Year 7 Journey Through Natural History

Year 7 pupils have been exploring some of the wonders of our natural world this term through a unique Natural History enrichment course. The series began with students cleaning, identifying, and sketching fossils and rocks from the school’s own collection, learning to recognize details in specimens that reveal ancient life. They then ventured onto a geology trail in Cambridge, discovering the origins of the stones used in famous local buildings and spotting fossils embedded in historic structures, bringing the story of Cambridge’s landscape to life. The following week took them back in time at the Sedgwick Museum, where they explored the earth’s vast history through its incredible fossil collections. Finally, students walked in the footsteps of Darwin, touring his Cambridge home, examining Darwin’s finches at the Museum of Zoology, and looking into the development and impact of his theory of natural selection.

 

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