Location: MUSEUM OF MAKING 

Duration: 120 mins

Booking and Prices: £6.50 + VAT per pupil. This session allows 25 pupils (minimum) to 35 pupils (maximum). 

Key Stage: Key Stage 1 

TO BOOK: Fill Out Our Booking Form or email us at learn@derbymuseums.org.

Content: Create an 3d object that might just be the future solution to a real life problem, and tell the world about it!

In this open ended session, learners will discover, exlore and talk about the innovative curation of the Museum of Making’s assemblage collection arranged by the materials the objects are made of.

In our state of the art Studios, learners will create their own object with a given design critieria, being able to choose from a wide range of materials and tools. They will think about the material suitability, how to make stable structures, and turn their ideas into a reality, taking risks along the way!

The session will finish with a mini exhibition in the Assemblage Gallery!

Curricula: Art and Design, DT, History, Science, STEAM

Contexts: Building structures, collaborative working, communicating ideas, critical thinking, curiosity, culture, Derby/Derbyshire heritage, design, discussion, enterprise, evaluating, experimenting, exploring ideas, industry, key vocabulary, making, materials, museum learning, process, risk taking, significant historical events, people and places in their locality,speaking and listening, suitability,  tools.

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