Scarborough Castle - English Heritage

Become a Medieval Engineer Discovery Visit

How did people from the past build bridges, towers and siege engines? Become a real engineer in practical workshops exploring how our ancestors solved construction problems. Using a large-scale construction kit, this is literally a hands-on history experience! Explore the main features of the castle in an interactive tour, relating these to methods of attack and defence and construction. Working in groups, use Tic-Tac (plastic construction materials)to build a successful bridge alongside the castle walls, exploring how medieval engineers faced and solved the same problems. A second activity involves building a catapult and taking part in a bean-bag throwing challenge, identifying features of

How to obtain

Call 01904 601917 to book this 2 hour session, available 24, 25, 29 and 30 June 2009. Price £75 per group of up to 30 pupils. Visit http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.19516 for more information.

Scarborough Castle Teacher's Kit (English Heritage)

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/Scarborough_TK.pdf

A downloadable photocopiable teaching resource sheet for use in the classroom. The teacher's kit is essential for pre-, during and post-site visit work and includes: site history, site plans & tour, documentary sources, activities, photos & reconstruction artwork, details of how to visit and supporting resources information.

Creator

• English Heritage Education

How to obtain

Please click on the link to download.