Thinktank: Birmingham's Science Museum

Move it! In 1850 by Train, Wagon and Boat

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Bissell Street Blast- KS2-4 Workshop

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Local Study/Victorian Britain: impact of changes to work and transport. In 1893 a boiler exploded at Phillips' Rivet and Screw Works killing two employees. Pupils take on the roles of those involved to investigate factory conditions using original atefacts, Thinktank galleries and costume.
The workshops lasts for approximately 1 hour and costs and additional £2 per pupil.
Thinktank Education offers a range of interactive workshops, which are directly linked to the National Curriculum for Early Years and Key Stages 1-4. The workshops allow pupils to benefit from the memorable learning that arises through investigation and personal involvement, exploring concepts and experimenting with a wid

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

Colour in the Natural World- KS1 Workshop

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Wy are zebras stripy and ladybirds spotty and what colour are chameleons really? Using real animal artefacts discover how animals use colour to survive.
Suitable for 5-7 years.
The workshop is approximately 1 hour long and costs an additional £1 per pupil.
Thinktank Education offers a range of interactive workshops, which are directly linked to the National Curriculum for Early Years and Key Stages 1-4. The workshops allow pupils to benefit from the memorable learning that arises through investigation and personal involvement, exploring concepts and experimenting with a wide range of engaging resources and materials!

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

Colour Me a Rainbow- KS1 Show

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Find out where light comes from, what shadows are and how we are surrounded by colourful rainbows, in this eye catcing show.
Colour Me a Rainbow is just one in our range of lively and entertaining Science Shows. Tailored specifically to meet the curriculum needs of Early Years and Key Stages 1-4, our Science Shows combine a unique learning experience with lots of audience participation to engage pupils and fuel their curiosity!
All shows last approximately 45 minutes and cost an additional £1 per pupil.

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

Colourful Chemical Change Show- KS1-4

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Amazing demonstrations of reversible and irreversible reactions using exciting materials such as liquid nitrogen, frozen carbon dioxide, luminescent chemicals and coloured flames.
The Colourful Chemical Change Show is just one in our range of lively and entertaining Science Shows. Tailored specifically to meet the curriculum needs of Early Years and Key Stages 1-4, our Science Shows combine a unique learning experience with lots of audience participation to engage pupils and fuel their curiosity!
All shows last approximately 45 minutes and cost an additional £1 per pupil.

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

Crime Detectives- KS2-4 Workshop

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Become a forensic scientist and help solve a burglary. Take fingerprints, analyse fibres, hair and DNA profiles in our crime lab to find out "who dunnit".
The workshop lasts approximately 1 hour and costs an additional £2 per pupil.
Thinktank Education offers a range of interactive workshops, which are directly linked to the National Curriculum for Early Years and Key Stages 1-4. The workshops allow pupils to benefit from the memorable learning that arises through investigation and personal involvement, exploring concepts and experimenting with a wide range of engaging resources and materials!

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

Dynamic Earth- KS2-4 Workshop

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Explore earth sciences through casting fosils in plaster of Paris, matching rock samples to their position in the rock cycle and investigating rock samples using 'feely bags'.
The workshop lasts approximately 1 hour and costs an additional £2 per pupil.
Thinktank Education offers a range of interactive workshops, which are directly linked to the National Curriculum for Early Years and Key Stages 1-4. The workshops allow pupils to benefit from the memorable learning that arises through investigation and personal involvement, exploring concepts and experimenting with a wide range of engaging resources and materials!

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

Electrifying Science- KS1-4 Show

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Take part in the exciting story of how electricity was discovered. Be a volunteer in some hair-raising experiments into how electricity is used and controlled. Adapted for people with Severe Learning Dificulties.
Electrifying Science is just one in our range of lively and entertaining Science Shows. Tailored specifically to meet the curriculum needs of Early Years and Key Stages 1-4, our Science Shows combine a unique learning experience with lots of audience participation to engage pupils and fuel their curiosity!
All shows last approximately 45 minutes and cost an additional £1 per pupil.

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

Freddie's Fantastic Film Adventure Storytelling

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Come along to storytelling with a difference, specially designed for children aged 0-8 years, at 12.00 on weekends and school holidays. Meet young Freddie who will take you behind the scenes to see how films are made as he records a wildlife documentary in a tropical rainforest.

How to obtain

Storytelling is free to ThinkTank ticket holders. Contact findout@thinktank.ac or call 0121 2022222 for more details.

Green to Grime- KS2-4 Workshop

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Local Study/Victorian Britain. Investigate three different types of homes in Victorian Birmingham through primary sources- artefacts, original costume and oral histories.
The workshop is approximately 1 hour long and costs an additional £2 per pupil.
Thinktank Education offers a range of interactive workshops, which are directly linked to the National Curriculum for Early Years and Key Stages 1-4. The workshops allow pupils to benefit from the memorable learning that arises through investigation and personal involvement, exploring concepts and experimenting with a wide range of engaging resources and materials!

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

How to Energise Your Teacher- KS3/4 Show

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"Energy" is a concept best illustrated with a variety of experiments. Skateboard, swivel chair, large tripod with pulleys and swings... all are used in this lively science show which invites audience, and teacher, participation- guaranteed to get your pupils' attention.
How to Energise Your Teacher is just one in our range of lively and entertaining Science Shows. Tailored specifically to meet the curriculum needs of Early Years and Key Stages 1-4, our Science Shows combine a unique learning experience with lots of audience participation to engage pupils and inspire them to find out more!
All shows last approximately 45 minutes and cost an additional £1 per pupil.

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

LEGO Control Technology- KS2-4 Workshop

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Use our award winning Robolab software to programme and control LEGO buggies in Thinktank's LEGOLab, the largest interactive educational esperience outside LEGOLAND Windsor!
The workshop lasts for approximately 1 hour and costs an additional £2 per pupil.
Thinktank Education offers a range of interactive workshops, which are directly linked to the National Curriculum for Early Years and Key Stages 1-4. The workshops allow pupils to benefit from the memorable learning that arises through investigation and personal involvement, exploring concepts and experimenting with a wide range of engaging resources and materials!

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

LEGO Forces & Friction- KS2 Workshop

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What are forces and how are they useful to us? Race our special solar-powered LEGO cars and test them on multi-surface tracks.
The workshop is approximately 1 hour long and costs an additional £2 per pupil.
Thinktank Education offers a range of interactive workshops, which are directly linked to the National Curriculum for Early Years and Key Stages 1-4. The workshops allow pupils to benefit from the memorable learning that arises through investigation and personal involvement, exploring concepts and experimenting with a wide range of engaging resources and materials!

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

LEGO Levers and Gears- KS1 Workshop

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Get to grips with gears through fun investigations, games and practical activities using LEGO cranes in Thinktank's LEGOLab.
Suitable for ages 5-7 years.
The workshop is approximately 1 hour long and costs an additional £1 per pupil.
Thinktank Education offers a range of interactive workshops, which are directly linked to the National Curriculum for Early Years and Key Stages 1-4. The workshops allow pupils to benefit from the memorable learning that arises through investigation and personal involvement, exploring concepts and experimenting with a wide range of engaging resources and materials!

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

Mini-beast Meals- KS2 Workshop

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Investigate a range of live and unusual creepy crawlies. Use computer microscopes to explore a variety of insects and discover how their anatomy can help them, and us, survive.
Links to QCA Schemes of Work unit 4B: Habitats and Unit 6A: Interdependence and Adaptation.
The workshop lasts approximately 1 hour and costs an additional £2 per pupil.
Thinktank Education offers a range of interactive workshops, which are directly linked to the National Curriculum for Early Years and Key Stages 1-4. The workshops allow pupils to benefit from the memorable learning that arises through investigation and personal involvement, exploring concepts and experimenting with a wide range of engaging resourc

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

On Your Wavelength

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Brand new show for 2005- Explore the invisible world of radiation and waves from gamma, infrared and mocrowaves to ultraviolet, the visible spectrum and x-rays. Audience participation and exciting demonstrations put the whole spectrum into the context of everyday uses.
Suitable for GCSE Physics OCR: Block 4.4 Using Waves, Edexcel: P3 Waves, AQA: Module 12 Waves and Radiation.
On Your Wavelength is just one in our range of lively and entertaining Science Shows. Tailored specifically to meet the curriculum needs of Early Years and Key Stages 1-4, our Science Shows combine a unique learning experience with lots of audience participation to engage pupils and inspire them to find out more!
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How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

Science of Sport- KS3/4 Show

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Find out more about the science of "Bending it like Beckham", crazy cricket and balance a Sumo wrestler! When you're playing sport you don't often think about the science behind it. Join us in this interactive show and maybe by the end you'll get the point in our spiky finale!
Science of Sport is just one in our range of lively and entertaining Science Shows. Tailored specifically to meet the curriculum needs of Early Years and Key Stages 1-4, our Science Shows combine a unique learning experience with lots of audience participation to engage pupils and inspire them to find out more!
All shows last approximately 45 minutes and cost an additional £1 per pupil.

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

Sound Explorers- Early Years & KS1 Workshop

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What can we hear all around us? Why are some sounds different to others? Make and change sounds using musical instruments from around the world.
Suitable for 3-7 year olds.
Early Learning Goals: exploration and investigation, music.
The Workshop is approximately 1 hour long and costs an additional £1 per pupil.
Thinktank Education offers a range of interactive workshops, which are directly linked to the National Curriculum for Early Years and Key Stages 1-4. The workshops allow pupils to benefit from the memorable learning that arises through investigation and personal involvement, exploring concepts and experimenting with a wide range of engaging resources and materials!

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

Space Mission- KS2 Workshop

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Make and use different orreries to understand the movements of the sun, moon and earth. Find out what it takes to explore space!
The workshops is around 1 hour long and costs an additional £2 per pupil.
Thinktank Education offers a range of interactive workshops, which are directly linked to the National Curriculum for Early Years and Key Stages 1-4. The workshops allow pupils to benefit from the memorable learning that arises through investigation and personal involvement, exploring concepts and experimenting with a wide range of engaging resources and materials!

How to obtain

Callsthe Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

The Five Senses- KS1 Workshop

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What are the five senses? Where re our sense organs? Take a look at we use our senses and play a character in our sensational story!
Suitable for ages 5-7 years. Links to QCA Schemes of Work Unit 1A: Ourselves and Unit 1F: Sound and Hearing.
The workshop is approximately 1 hour long and costs an additional £1 per pupil.
Thinktank Education offers a range of interactive workshops, which are directly linked to the National Curriculum for Early Years and Key Stages 1-4. The workshops allow pupils to benefit from the memorable learning that arises through investigation and personal involvement, exploring concepts and experimenting with a wide range of engaging resources and materials!

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

The Luminous Light Show- KS2

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Witness Isaac Newton's experiment to split light into the colours of the rainbow, paint with coloured light and find out where all this light comes from!
The Luminous Light Show is just one in our range of lively and entertaining Science Shows. Tailored specifically to meet the curriculum needs of Early Years and Key Stages 1-4, our Science Shows combine a unique learning experience with lots of audience participation to engage pupils and fuel their curiosity!
All shows last approximately 45 minutes and cost an additional £1 per pupil.

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

The Very Healthy Eating Caterpillar-KS1 Workshop

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Join the caterpillar as he munches his way through healthy food helping him to grow into a beautiful butterfly. A fun way to learn the importance of healthy eating.
The workshop is approximately 1 hour long and costs an additional £1 per pupil.
Suitable for ages 5-7 years. Links to QCA Schemes of Work Unit 2A: Health and Growth.
Thinktank Education offers a range of interactive workshops, which are directly linked to the National Curriculum for Early Years and Key Stages 1-4. The workshops allow pupils to benefit from the memorable learning that arises through investigation and personal involvement, exploring concepts and experimenting with a wide range of engaging resources and materials

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244 for more information and help organising your visit to Thinktank.

Thinktank Education Science Shows- KS3/4

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Thinktank Education's lively and entertaining science shows have been specially created in line key curriculum criteria. All shows provide a unique, fun, learning experience with lots of audience participation to engage pupils and inspire them to find out more. Shows include ‘How to Energise Your Teacher’; ‘Science of Sport’; ‘Electrifying Science’; ‘Colourful Chemical Change Show’ and, brand new for 2005, ‘On Your Wave Length’. All shows last approximately 45 minutes and cost an additional £1 per pupil.

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

Thinktank Education Workshops- KS3/4

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Thinktank Education offers a range of interactive workshops, which are directly linked to the National Curriculum. They are specially adapted for either KS3 or KS4 with supporting pre & post visit materials. The workshops allow pupils to benefit from the memorable learning that arises through investigation and personal involvement. Pupils are encouraged to explore concepts and experiment with a wide range of engaging resources and materials. Workshops are approximately 1 hour long and cost an additional £2 per pupil.

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

Toys and Games- Early Years & KS1 Workshop

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This is your chance to compare and contrast original Victorian and 1950's toys with replica Tudor toys in a hands on workshop.
The workshop is approximately 1 hour long and costs an additional £1 per pupil.
Thinktank Education offers a range of interactive workshops, which are directly linked to the National Curriculum for Early Years and Key Stages 1-4. The workshops allow pupils to benefit from the memorable learning that arises through investigation and personal involvement, exploring concepts and experimenting with a wide range of engaging resources and materials!

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

Wild Things- KS2-4 Workshop

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How do animals live in their environments? How do you identify a preditor or prey?Activity based enquiry using an amazing an amazing collection of real specimens.
The workshop lasts for approximately 1 hour and costs an additional £2 per pupil.
Thinktank Education offers a range of interactive workshops, which are directly linked to the National Curriculum for Early Years and Key Stages 1-4. The workshops allow pupils to benefit from the memorable learning that arises through investigation and personal involvement, exploring concepts and experimenting with a wide range of engaging resources and materials!

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

Wireless to Web- KS2-4 Workshop

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How much has technology changed in the last 65 years? Explore those changes using original artefacts; edit film footage and use computers to create different types of animations.
The workshop is approximately 1 hour long and costs an additional £2 per pupil.
Thinktank Education offers a range of interactive workshops, which are directly linked to the National Curriculum for Early Years and Key Stages 1-4. The workshops allow pupils to benefit from the memorable learning that arises through investigation and personal involvement, exploring concepts and experimenting with a wide range of engaging resources and materials!

How to obtain

Call the Schools Hotline on 0121 202 2244

Early Years Club

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Come and join the Thinktank team for some highly interactive drop-in sessions aimed specifically at families with under children under 5 years old. Combining storytelling, activity sessions and creative play, we will entertain and encourage your children to express themselves within the learning environment of the museum. Sessions take place on Wednesday mornings at 11.30.

How to obtain

Book online or contact findout@thinktank.ac or 0121 2022222 for more details.

Stay and Play

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These sessions are specifically designed with under 5’s in mind. For 90 minutes, you will experience one of our galleries as well as learning through stories and a make and take activity that allows parents and children to play together creatively. Led by one of our experienced presenters, these sessions are fun learning activities at a fantastic price. Developed using the Every Child Matters Agenda, these sessions are targeted at early years groups including Surestart and nurseries. Sessions take place on weekday mornings.

How to obtain

The minimum number of children in a group is 8 and adults go free with paying children. The sessions cost £2 per child with adults going free. Call Thinktank on 0121 202 2244 for more details.