and pen and paper, for people to draw three shells they see on a beach)
• Think up a game (e.g. collect 10 different leaves in 5 minutes)

Resources

1. Organising a safe trip