Alice White and Marissa Rauth share the development of a new activity from our early years focused course: Exploring Science Through Play, which encourages a playful approach to introducing the fundamental skills used in science, technology engineering and maths (STEM). They discuss the journey and some of the challenges of creating the activity.
Lily Hayward and Pete Jeffrey-Bourne share their experience of the developing our ‘Curious Things’ image bank which is aimed at engaging early years audiences with museum collections.
Our Early Years and Learning project explored how to inspire and engage 4–7-year-olds in object-rich galleries in a fun and playful way. Here we reflect on the journey and outcomes of that programme.
Our Wonderlab+ website launched at the end of 2022, providing SMG with its first online destination designed especially for families with low to medium science capital. Here are 5 things that we’ve learned (so far) about how audiences are using the website.
Sophie Nicoll shares our experiences of developing a new interactive “Explore it, Make it”, designed to engage audiences with our collection.
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.
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.
Young children learn through play. Storytelling creates a highly playful and meaningful context in which children can develop their skills and learn about the world around them. For World Book Day we show you how you can extend this learning experience by connecting a child’s favourite story to some of our fun and accessible activities.
Our learning resources website currently holds over 140 resources which can be used and adapted at home, out and about, in community groups and at school. The Science Museum Group’s Academy and Resources team reflect on their top resources that you should try in 2023.