Make your own Anglerfish mask and discover how this crafty fish tempts in its prey...
To make your own Anglerfish mask you will need:
- A piece of paper or thin card (at least 15cm across)
- Scissors
- Ribbon or string
- A Hole punch or sharp pencil
- Colouring pens or pencils or glow in the dark paint or sticky tape (optional)
Light travels from a light source, such as a torch, in a straight line.
If you put a solid object (like a rat) in the way of the light, the light cannot pass through, and a shadow is made behind the object, where there is no light.
In this fun activity, make your own rat-shaped shadow puppet, then use it to try some shadow experiments.
To make your own shadow rat, you will need:
Salt dough is easy to make and can be used to make all sorts of models - including starfish. This activity will show you how.
To make your own salt dough starfish you will need:
- 50g plain flour
- 125g table salt
- 125ml water
- A mixing bowl
This activity is inspired by Twilight at the Museums
Find out how the multi-coloured northern lights are created then have a go at creating your own.
You can even make your own auroras on paper!
For this activity, you will need:
- 3 short glasses or small glass jars
- 3 coffee filter papers or circles of paper
- 3 different coloured non-permanent felt tip pens
- Water
Travel back to prehistoric times - well before candles and electricity could light the twilight!
Can you find all the related words in this Stone Age to Iron Age word search?
This activity is inspired by Twilight at the Museums
This image from a medieval illuminated manuscript shows the sun and moon arguing over whose light is the best.
Colour in this detailed picture and then decide who is the winner...
This activity is inspired by Twilight at the Museums
The Fitzwilliam Museum has real Tudor armour in its collection.
Create your own 'knight' at the museum with this easy to create, cut-and-colour diorama.
For this activity, you will need:
- Card
- Glue and fabric or colouring pencils/pens
- Scissors
This activity is inspired by Twilight at the Museums
The Ancient Romans did not have electricity. They used candles, torches and oil lamps made out of clay to see in the dark. This activity gives you lots of ideas of how you can recreate an evening without electric lights.
This activity is inspired by Twilight at the Museums
Make a wonderful water lily that opens in water.
This type of tropical flower is pollinated by beetles. In the daytime, these stay hidden inside the closed flower.
If you want, cut out the beetle and hide it inside your flower before placing it on water!
To make your water lily you will need:
About the Session
From an enormous protein structure to plaster casts of chicken heads, students will see models spanning different scientific fields, dating from the 18th century to the 20th. They will learn about the importance of models in scientific investigations and discoveries over time. They will explore molecular models, find out how maps model the world and think about how anatomical models change our perception of the body and medicine.
Duration: Can be booked as:
