Explore Kettle's Yard House and galleries with your students in this facilitated visit with open discussion and drawing activities. These facilitated visits are tailored to suit your class year level and learning objectives, introducing students to the unique nature of the Kettle's Yard House and collection.
Introductory tour and drawing activities:
FREE to all UK-based state schools*
£75 per class for fee-paying schools.
Enquire aT Yard School Bookings schoolbookings@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk
Primary
KS1
Stories in Art: Words and Pictures
What is art? How can we understand it? We will look at 3 different artworks together and think about how artists tell stories using pictures instead of words, using the paintings to inspire our own creative writing.
About the Session
From an enormous protein structure to plaster casts of chicken heads, students will see models spanning different scientific fields, dating from the 18th century to the 20th. They will learn about the importance of models in scientific investigations and discoveries throughout Biology, Chemistry and Physics. They will analyse the representation of concepts including electricity and genetic inheritance, have an in-depth look at the history of molecular models, and operate a mechanical model of the solar system.
Via gallery investigation, source analysis and discussion, students will think about the links between instruments in our collection, scientific racism and the exploitation of resources and people through colonialism and Empire. After being led around our collections by a museum teacher, students will discuss sources and objects in order to find out more about how colonialism and Empire affected science and vice versa.
Duration: Can be booked as:
A 60-minute outreach session (online or in person) with ideas for activities to complete in class
or
About the Session
This set of activities uses objects from the Whipple Museum to explore:
Links between art and science
Microscopes
Telescopes
Reflection and refraction
Optical illusions and how they work
Duration: Can be booked as:
A 60-minute outreach session (online or in person) with ideas for experiments to complete in class
or
We offer facilitated workshops and self-led visits. There is no charge for our school sessions, but we welcome donations to support the Museum learning programme (recommended donation of £2 per child). Get in touch with the Museum Education Coordinator to discus your visit museumeducation@esc.cam.ac.uk
The following taught session is offered for KS5 students:
Anthropology, Archaeology and Identity (90 minutes)
This discussion based session examines the relationship between museums and people, as well as current issues with collection, curation and repatriation. Students will learn how the collections come to the Museum and how we navigate the ethics of display and access.
A museum teacher leads the first 45 minutes of the session. Students then independently investigate the galleries and conduct their own object research.
About the Session
This set of activities covers and expands on the Year 5 national curriculum unit "Earth and Space", using objects from the Whipple Museum to explore:
The solar system
Terrestrial, celestial and planetary globes
The earth's movement around the sun
Space science today
Duration: Can be booked as:
A 90-minute session in the museum - you can find an example timetable for a museum session here
About the Session
This set of activities covers aspects of the "animals, including humans" topic and can be adapted for KS1 or KS2, using objects from the Whipple Museum to explore:
How we hear
How we see
Bones in the body
The heart
The brain
Duration: Can be booked as:
A 90-minute session in the museum
or
One or more museum-led online sessions (up to an hour in total length) and a loans box of equipment for groups of up to six
or
About the Session
This set of activities uses objects from the Whipple Museum to explore:
Microscopes
Telescopes
Reflection and refraction
Optical illusions and how they work
Duration: Can be booked as:
A 60-minute outreach session (online or in person) with ideas for experiments to complete in class
or
