Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: November 15th, 2009 
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The museum in Weston Park, Sheffield is an interesting place to visit, with exhibits that cover a wide range of subjects – the museum describes itself as being a place to “explore the world and its past, from millions of years ago to the present day”.
Unfortunately, my planned trip there last week was something of an epic FAIL. We were supposed to be trying out a STEM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Maths) trail that I’ve written, but alas, as a result of good old circumstances beyond our control our trip was cancelled.
In view of the fact that this was the best school trip that I’ve never been on, I thought I’d blog it anyway! (On a less flippant note, other teachers at my school are going to use this trail, and I have to put the teacher notes somewhere, so here they are.)
The STEM trail is intended to encourage students to explore Weston Park Museum and learn from some of the displays, but it could easily be adapted to suit other locations or projects.
The trail [Publisher file] [pdf] (uses three sections of the museum [map]:
- The Big Bug Show, which is located in the Harold Cantor Gallery (until 21st February 2010, at which point I will have to update the trail)
- Arctic World
- What on Earth
