Wind, Steam and Dr Diesel!
A half-day workshop covering Science and Local History for KS 2.
Learn about forces and materials by exploring the history of the Fens, with re-enactors in costume and exciting science challenges. Finish with seeing one of the diesel engines in operation!
Visual resources available here for pre- or post-visit use in the classroom, or can be viewed in the Museum.
To create a full Fenland day of activities, we can add further relevant activities tailored to your school's requirements.
Learn about forces and materials by exploring the history of the Fens, with re-enactors in costume and exciting science challenges. Finish with seeing one of the diesel engines in operation!
- Meet Cornelius Vermuyden and hear about the adventurers and their wind pumps.
- Science challenge: using a wind tunnel, students will design and test a sail for a wind generator.
- Meet James Watt and discover why steam replaced wind for draining the Fens.
- Meet Dr Rudolph Diesel and learn about his remarkable invention.
- Science challenge: design and make a flood sensor using Knex.
- What will happen to the Fens as the climate changes?
Visual resources available here for pre- or post-visit use in the classroom, or can be viewed in the Museum.
To create a full Fenland day of activities, we can add further relevant activities tailored to your school's requirements.
For more information and to arrange a booking, or to discuss a visit tailored to your particular requirements, please contact us.
