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GCSE and A-Level Geology workshops
Posted by: Alexa on: April 23, 2012
During the past few months, we have seen a surge of interest in our GCSE and A-Level Geology offer. It is great to see students fascinated by our specimens and engaging with museum experts, such as our Curator of Earth Sciences David Gelsthorpe. We have a selection of different geology workshops that can be tailored [...]
Manchester University Students ‘Super Science Day!’
Posted by: debbiedoran on: April 4, 2012
Third year students from Manchester University have delivered some wonderful Science sessions as part of their final year projects. The topics ranged from ‘Domestication of Dogs’ ‘Guts and Digestion’ ‘Categorising Animals’ and ‘Microbiology.’ It was a fantastic day; the students taught a brilliant Year 6 class from Birchfields Primary School. The class had a really wonderful day exploring hands [...]
Manchester Histories Festival: 24th Feb – 4th March
Posted by: Cat on: March 13, 2012
Between the 24th February and 3rd March we joined in the celebrations for the Manchester Histories Festival 2012. In the Museum’s Learning Team we were invovled in a couple of activites and events that had Manchester History at the centre of them. Firstly, The Museum had a stall during the celebration day at the Town Hall on [...]
The Midden Project: An experiment in archaeology
Posted by: Cat on: February 24, 2012
This is a Guest Post by Lauren Martin: an intern working in the Museum’s conservation department who has been involved in one of our Secondary education projects. Recently the Manchester Museum has been working with eight Year 8 pupils from Matthew Moss High School in Rochdale on an experiment to demonstrate the decay and survival of everyday [...]
Planet Dinosaur
Posted by: Alexa on: October 12, 2011
From 1st to 9th October, a herd of 6 spinosaurus’ took residence in our Living Worlds gallery as part of the BBC’s Planet Dinosaur tour. To make the most of this opportunity, we developed an associated workshop for KS3 students which over 175 students took part in last week. The Curator of Earth Sciences, David [...]
Archaeology in the Park
Posted by: Cat on: September 30, 2011
Recently, pupils from Manchester Academy, Aquinas College, Medlock Primary School and Heald Place Primary School were invovled with the archaeological investigations that took place at Whitworth Park as part of the Heritage Lottery Fund supported excavations by the University of Manchester. The project involves partners from the University of Manchester Department of Archaeology, The Manchester Museum, [...]
Vote for The Manchester Museum in the National Lottery Awards
Posted by: Cat on: June 14, 2011
The Manchester Museum and Imperial War Museum North are delighted to let you know that the In Touch Volunteer Programme has reached the semi-finals of The National Lottery Awards! We now need your support to get us to the finals, and it’s your vote that will help to us get there! Please click on this link to [...]
China Workshops
Posted by: Cat on: April 12, 2011
Just recently we’ve been really fortunate to start work with Walton-le-Dale Hgh School in Preston on a project they are working on in school all about China. As part of this we delivered our workshops developed alongside the China: Journey to the East exhibition from the British Museum. Walton-Le-Dale were able to bring the majority of [...]
Blogs ‘R’ Us!
Posted by: Cat on: January 25, 2011
Recently, you may have noticed a couple of small changes. In order to make the most of the diverse activities and learning offers across two of the Cultural Assests of the University of Manchester we have split the blog according to venue. So, you can stick with us here to find out about everything at The [...]
Museums of Museums Fundraiser
Posted by: Cat on: January 19, 2011
On Thurs 27 Jan from 5pm until midnight there is going to be a fantastic fundraiser event with King Tut to raise money for The Manchester Museum’s Ancient Worlds galleries. Come along to the Museum of Museums, at the Trafford Centre to see this spectacular exhibition, Tutankhamun – His Tomb and His Treasures, where this extra special event will taking [...]
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