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Comment on Clippy Crazy at Manchester Science Festival by Louise

Louise — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:58:03 +0000

Hi Dayna
I wish I had seen the straw oboes! You will have to send me the instructions.
Louise

Comment on Clippy Crazy at Manchester Science Festival by dayna

dayna — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:34:31 +0000

Sorry I missed seeing your workshop in action – straw oboes were just far too popular!

Comment on Most fun study day – EVER! by Francesca Fell

Francesca Fell — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:55:14 +0000

As a teacher of A-Level Theology&Philosophy, I was attracted to the Darwin Study Day as Science&Religion is a topic we study in our course, including the problems posed to Theists by Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection.

So many students struggle with the concept of NS, that I knew the day would be beneficial from that aspect alone. What we got was a lot more.

Students were encouraged to think critically, were exposed to the challenges of evolution by REAL University Scientists/Anthropologists, got the chance to participate in games, handle artefacts and question the experts, before spending time int he Darwin exhibition itself.

The materials used were relevant, challenging and fun. The Museum staff were enthusiastic and engaging. Our students were never bored and now have a solid knowledge of Darwin’s work and its implications for modern thought. The day ran smoothly and was easy to organise with the help of the superbly organised education department.

This Study Day would also be of use to Critical Thinking/General Studies students.

Thank-you!

Comment on Darwin Preview Evening by Rebecca Jordan

Rebecca Jordan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:58:57 +0000

Hi , just wanted to leave a comment to highlight how useful the teachers preview of the Darwin exhibition was last Wednesday evening. This was my first time at a teachers preview and I was made to feel very welcome. The exhibition was brilliant and the guy (edit – thats Henry McGhie) who did the tour of the exhibition was very informative and really brought the exhibition to life. I am really interested in Darwins work as a scientist and to see the different species and one of the first editions of Origins of Species was really exciting for me and I could definitely see opportunities for my pupils at school to relate what they are learning in the classroom about Darwin to this exhibition. My year 11 pupils are studying B3 at the minute in the 21st century science syllabus as part of their Core GCSE course and there is a lot of work on Darwin and his voyage in the Beagle covered here so I decided straight away that this would be perfect for them and have managed to book a trip for them including the self guided tour of the exhibition using the worksheets and also including the fabulous workshop Clippy island when the pupils get the opportunity to experience Darwins experiment with the finches and beak size.

The teachers previews are well worth going to and hopefully I will get the opportunity to go to many more. It was really useful being able to view the exhibition and gage whether it was suitable for my year 11 pupils ability and also the staff were really helpful and gave me lots of good ideas to take back to the classroom. Also I found the archive collection walletts a really good resource and am hoping to book a workshop for some pupils to go and get hands on with some of the archives! Also another perk is the free glass of wine you get at the preview!

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Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:25:31 +0000

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Comment on Leaving the Museum by Cat

Cat — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:21:17 +0000

Susan has been a key member of the learning team, and on the few occasions I have worked on workshops with her (Primary Science and Secondary Humanities haven’t mixed directly all that often!) it has been wonderful! She’s a real inspiration and glorious to work with! Will miss her immensely!
I suggest Learning Team Away days should head to Scotland in future! ;o)