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ss Great Britain/Brunel 200 Games Empire Museum Loan Resource for Schools
B200 FM Projects
Why do we remember Isambard Kingdom Brunel? Nine Lives of Brunel Exhibition Activity Sheets
ss Great Britain has been testing out a new Brunel teachers' pack. Click on the PDFs below for trial versions of games for Keystage 1 that are currently under development. To provide feedback or enquire about availability of the pack contact Helen Horler at the ship (T: 0117 926 0680 ext. 203). The pack will be launched in January 2007. The Education section of the ss Great Britain website is at www.ssgreatbritain.org/education/.
Brunel's Toolbox and CD-rom digital resource. Open up a huge trunk to investigate life on a Victorian railway. The box includes artefacts and character hats, from Brunel to the Navvies who built the railways. The accompanying digital resource includes maps, documents, photos, sound effects, a movie clip, and a slide show to enhance your lessons. The digital resource is also available as a separate lending resource.
Cost: £20.00 per week (plus transport if required).
Digital resource only: £5.00 per week.
Museum contact details:
Clock Tower Yard, Temple Meads, Bristol, BS1 6QH
Tel: 0117 925 4980 Fax: 0117 925 4983
E-mail: bookings@empiremuseum.co.uk
Web: www.empiremuseum.co.uk
Registered Charity Number: 1097205
Cost: £20.00 per week (plus transport if required).
Digital resource only: £5.00 per week.
Museum contact details:
Clock Tower Yard, Temple Meads, Bristol, BS1 6QH
Tel: 0117 925 4980 Fax: 0117 925 4983
E-mail: bookings@empiremuseum.co.uk
Web: www.empiremuseum.co.uk
Registered Charity Number: 1097205
Imagine turning the radio on 200 years ago, what would you have heard?
B200fm answered that question. It used radio to bring the Victorian era to life. With speech, music, features and drama, the project combined new technology with historical experience.
Listen to the archived broadcasts on line on the B200fm website.
B200fm answered that question. It used radio to bring the Victorian era to life. With speech, music, features and drama, the project combined new technology with historical experience.
Listen to the archived broadcasts on line on the B200fm website.
This unit is based on the QCA/DfES history scheme of work unit 4 'Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?' and looks at the importance of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Children look at the significance of Brunel in the local and national contexts and visit many of the sites associated with Brunel to gain an understanding of their locality and of the significance of Brunel.
Download "Why do we remember Isambard Kingdom Brunel?" (PDF 43KB)
ss Great Britain produced an Activity Sheet to accompany the exhibition 'The Nine Lives of I K Brunel' which ran from April to October 2006. Download the sheet below. Further activity sheets are available on the ss Great Britain website. The site also includes Question of the Week in which children can submit on-line questions to Brunel about his work.
Download 9 Lives Activity Sheet (Word Doc 148KB)<< Back to the 'Education and Learning' home page.
