Enhancing pupil-learning on museum visits

Open University Breakthrough Maths, Science, Technology

• Enhancing pupil-learning on museum visits
• Exploring Patterns
• Our Living Environment
• The Material World
• Thinking about measurement
  

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About. Learning outcomes
1 Object-based learning
2 What's out there for our school?
3 Learning styles and museums
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Pedagogical content. This unit explores practical ways in which you can make the most of UK's extraordinarily dynamic and diverse museums^(tool) and galleries. It gives you pathways into museum resources and shares examples of teachers and museum educators making the most of museum artefacts.

Resource details
Title	Enhancing pupil-learning on museum visits.
Topic	[[Topics/Museums|Museums]]
Teaching approach	[[Teaching Approaches/|]]
Learning Objectives	On completion of this unit student should able to: * understand how the use of objects and museum activities can enhance pupil learning; * explore the museum resources and support available to teachers, and the ways of accessing those services.
Format / structure	7 PDF
Subject	[[Resources/Science|Science]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/|]]
Useful information	Part of the Breakthrough to Mathematics, Science and Technology Series.
Related ORBIT Wiki Resources	http://orbit.educ.cam.ac.uk/wiki/Enhancing_pupil-learning_on_museum_visits
Files and resources to view and download	http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2476