When the student come into the museum foyer we ask them to check in their backpacks with their books,lunch boxes,etc,at the cloakroom before they enter the museum proper.I'm afraid in the past we have had a few thing gone missing after school visits so this is a strict rule.Also,some of the exhibits are fragile and we don't want them to be accidentally knocked.But we do provide school students with handouts with questions and quizzes on them.There's so much that students can learn in the museum and it's fun for them to have something to do.Of course they'll need to bring something to write with for these.We do allow students to take photographs.For students who are doing projects it's useful to make some kind of visual record of what they see that they can add their reports.And finally,they should not bring anything to eat into the museum,or drinks of any kind.

There are also a few things the students can do after the tour.In the theatrette on the group floor there are continuous screenings of short documentaries about dinosaurs which they can see at any time.We used to have an activity room with more interactive things like making models of dinosaurs and drawing and painting pictures,even hunting for dinosaur eggs,but unfortunately the room was damaged in a bad storm recently when water came in the roof,so that's closed at the moment.But we do have an IT centre where students have access to CD ROMs with a range of dinosaur games.These games are a lot of fun,but they also teach the student about the lives of dinosaurs,how they found food,protected their habitat,survived threats,that kind of thing.

And...I think that's all I have to tell you.Please feel free to ask any questions if you would like to know anything else...