Key Stage 3 sessions
Our Key Stage 3 sessions offers a science and geography focus for pupils of 11 to 14 years. Through scientific based inquiry, we create opportunities to work scientifically in areas that are difficult to create in the school environment.
Overview
Our Key Stage 3 sessions are taught by experienced teachers in groups of 15 pupils. The sessions last 45 or 90 minutes.
Browse our 90 minute sessions
90 minutes
KS3 Art, structures and natural forms
Enhance your creative awareness of natural forms at Kew through site specific observations of plants and their structures.
90 minutes
KS3 Biodiversity
Biodiversity is our most important asset and yet it is under threat like never before. Explore the importance of biodiversity and current threats to life on our planet.
90 minutes
KS3 Biology - ecosystems: Rainforest
Take an exploratory journey through the magnificent 'rainforest' in Kew's iconic Palm House and discover how plants and animals in the rainforest ecosystem depend on each other.
90 minutes
KS3 Biology: Field studies
How do we understand the relationships between plants, animals and the environment? Take part in one of our field study challenges to find out.
90 mins
KS3 Carbon & Climate Change
Explore how plants act as carbon sinks, and how nature-based solutions can make our future more climate-resilient.
90 minutes
KS3 Endeavour: Kew Crime Scene
Kew constabulary need help with a plant crime investigation...are you up to the challenge? Put your detective skills to the test and solve the mystery of the crime in the Temperate House.
90 minutes
KS3 Kew's grand designs
Explore the magnificent buildings at Kew, and consider what they contain and why.
90 minutes
KS3 Geography - ecosystems: Rainforest
What essential services does the rainforest provide and in what ways do humans affect and exploit it? Explore the magnificent 'rainforest' in our Palm House to answer these questions.
90 minutes
KS3 Geography - field studies: Microclimates
What is the difference between weather and climate? What is a microclimate? Gain essential fieldwork skills and discover how human activity has shaped microclimates around us.
90 minutes
KS3 Plant adaptations and photosynthesis
Journey across the globe from the steamy tropical rainforest to the arid desert. Explore the physiological adaptations which allow plants to survive in a variety of environments.
90 minutes
KS3 Sketchbook skills
Explore the incredible plants at Kew and record them in sketchbooks.
90 minutes
KS3 Plant reproduction
Get to grips with the sexual life of plants and examine the fascinating world of flowers and seeds in Kew’s living laboratory.
Browse our 45 minute sessions
45 minutes
KS3 Biology: Rainforest
The rainforest is one of the most precious and diverse ecosystems on earth. Discover the role that plants play in this complex ecosystem in the iconic Palm House at Kew.
45 minutes
KS3 Geography: Rainforests
Explore one of the most precious and diverse ecosystems on earth in the iconic Palm House at Kew.
45 minutes
KS3 Plant reproduction
Get to grips with the sexual life of plants and examine the fascinating world of flowers in Kew’s living laboratory.