Thursday, 23 May 2024

#316: Climate Change and Natural History

Many museum collections are being revisited to see what they can tell us about the past, and also what they previously neglected to tell us. Collections and their use will be part of the new draft specification, and visits to suitable places are likely to be an important part of the preparation that teachers do for their teaching.

This article looks at the work being done at the Natural History Museum to explore evidence of past climate change.



They have a huge collection, and much work needs to be done to revisit it and reinterpret some of the collections.

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