Tree School at OMH
Tree School offers a collaboration between the Cothill Educational Trust and the Natural History Museum, London.
Tree School allows young children to interact and work directly with scientists from the Natural History Museum. This in itself means that from an early age children become aware that science continues beyond school and the laboratories and can be a career path.
Having spent time outside understanding the identification of trees using tailored field guides, the children seek confirmation through the use of advanced science and DNA barcoding. With the help of Natural History Museum scientists, the children will learn how to extract DNA from a leaf sample and obtain a DNA barcode. Their data forms part of an international scientific endeavour to DNA barcode life on Earth.
The Tree School experience will inspire children to take a greater interest in science as they participate in this pioneering and exciting scientific research.