On Monday 6 February, A Level students were privileged to go on a ‘behind the scenes tour’ of the Natural History Museum in London
At the beginning of the day, students were divided into two groups. One toured a molecular biology laboratory and saw the procedures and equipment used in DNA analysis, whilst the other group met a botanical scientist, who allowed the students to see some of Charles Darwin’s original plant samples from the 1830s. They were also shown plant pressings taken by The Reverend Adam Buddle in the 16th century.