Rocket mice
This activity involves shooting a rocket high into the air by rapidly squashing a plastic bottle launcher. It’s a great opportunity to challenge the old saying “What goes up must…
Relating STEM skills to future careers
…to one of the main learning objectives for the event: helping students to recognise that they have, and use, these skills, and that these are the skills that are useful…
Do you see what I see?
…school , a series of short films designed to provide inspiration for cross-curricular learning. Find out more below. Reflections in mirrors are amazing things that tell us a great deal…
Learning Resources
…activities Follow your curiosity to explore the relationship between the natural environment and humans. Maths resources and activities Build engagement with maths activities, 3D objects, image banks and object hunts….
Christian martyr statues
Scale of the objects compared with a human 1.8 metres (6 feet) tall. Curriculum links KS3 PSHE: Health and wellbeing PSHE: Living in the wider world KS4 History: Thematic study…
InfoAge+ App
…choose an object, create a card and use it to do battle with objects from the gallery. After dark: what would happen if the objects came to life after closing…
Science engagement reflection tool: Using everyday examples
…to link an object from our collection with a property of materials that is used in peoples homes everyday. Our next steps… The science capital research has deepened our…
Weaving science capital through the Textiles Gallery
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of objects which could deserve a place in our Textiles Gallery. With space in short supply we had to choose objects thoughtfully. The gallery…
Maths engagement: Maths in our museums
…and mathematics through objects and stories. We have some objects that would be more commonly associated with maths, but, when I started looking at our collections through a maths lens,…
Using 3D objects in the classroom
Why use 3D objects? Our 3D objects provide an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of medicine and science, especially for those who aren’t able to experience Medicine: The Wellcome…
Making maths connections on National Numeracy Day
…objects, image banks and object hunts which can be used by teachers in the classroom and at home with families. Supporting maths engagement on a museum visit Maths isn’t often…
Try This…
…creativity. For more resources to help complete these activities, follow the links below: Kitchen Science Games For help with ‘Adopt an object’, download the ‘Instructions for pop-up objects’ PDF below….