Wheels in Motion

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Wheels in Motion

• Banbury Museum and
• The Grange School 2008

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• Investigate childrens using and
  applying/investigational skills in Science.
• Banbury Museum to develop activities with upper
  KS2 teachers.
• Possible opportunity to look at primary/secondary
  transition in Science.
• Opportunity for the museum to develop its own
  collection, with science in mind.
• Potential for the museums to develop future
  workshop geared to the needs of schools.
• School and museum learning from each other.

• Initial Thoughts

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• Museums Role
• Find a science link to the collection.
• Develop resources.
• Create a workshop format.
• Organise prototype workshops.
• Evaluate.

• Schools Role
• Provide expertise in science in Education.
• Offer ongoing advice and support in the
  development process.
• Try out the prototype workshops.
• Evaluate.

• Roles

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• Needs to be manageable for staff.
• Easy to prepare. Vehicle kits need to be
  constantly functioning, for example.
• Should be easy to set up and put away.
• Fit into the 10am to 2.30pm time slot.
• Cost neutral.
• Sustainability.

• Museum perspective

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• To have fun.
• To have a greater practical understanding of the
  key features of a scientific investigation.
• Promote cross-curricular and thematic learning.
• To understand the practical application of forces
  in the real world, with a historical
  perspective.
• Museum providing resources that schools cannot
  provide.

• School perspective

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• Does wheel size make a difference to how far a
  model racer will travel?
• Think about how to test the model.
• Consider what data to collect.
• Give thought to fair testing and how to change
  one factor at a time.
• Test, measure, record and Identify simple
  patterns.
• Draw conclusions.
• Explain data collected and draw final
  conclusions.

• Workshop Wheels in Motion

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• Wheels in Motion prototype workshop

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• Learning outside the classroom is about raising
  achievement through an organised, powerful
  approach to learning in which direct experience
  is of prime importance. This is not only about
  what we learn but importantly how and where we
  learn.
• Learning Outside the Classroom
• Cross-curricular work in Science, Mathematics and
  History.
• Generic using and applying skills across the
  curriculum.
• Learning and application linked to the real
  world.
• Linked to the National Curriculum and good
  practice.
• Learning can be enjoyable.

• Benefits for children and teachers

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• Gaining subject expertise from teachers.
• Keeping abreast of curriculum developments.
• Supporting workshop development.
• Greater understanding of the learning process
• Greater empathy of schools priorities.
• Understanding of what schools need.

• Benefits for museum

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• Further prototype workshops.
• Evaluation school and museum.
• Wheels in Motion available to all schools from
  January 2009.
• Continued collaboration between the museum and
  school.
• Sharing of curriculum developments.

• Whats Next?