Launchpad Project
This three-year outreach programme took the experiences and ethos of the Science Museum's innovative, hands-on Launchpad gallery into the classroom.
Overview
From 2007-2010, our Outreach team travelled to selected schools across the UK to deliver shows and workshops to students in Year 7 and S1 in Scotland. The project celebrated the re-opening of the Museum's popular Launchpad hands-on gallery following a major facelift.
The project reached over 8,500 students and 66 teachers.
Each school involved with the project experienced:
- Danger! High Voltage! Show - a 45-minute show about electricity and magnetism, witnessing high voltage lightning flashes and conducting electricity through hands.
- Science Communications Skills workshop - an interactive session developing communication skills using specialised demonstrations inspired by the Museum's Launchpad gallery itself.
- The Launchbox Challenge - a hands-on workshop inspired by the Launchpad's On the Move film, to design and create a chain reaction contraption.
- Finale - our team returned to each school where students presented their finished chain reaction contraption and performed the science demos they had learned.
- Teacher training - a two-day training course introducing each aspect of the project, including online support resources.
Sponsors
- Principal Sponsor: Shell
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