Explore and Discover primary series

Pupils are challenged to answer questions, make sketches, discuss ideas and evaluate evidence as they journey through the galleries. A fun, interactive cover can be detached and taken home.

Explore and Discover resources cost 50p if booked and paid for in advance. Please order by telephoning our bookings line on +44 (0)20 7942 5555. The full range with downloadable teachers’ notes including curriculum links, answers and certificates are below.

Key Stage 1

Animal parts: Take the animal adventure PDF (3.0 MB)

Explore the similarities and differences between us and other animals. Make comparisons and use appropriate words to describe a range of animals.

Teacher's notes and certificate PDF (2.0 MB)

Galleries: Mammals gallery and Mammals (blue whale) gallery

Dinosaurs:  Become a dinosaur detective PDF (2.0MB)

Explore how dinosaurs fed and reproduced. Make observations when answering questions and use appropriate vocabulary to describe life processes.

Teachers' notes and certificate PDF (2.0MB)

Gallery: Dinosaurs gallery

Growing up: Play the growing game PDF (2.2 MB)

Learn about the human life cycle, how a new baby grows and how birds look after their young.

Teacher's notes and certificate PDF (3.0 MB)

Galleries: Birds gallery, Mammals (blue whale) gallery and Human Biology gallery

Materials:  Unearth the Treasure game PDF (2.0 MB)

Explore the similarities and differences between different rocks, making comparisons and describing them. Use senses to explore and recognise different materials.

Teachers' notes and certificate PDF (277.0 KB)

Gallery: Earth’s Treasury gallery

Key Stage 2

Adaptation: Find nature's solutions PDF (2.3 MB)

Look at a range of different birds and other animals to see how their bodies are adapted to suit their way of life.

Teachers' notes and certificate PDF (796.5 KB)
Galleries: Birds gallery and Mammals (blue whale) gallery

Animal skeletons: Rattle the bones quiz PDF (2.1 MB)

Look at a range of animal skeletons and compare them to humans. Then think about how human joints affect our movement.

Teachers' notes and certificate PDF (365.5 KB)
Galleries: Hintze Hall, Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles gallery and Human Biology gallery 

Creepy crawlies: Beat the bug puzzle PDF (2.3 MB)

Explore the Creepy Crawlies gallery and learn more about the lives of these animals and how they survive in their habitats.

Teachers' notes and certificate PDF (910.7 KB)
Gallery: Creepy Crawlies gallery

Dinosaurs: Take the comparisons test PDF (2.4 MB)

Explore dinosaurs and how they were adapted to their way of life.

Teachers' notes and certificate PDF (459.4 KB)
Gallery: Dinosaurs gallery

Food chains and keys: Join the feeding frenzy PDF (2.5 MB)

Identify predator and prey and the food eaten by different animals, then link this information into a food chain. Use keys to identify animals.

Teachers' notes and certificate PDF (1.1 MB)
Galleries: Mammals gallery and Mammals (blue whale) gallery

Growing and changing: Uncover the life cycle mystery PDF (2.7 MB)

Pupils will learn about the life cycle of humans and other animals.
Teachers' notes and certificate PDF (512.2 KB)

Galleries: Mammals gallery and Human Biology gallery

Rocks and Soils: Dig the geologist challenge PDF (2.3 MB)

Make comparisons and use appropriate vocabulary to describe rocks, minerals and gems. Explore how and why different materials are used for different purposes.

Teachers' notes and certificate PDF (470.2 KB)

Gallery: Earth’s Treasury gallery