Location: MUSEUM OF MAKING 

Duration: Full-day session

Booking and Prices: £12.00 + VAT per pupil. This session allows 25 pupils (minimum) to 35 pupils (maximum). 

Key Stage: Key Stage 3

TO BOOK: Fill Out Our Booking Form or email us at learn@derbymuseums.org.

Learners explore the process of human-centred design thinking and making. Learners first take part in an active museum gallery exploration, taking inspiration from a vast and diverse range of objects linked to transport and sustainability. They then work collaboratively in teams to build understanding around an environmental-sustainability themed design brief, generating imaginative ideas in response to this, before creatively making and prototyping their ideas, and sharing these with each other.

Knowledge and understanding is built around the theme of environmental sustainability (linked to transport), and the process of design, and specifically Human Centred Design – a process of generating meaningful solutions, with people at its heart. Appreciation is also fostered for the role of museums in caring for objects and sharing stories. Key STEAM skills including creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, communication and making are all developed.

For more information about The Institute of STEAM at Derby Museums.

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National Curriculum Links Include:

• Design and Technology – e.g. ‘Pupils should be taught to develop specifications to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that respond to needs in a variety of situations […and…] use a variety of approaches [for example, biomimicry and user-centred design], to generate creative ideas and avoid stereotypical responses’
• Art and Design – e.g. ‘Pupils should be taught to develop their creativity and ideas, and increase proficiency in their execution.’
• Science – e.g. ‘Pupils should be taught about Earth and Atmosphere […including…] the production of carbon dioxide by human activity and the impact on climate.’
• History – e.g. ‘Pupils should be taught about ideas […and…] industry […of…] Britain, 1745-1901’