An ever-popular classroom topic which never fails to fascinate young minds. The Isle of Wight features some of Europe's best dinosaur fossil grounds where your students can let their imaginations run wild!
Let Education Destination transport you away to another world in another time - you can take a dino-focused trip taking in several themed activities, or include a fossil hunt or handling session in amongst a wider cross-curricular visit.
A purpose-built interactive dinosaur museum displaying mainly Island sourced artefacts. Fossil handling sessions, hands-on museum exhibits, expert-led fossil hunts on East Coast beaches.
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A field centre displaying local fossils discovered at local beaches, cliffs and fields. Fossil handling sessions, hands-on museum exhibits, expert-led fossil hunts on South Coast beaches.
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"Restricted Area 5" in this popular theme park features a huge collection of realistic life-sized animatronic dinosaurs and a popular exhibition on local coastal erosion.
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Head down to Compton Bay at low tide and experience actual dinosaur footprints embedded in the rocks! Combine with a fossil hunt session on this remarkable beach.
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Walk down the Island's most famous and dramatic tree-lined deep gorge from Shanklin Old Village to the seafront below, and on the way keep your eyes peeled for some Jurassic-era models!
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