Educational Resources for Teachers

Below teachers will find more educational resources provided by other local visitor attractions.

Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood

With its superb collection of toys, games and children's costume, a visit to the Museum of Childhood can offer you unrivalled support in your teaching of primary subjects, and bring your pupils' study alive within the familiar context of childhood and play.

There is plenty on display in the galleries to inspire and educate. The Activity Areas in our new Childhood Galleries provide lots of ways to learn and be entertained at the same time, with Activity Assistants on hand to give further help.

www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/nmc/schools1.htm

Eltham Palace and Courtauld House

Eltham Palace really captures the imagination of the young. Not only does the palace bring history to life, the house is full of fascinating detail in the design elements and the 1930s ‘mod cons’ that children can relate to and use as inspiration for their own projects.

www.elthampalace.org.uk/tap/tea_visit.html

Fashion & Textile Museum

Education is central to the Fashion and Textile Museum's mission. We aim to support learners, whatever the age and whatever their previous experience or knowledge. Fashion and textiles not only encompasses a broad range of crafts and skills, it also acts as a social document, reflecting the mood and spirit of our times. The Fashion and Textile Museum's education programme explores both the practical and theoretical aspects of fashion.

www.ftmlondon.org/education/index.htm

Firepower: the Royal Artillery Museum

Firepower offers an exciting and safe learning experience, which can be tailored to meet the needs of many different groups. Firepower Galleries provide an excellent backdrop for exciting learning, with the exhibits key to the experience. Interactive and hands on displays motivate pupils to find out more for themselves. The Gunnery Hall features interactive screens that play back video of guns and gunners in action and reveal more artillery facts and figures. There are missions for students to complete too, including shooting down a bomber, matching gun with terrain and firing at a tank. The Real Weapon gallery is totally hands on, providing the opportunity to learn about how artillery works, and the jobs that gunners do.

www.firepower.org.uk/about_us/education.cfm

Horniman Museum & Gardens

The museum's wide range of collections and gardens uniquely illustrate the breadth of the World's natural and cultural diversity, and can be a powerful resource and stimulus for all styles of exploration and learning by all visitors. The Horniman museum galleries and gardens are an ideal resource for all schools, providing a wealth of opportunities for cross curricular approaches and studies The multi-cultural nature of the collections links particularly well with the National Curriculum's cultural development aims for pupils and with aspects of global and local Citizenship.

www.horniman.ac.uk/education/index.cfm

Old Operating Theatre Museum

A visit to the Old Operating Theatre, Museum and Herb Garret, Southwark, London is an experience that gives school pupils a profound insight into the past, and which can stimulate a whole range of issues about past and present health care regimes. Teachers tell us that few other educational visits compare with the impact the Operating Theatre makes.

www.thegarret.org.uk/education.htm

Tower of London

The Tower of London has a unique place in the history of the nation. As one of the most important medieval castles in England, a place of imprisonment and execution under the Tudors or a treasure house for the priceless Crown Jewels and the Royal Armouries, the Tower offers an incredible variety of educational possibilities.

www.hrp.org.uk/webcode/content.asp?ID=53

Geffrye Museum

Bring your class to the Geffrye to explore the wealth of historical and cultural influences which have affected urban middle-class living rooms and gardens for the past 400 years.