Location – DERBY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY

Duration: 2 hours

Key Stage: Key Stage 2

Booking and Prices: £6.50 + VAT per pupil. This session allows 25 pupils (minimum) to 35 pupils (maximum). 

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Session Description: What kind of world did humans live in 12,000 years ago? In this session we’ll discover how humans lived towards the end of the Palaeolithic era, when the climate, geography and technology were very different to what we have today. The students will study the fossils of some stone age creatures and explore genuine stone age tools. They’ll then mix their own ‘stone age pigments’ to create pieces of ‘cave art’ before looking at how technology changed as the stone age became the bronze age.

Session Curricula:

• History (Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age: depth study of how the stone age evolved in Derby and Derbyshire; establishing a clear narrative across the Stone and Iron ages)
• Art and Design (develop techniques and use of materials with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of art and design)
• Science (exploring piments and change of matter)
• STEAM

Skills and Knowledge: Collaborative working, communicating ideas, craft and making, creativity, critical thinking, curiosity, culture, Derby/Derbyshire heritage, discussion, evaluating, exploring ideas, fine motor skills, handling objects, key vocabulary, museum learning, observing museum collections, questioning, risk taking, speaking and listening, tracing aspects of national history in the locality

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