Location: MUSEUM OF MAKING 

Duration: 120 mins

Key Stage: Key Stage 2 

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

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

Contents: Look up at the huge Trent 1000 engine and discover Rolls Royce’s key role in the world’s development of flight, right here in Derby!

Perfect for studying a theme in British and Local History in depth (NC2014), your learners will uncover the fascinating story of many flight pioneers, focusing on Alcock & Brown – the first pioneers to successfully flew non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean in 1919. They will explore the original Roll’s Royce Eagle engine used to complete this momentous feat in our gallery!

Learners will then take on their own trans-Atlantic mission completing a STEAM Paper plane Challenge!  Evaluating existing toy plane products and understanding how to strengthen and stiffen paper, learners will demonstrate how weight, shape and forces all contribute to flight and make their very own paper plane to fly the furthest!

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Curricula: DT, History, Science, STEAM

Contexts: Collaborative working, communicating ideas, critical thinking, curiosity, culture, Derby/Derbyshire heritage, design, discussion, evaluating, experimenting, exploring ideas, industry, key vocabulary, museum learning, making, risk taking, speaking and listening, tracing aspects of national history in the locality