Plants and Fish

As well as learning about our fantastic fish, in this guided tour your students will branch out (pun slightly intended) into the world of plant life and fish habitats.

Your class can explore our Urban Jungle as our tour guides dive into the subject of rainforests, photosynthesis, plant anatomy and how fish live, grow, and interact with their environment. This experience allows your students to be surrounded by different ecosystems as they learn about them, including: native UK waters, the ocean floor, the amazon river and colourful coral reefs.

We are very proud to be the only aquarium in the UK with a giant botanical house, which contains our Rocky Shores and Amazing Amazon exhibits. Here you can find our Bay of Rays and Amazon River tanks as well as a jungle of fascinating flora from coffee trees and pineapple plants to prehistoric ferns and a gigantic monstera which engulfs our Amazonian waterfall.

The tour includes an exclusive fish feeding experience and a “Rainforest Detective” workshop on “Plant Power” to encourage the children to connect with the natural world.

This tour is aimed at Key Stage 2 age students but can be adjusted for different age groups.