Water of Life Project Details
Water of Life is a schools and museums partnership project funded by MLA North East
Year 1 pupils and their teacher Mrs Helen Morrow from Ropery Walk Primary School in Seaham visited Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens to explore the museum collections with learning staff
They looked for objects with a connection to water in the Winter Gardens, Worlds Alive, 20th Century Sunderland and Launched on Wearside galleries. Themes included water and people, water and animals and water and plants
Pupils recorded their ideas about the objects they saw using audio recordings, drawings and written work back in school. These ideas have been developed by Podcast Digital into a Water of Life virtual tour for other schools and pupils to enjoy
If your school would like to make a visit to Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens and Mowbray Park please contact the Learning Team at sunderland@twmuseums.org.uk or visit the website www.twmuseums.org.uk/schools
Teaching Resources - Topic Plan (download as a Word Document)
This topic plan shows how the theme of water was used across the curriculum in a year 1 class. The sections in blue are activity ideas which could be linked to a museum visit or carried out using a museum loan box.
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