Educational Tours : Science Tours

Tour Information

Take Science beyond the classroom with a PGL Science Tour and benefit from an inspirational experience in the UK or Europe.

London

Science Museum: With over 300,000 objects in its care, covering the entire history of western science, technology and medicine. Free entrance, charges for some services.
British Museum: Discover the history and culture of mankind from the oldest man-made tools to the first known image of Christ. Free entrance, guided tours available for a charge.
Natural History Museum: A museum with a wide variety of interesting science themes and many interactive displays. Entrance is free.
The Grant Museum: An active and exciting range of educational programmes - an excellent resource for hands-on workshops and tailor-made educational visits.
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Paris

Cité des Sciences et de l'industrie: including 'La Géode' and 'La Cinnaxe' this complex is a museum, auditorium, reference and study centre as well as a park, with exhibitions on 'Earth and the Universe', 'Man and Matter' and 'Adventures of Life'.
Palais de la Decouverte: A museum visit and planetarium show, giving a platform for contemporary science with interactive experiments and commentaries from lecturers in astronomy, astrophysics, life science, maths, chemistry and physics.
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The Loire Region

Futuroscope: A theme park exploring scientific themes using new media technologies. A study pack (Environmental Detective Discover Pack) is available free of charge and links to aspects of the National Curriculum.
Aquarium de Touraine, Amboise: Europe's largest inland aquarium with 10,000 fish in 43 open tanks.
Château du Clos Lucé, Amboise: The château where Leonardo da Vinci spent the last 3 years of his life. Explore the château and Leonardo's 40 machines and inventions.
Caves Gratien Meyer in Saumur: A tour of a producer of sparkling wines, includes an explanation of the "methode traditionelle" used to produce sparkling wine and Champagne.
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Holland

Space Expo: Europe's first permanent space exhibition. Experience a simulated launch, discover the world of satellites and what it is like to live and work in space. Guided tours are available to enhance the experience.
Euromast and Space Adventure: The tallest building in Rotterdam - high speed elevators take you up to the Space Adventure for a simulated rocket launch, culminating at 185m.
Museon, The Hague: A modern and interactive museum with exhibitions covering topics such as the history of the Earth and our relationship with it.
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Course Information

If you are looking for a focused study element to your Science trip, PGL offers a practical and stimulating Science Course for Key Stage 3 students. Based at a PGL centre in the UK this is a flexible, modular course with a choice of themes such as Space, Forensics or the science of Special Effects! The course combines Science themes with adventure activities, using a hands-on approach to encourage independent learning.

Destinations:

London
Paris
Loire
Holland

Contact us for more information

For more information either call us on 0870 162 5000 or request a PGL Educational Tours brochure.