Curriculum topics available: Sculpture, Design, Craft.
The Gardens offer outdoor, natural art sessions in the style of Andy Goldsworthy. See our teaching session menu for more details:Curriculum topics available: Electricity and circuits, Seasonal change.
The Gardens offer laboratory-style, practical science sessions for KS1&2 children, using Physics to investigate the wonder of plants. See our teaching session menu for more details:Curriculum topics available: Properties and changes of materials, Chemical Reactions, Food Science.
The Gardens offer laboratory-style, practical science sessions for KS1&2 children, using Chemistry to investigate the wonder of plants. See our teaching session menu for more details:Curriculum topics available: Plants, Animals including humans, Living things and habitats, Evolution and inheritance, Ecology and environment, Life Cycles, Minibeasts, Habitats, Underwater Animals and Habitats.
The Gardens offer laboratory-style, practical science sessions for KS1&2 children, using Biology to investigate the wonder of plants. See our teaching session menu for more details:Curriculum topics available: Settlement and land use, Economic activity and trade, Natural resources, Urbanisation, Indigenous people.
Many aspects of Human Geography are covered in lots of our teaching sessions. It can also be investigated in various locations around the Gardens. See our teaching session menu for more details:Curriculum topics available: Rivers, Map and atlas, Rainforests, Environment, Climate zones and biomes , Fieldwork.
Many aspects of Physical Geography are covered in lots of our teaching sessions. It can also be investigated in various locations around the Gardens. See our teaching session menu for more details:Curriculum topics available: Rainforest, Sustainable living, Global warming, Climate change, Conservation.
Many aspects of Environmental Geography are covered in lots of our teaching sessions. It can also be investigated in various locations around the Gardens. See our teaching session menu for more details:Up to 6 classes per day (180 children).
Our teaching sessions take place in our dedicated classrooms, but also outside in the Gardens or within our Glasshouses. A covered lunch space will be provided for visiting groups. `Picnics` are also permitted anywhere in the grounds, if you can trust the weather!
We do have trained first aiders onsite, but because of the size of the Gardens, we ask educational parties to bring their own first aider. First aid equipment is located within easy reach, though we recommend bringing your own first aid equipment too.
Of course. Our teaching spaces, lunch rooms, Glasshouses and outdoor Gardens are all wheelchair accessible.
Of course. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.
Here at Birmingham Botanical Gardens, we offer an educational visit like no other. You can explore our unique glasshouses and experience an authentic rainforest adventure! Then, walk straight from experiencing hot and humid tropical conditions, through the Mediterranean House and into a desert climate, and observe the adaptations the different plants have made. Then, wander down to the Alpine and Rock Gardens to marvel at the `otherworldly` flora found on the Tundra.
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Your class can explore climatic-themed glasshouses and 15 acres of landscaped gardens exploring a range of biology and wildlife topics.
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