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Plan a visit to the Science Museum, London

Plan a visit for a school, community or other educational group to the Science Museum in London

A practical guide to help you explore the Science Museum’s Who Am I? gallery.

Explore how the work of real-life technicians has helped design and build some of the amazing objects in the Science Museum’s Medicine, Mathematics and Making the Modern world galleries.

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ks2, ks3

Wonderlab AR

Discover the wonders of science in our everyday world.

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ks3, ks4

Image bank: medicine

See striking photos of medical objects chosen to spark discussion in your classroom. All objects featured here are on display in Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries.

This free downloadable image bank showcases the tools, people and challenges behind the development of computers.

Cut out simple shape templates and look through them to find similar shapes in the real world with this free learning activity.

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ks2, ks3

Mystery tubes

Work out how shoelaces are connected inside a closed tube.

Make a device called a phenakistoscope, which displays a continuously looping animation.