Name of Workshop:

STEM Discovery Day

Activities:

• STEM Tour of the collection – Explore the changing technology of flight
• STEM Source Session – Interactive Session based on real events and archive materials.
• Understanding Engines and Helicopter Flight (Build an engine and learn how they fly with our sit in Scout helicopter)

Choice Of Interactive Session:

• Signal Balloon Workshop
• Parachutes Workshop

Key Stage(s):

Curriculum Links:

Science: Properties and changes of materials

Science: Working Scientifically

Science: Magnets and Forces

Science: Chemical Reactions

Science: States of Matter

Science: Adapting to different locations

History: Understand the importance of different sources.

History: Ask questions and notice connections.

History:  Understand chronology 

History: Asks questions and notice connections

English: Retrieve and record information from non-fiction

Mathematics: Choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height in any direction (m/cm); mass (kg/g); temperature (°C); capacity (litres/ml) to the nearest appropriate unit, using rulers, scales, thermometers and measuring vessels

Geography: Living things and their habitats. Use maps and globes to identify countries

Group Size:

30

Testimonies:

Thank you for the excellent visit we had with you last week. I really enjoyed the day and it was obvious that a lot of hard work had gone into it.