Key Stage 3 Educational Activities
Operation Aviation
Our new team building exercise at the Royal Air Force Museum London.
Activity type: Museum staff led workshop
Key Stage: 3 and 4
National Curriculum links: Key stages 3 and 4: Citizenship. (The causes and impact of global warming are also addressed)
Duration: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes
Cost: £20
Class size: Groups of up to 24 pupils. 3 groups per day.
Timetables for a complete museum visit can be provided.
Handling Collection
Pupils handle and study, in detail, a number of objects and uniform relating to aviation and the Second World War. Attention is drawn to the purpose and design of the objects. Worksheets are provided for students to record their observations.
Activity type: Museum staff led workshop
Key Stage: 3 and 4
National Curriculum links: History for KS 3, Unit 13: A world Study after 1900. History key stages 3 and 4: Skills of historical enquiry and historical interpretation.
Duration: Approximately 45 minutes
Cost: £10
Class Size: Maximum 30 per class, 3 classes per day.
Timetables for a complete museum visit are provided.
Document Analysis: Air Power and the First World War
Pupils are able to study a range of World War One documents from the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Air Force. Examples of documents include pilot testimonies and other aircrew along with accounts of the contribution of ground crew and women in the air service.
Activity type: Museum staff led workshop
Key Stage: 3 and 4
National Curriculum links: Key stages 3 and 4: Skills of historical enquiry and historical interpretation.
Duration: Approximately 1 hour
Cost: £10
Class size: Classes of no more than 30 pupils. 3 classes per day.
Timetables for a complete museum visit are provided.
Document Analysis: The RAF and the Second World War
Pupils are able to study a range of World War Two documents from the Royal Air Force perspective. Examples of documents include pilot testimonies and other air and ground crew along with the experiences of women in the RAF.
Activity type: Museum staff led workshop
Key Stage: 3 and 4
National Curriculum links: Key stages 3 and 4: Skills of historical enquiry and historical interpretation.
Duration: Approximately 1 hour
Cost: £10
Class size: Classes of no more than 30 pupils. 3 classes per day.
Timetables for a complete museum visit are provided.
Propaganda from the Skies
Pupils study, in detail, propaganda leaflets dropped by the RAF and the Luftwaffe during the Second World War on enemy territories. Leaflets are placed into political and chronological context and attention is drawn to the effectiveness of the propaganda studied. Worksheets are provided for the students.
Activity type: Museum staff led workshop
Key Stage: 3 and 4
National Curriculum links: Key stages 3 and 4: Skills of historical enquiry and historical interpretation.
Duration: Approximately 1 hour
Cost: £10
Class size: Classes of no more than 30 pupils. 3 classes per day.
Timetables for a complete museum visit are provided.
Aeronauts Interactive Centre
The gallery has over 40 hands on experiments to help students to understand the science of flight. Topics such as air resistance, friction, balances, circuits, light and reflection and G-Forces are covered. Worksheets tailored for Key Stages 3 and 4 are available on this website.
Schools booking other education programmes are timetabled to make a self guided visit to Aeronauts.
Specialised talks and demonstrations can be provided upon request.
Activity type: Museum staff led workshop
Key Stage: 3 and 4
National Curriculum links: Sc3 Materials and their properties, Sc4 Physical processes.
Duration: Approximately 45 minutes
Cost: £10
Class Size: Maximum 30 children per class, 3 classes per day.
Timetables for a complete museum visit are provided.
Rocket Science
Pupils can design and make a realistic rocket and launch it safely. The rockets are propelled using an electrically controlled compressed air launcher. This workshop can be held indoors or outdoors.
Activity type: Museum staff led workshop
Key Stage: 3
National Curriculum links: Sc1 Scientific enquiry, Sc4 Physical Processes – Forces and Motion
Duration: Approximately one hour
Cost: £15 per class
Class size: Maximum 30 children per class, 4 classes per day.
Timetables for a complete museum visit are provided.
Art
Pupils are welcome to do first-hand observation drawings of our aircraft in the various aircraft halls. However we ask that students use only dry media.
An introduction to the collections on display can be provided by our staff.
A tour of the Museum highlighting some of the aspects of camouflage, nose art and squadron art can also be booked at a cost of £10.
Photography is also allowed throughout the Museum.
Key Stage: 3 and 4
National Curriculum links: Key stages 3 and 4, Units 1 and 2: Exploring and developing ideas and Investigating and making art, craft and design.
Cost: Free
Drama
The RAF Museum can provide a number of areas for rehearsal and performance for most types of performance. A trip away will give pupils a chance to explore new performance areas and perhaps perform in front of an audience.
A tour of the Museum can be provided, telling some of the more exciting and unusual stories about the aircraft in the museum. Perfect to provide additional inspiration for writing and performing dramatic interpretations. Tours cost £10.
Key Stage: 3 and 4
National Curriculum links: Speaking and Listening Units 4 and 11, Reading (KS3)
Cost: Free
