Find our Living World Exhibition in The Grand Arcade, Cambridge
Explore life from the basic building blocks to endangered species in our hands on exhibits, interactive shows and fun activities.
Can you “build” your own plant, get plankton to float at just the right level in the “ocean”, and can you find your place in the Tree of Life?
Free entry
Today’s shows:
11.30am Balance of Biodiversity
Let’s investigate the enormous variety of life on the earth – biodiversity, looking at the interactions between different species via food chains and webs. we’ll look at the important roles of ecosystem superheroes and what we can do to support them.
2.30pm Leaves and Seeds
Find out how and why leaves change colour in Autumn, and discover some of the ways the plants spread their seeds in this interactive show.
Make something a little different with our activities today!
12.30pm Predator Plants
Plants that eat meat are known as carnivorous plants. They get all the good stuff that they need to grow from trapping an animal and slowly digesting it as the ground they live in isn’t nutrient rich. Find out more and make a model to take away.
3.30pm Plants and Pollination