Sophie Nicoll shares our experiences of developing a new interactive “Explore it, Make it”, designed to engage audiences with our collection.
The Science Museum Group are working on a collaborative research project which explores how to support early years audiences with science objects in our museums. Madeline Stanley reflects on the work so far and on the importance of play in early years learning and object engagement.
Museums and other informal learning environments provide an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the applications of maths, and to highlight how it influences our everyday lives. Here we share some of our top tips for exploring maths in museums.
In this first in a series of blogs on our nationwide Science In Your World programme, Kate Davis and Pete Jeffrey-Bourne introduce the programme and outline our first exciting steps.
In this out and about blog, Rachel Emmerson and Alice White, Science Museum Group Academy and Resources Developers, visited the Discover Children’s Story Centre in Stratford, London.
For this year’s World Book Day, we take a look at some children’s storybooks with inspiring links to our Science Museum Group museums.
British Science Week (8th-17th March 2024) is fast approaching and as ever, the Science Museum Group Academy has your back if you’re looking for ideas to spark your learners’ enthusiasm, curiosity and sense of wonder.
Jonathan Long shares his experience and challenges of developing an activity trail for the Science Museum to engage audiences with coding and computing.
As the weather gets colder what better excuse is there than to keep warm and explore the science at home, at school or out and about with our fun and playful STEM activities.
Eileen Perrie, Engagement and Programming Manager at Locomotion, shares the experience of Locomotion’s partnership with Greenfield Academy to support their careers learning.
Whether they come as part of an educational group, with their family or as independent visitors, teenagers are an important audience to inspire and engage. Here we share some of our top tips for engaging young people, as advised by young people themselves.
To get into the Halloween spirit, the Science Museum Group Academy team have added some spooky twists to resources that you can try at home.