Location: MUSEUM OF MAKING 

Duration: 120 mins

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

Key Stage: Key Stage 2

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Learn from our collections about the difference between tools and machines, and programme a Crumble Kit to create original art. This session will enhance your Coding and Computing curriculum, giving your students valuable 21st Century application of their coding skills.

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National Curriculum Links Include:

• Art & Design – e.g. ‘Pupils should know about great artists, craft makers and designers, and understand the historical and cultural development of their art forms.’

• Design & Technology – e.g. ‘Pupils should understand how key events and individuals in design and technology have helped shape the world.’

• Science – e.g. ‘scientific enquiry […and…] forces: Pupils should be able to explain that unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of the force of gravity acting between the Earth and the falling object… and … identify the effects of air resistance and friction, that act between moving surfaces’

• History – e.g. ‘Pupils should know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations [i.e. ancient creation and use of hand tools].’

• English Language – e.g. ‘It is particularly important to induct pupils into the language which defines each subject in its own right, such as accurate mathematical and scientific language [i.e. ‘tools’, ‘machines’, ‘pendulum’, ‘hypothesis’].’