Workshop: Museum Detectives in the Clore Discovery Centre

Museum Workshop

Museum Detectives in the Clore Discovery Centre

🔍 Discover and Explore

Join us for a hands-on workshop where you will explore the natural history collections at National Museum Cardiff. Using our handling collections, learners will be able to explore a huge variety of natural history specimens including fossils, gemstones, creepy-crawlies and more!

✏️ Take Part

Learners will have the opportunity to handle real museum objects from our natural history handling collection. They will have a go at classifying these objects and will take on the role of a curator to create their own class museum.

ℹ️ About This Session

This workshop involves the handling of natural history objects. Please let us know when you are booking if you have any pupils that would be sensitive to these experiences, and we will do our best to make everyone feel comfortable!

Duration: 1 hour

Cost: Led by Museum staff - £40 for up to 15 pupils, £60 for up to 35. Free for some schools (see booking information).

Curriculum

Humanities

Enquiry, exploration and investigation inspire curiosity about the world, its past, present and future.
Events and human experiences are complex, and are perceived, interpreted and represented in different ways.
Our natural world is diverse and dynamic, influenced by processes and human actions.
Human societies are complex and diverse, and shaped by human actions and beliefs.
Informed, self-aware citizens engage with the challenges and opportunities that face humanity, and are able to take considered and ethical action.

Science and Technology

Being curious and searching for answers is essential to understanding and predicting phenomena.
Design thinking and engineering offer technical and creative ways to meet society’s needs and wants.
The world around us is full of living things which depend on each other for survival.

Languages, Literacy and Communication

Expressing ourselves through languages is key to communication

Express Arts

Exploring the expressive arts is essential to developing artistic skills and knowledge and it enables learners to become curious and creative individuals.
Responding and reflecting, both as artist and audience, is a fundamental part of learning in the expressive arts.
Creating combines skills and knowledge, drawing on the senses, inspiration and imagination.

Health and Well-being

How we process and respond to our experiences affects our mental health and emotional well-being.
How we engage with social influences shapes who we are and affects our health and well-being.