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.
* Object-based learning
* What's out there for our school?
* Learning styles and museums
Next Steps. References and acknowledgements

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	To understand how the use of objects and museum activities can enhance pupil learning To have explored the museum resources and support available to teachers, and how to access those services
Format / structure	Web tutorial unit with seven PDF documents
Subject	[[Resources/Science|Science]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/|]]
Useful information	Part of the Open University's Breakthrough to Mathematics, Science and Technology Series
Related ORBIT Wiki Resources	http://orbit.educ.cam.ac.uk/wiki/Enhancing_pupil-learning_on_museum_visits
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