Location: MUSEUM OF MAKING 

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: Look up at the huge Trent 1000 engine and discover Rolls Royce’s key role in the world’s development of flight, right here in Derby! This session uncovers the fascinating story of many flight pioneers, focusing on Alcock & Brown – the first pioneers to successfully flew non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean in 1919. Students will explore the original Roll’s Royce Eagle engine used to complete this momentous feat in our gallery, evaluating existing toy plane products and making their own trans-Atlantic mission by completing a STEAM Paper plane Challenge.  Learners will understand and demonstrate how weight, shape and forces all contribute to flight and make their very own paper plane to fly the furthest.

Session Curricula:

• History (A local history study of Rolls Royce’s importance in Derby and the world; events beyond living memory that are significant globally; the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to international achievements; Chronologically explore the development of technology over time in the galleries)
• Geography (develop a knowledge of the world, the Uk, and the locality)
• Science (Performing simple tests, and using the results to predict future performance)
• STEAM Learning

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, industry, 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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