Downloads
Click on the links to download information, links and activity sheets on the variety of life on our changing planet.
What is Biodiversity? - Understand more about what the term 'biodiversity' means, why it matters and how we measure it.
Cave Diversity - Find out more about caves, why they are special and what kinds of animals you can find inside them.
Dave's Garden Safari - Find out more about David Green, The Manchester Museum's Curator of Rocks and Minerals and how he came to make our exciting garden safari films.
Make a Volcano - Download this instruction sheet and follow the step-by-step guide to making your own volcano at home!
Dinosaur in the yard - Reproduce the fossil footprints of the hind feet of the Cretaceous dinosaur, Iguanodon.
Be a rock detective - Investigate rocks in your local area.
What was it like to be there? - Bring fossils to life in your imagination with a series of key questions.
Living Fossils - Find out more about Living Fossils in this link
Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside - David Green introduces 'Zechstein' in this link and looks at the development of the British Isles.
The Mineral That Wasn't - A investigation into a collection mystery
Sea Snakes and Land Crabs - A introduction to two fascinating creatures
Geological Time - Find out the difference between Relative and Abosulte Geological Time
Sydney Savory Buckman - Find out more about Buckman, why his work was important and how this links to The Manchester Museum Collection