Virtual Schools Service Available
Our Education Coordinator, Justyna, is available to live-stream into your classroom from the gallery to deliver the session. Justyna is available Wednesday - Friday.
For KS2 You can choose from two topics:
In this activity you can see busts of Julius Caesar, Claudius, Nero and Hadrian from the museum. Find out more about each one, how they are connected to the history of Britain, and complete the activities to learn more!
At the end you will find instructions on how to create your own comic about the life of emperor Claudius!
Watch a video and learn how to create a Parachute game using Scratch.
Parachute is a game originally released in 1981 on the Nintendo Game and Watch, so you'll be re-creating a bit of history!
Please ask an adult before downloading any applications.
While we sleep at night, a world of nocturnal animals are going about their lives outside. Creatures like foxes and mice, owls and badgers and bats and moths tend to sleep or shelter during the day, and search for food at night.
The Whipple Museum has a large collection of globes from different times and places.
In this activity, colour in a globe of the Earth - take a closer look, what countries can you see on it?
Other globes in the collection are of the moon, different planets or the night sky with all the stars. You can explore the globes collection at https://www.whipplemuseum.cam.ac.uk/explore-whipple-collections/globes.
In this activity, you will learn how to create fun geometric patterns with the Python Turtle tool, whilst learning how to write code in Python.
You will need a computer with the Python programming language installed on it. You can either use a Raspberry Pi or a computer running Windows or Mac OS.
Please ask an adult before downloading any applications.
Normally found in the krill-rich waters of the Arctic and Antarctic, the humpback whale swims up to 25,000 km per year, including to warmer waters to breed and give birth.
The seasonally-changing songs of male humpbacks echo through the ocean waters. Measuring up to 16m in length and weighing 25-30 tonnes, these large mammals eat krill, which they filter out of the water through hair-like bristles in their mouth called baleen. They are incredibly agile, often swimming near the surface, where they fluke and breach.
Antarctic Midwinter celebrations were started over a century ago by Captain Scott and his team. 21 June is the turning point of the Antarctic winter and people working there celebrate as they look forward to the lengthening of the days and the return of sunlight.
Modern Midwinter celebrations still include a special meal, speeches, the awarding of prizes, entertainments, and the giving and receiving of presents. Modern technology also allows for the exchanging of messages with friends and family via the radio and internet.
At the Whipple Museum we are very proud of our collection of maths equipment, including this cheerful “little professor” calculator. Colour him in and see what other mathematical equipment you can find around you!
We'd love to see your finished results - share your photos with us on twitter @WhippleMuseum or by emailing whipplelearning@gmail.com.
Flowers are nature’s artists. Blues, purples, yellows and reds - they come in an amazing rainbow of colours and shades.
Download this activity to find out the science behind petal colour, make your own petal paint and create a beautiful bouquet of paper flowers.
For this activity, you will need:
