To help teachers plan visits to the Museum and make maximum use of the Museum’s resources, we have compiled a Teacher’s Pack, which is available at the Museum, by post or you can of course download a copy here free of charge:
Education pack download
TEACHER’S PACK CONTENTS
1. Introduction
Welcome to the Museum
Booking Form
Familiarisation Visit Voucher
Post-Visit Questionnaire
Background & Museum Guides
Curriculum Links For Key Stages 1 & 22. The CIMM Tour details
This gives an outline of the content of each section of the Museum, along with pointers for further discussion, during or after the tour.
3. Worksheets
Included in the pack are examples of seven worksheets suitable for Key Stages 1 & 2. These concentrate on Literacy and Numeracy activities.
4. Post-Visit Ideas
Ideas for a range of activities across the curriculum, based on the learning points in the Museum tour: e.g. English, Geography, History, Mathematics, Design Technology, Art, ICT, Music.
5. Background Information:
Including:
Facts about mines, miners and mining in Skinningrove.
Photographs from the Museum collection.
Details of a local walk including elements of the local industrial heritage.