World Museum’s Spiders, Scorpions and Insects Workshop

World Museum, Liverpool

A fun hands-on workshop from the World Museum where students will learn and meet arthropods.

Suitable for: KS1, KS2

Subjects: Science

Type: At Venue

About.

During this World Museum workshop expert demonstrators will help students examine the ecology, adaptations and lifestyles of arthropods.

Students will get the chance to interact with three really successful arthropod groups – the insects, arachnids and myriapods. They will have the opportunity to get up close to real live specimens from the World Museum’s Bug House.

The Students will get to see a scorpion glow under UV light, learn why stick insects camouflage and discover how we can tell a spider is a girl by her big bottom!

Key Information.

Suitable for: KS1, KS2

Ages: 5-7, 7-11

Subjects: Science

Topics: Animals, Insects

Type: At Venue

Duration: 45 minutes

Cost: From £2.80 per student (£90 per session, max 32 per session)

Dates: Ongoing

Min. Students: N/A

Max. Students: 32 (per session)

SEND: Yes - suitable for students with SEND

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About World Museum.

World Museum offers a wide range of activities, workshops and resources for education and community groups for key stages 1-2.

Details of the workshops that groups can book for a visit to the museum are listed below. Teachers can also book their virtual classrooms below. This is a remote learning package for schools, including live workshops and a suite of downloadable support resources.

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