Make a museum
Connected Earth's cross curricular Make a Museum is created especially for Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 students, particularly those studying English, history, ICT and drama.With the help of Curator Dave select, interpret and present your own gallery from any of eight themes using documents, photographs, films, advertising, objects and Heritage Voices that bring the history of communications to life.
Curator Dave helps you to make your very own museum - what theme will you choose today?
History of the Internet
QCA scheme of work History at Key Stage 3, Unit 1. Introductory unit "what’s it all about?" - History of the Internet. The feature-packed Podcast is intended to stimulate interest into further research and discussion on the history of the Internet and its development. The Timeline will help students to improve their understanding of chronology and the way one event can pave the way for another. A range of suggested activities, designed to compliment the learning, offer students a fun and interactive way of engaging in this fascinating topic. One particular activity invites students to create their communications vision of the future.
How has life in Britain changed since 1948?
QCA scheme of work History at Key Stage 2 - Unit 13. This material has been produced to support the teaching of Unit 13 of the History curriculum for year 5/6. Children are able to learn about the reasons for and results of the changes in British life since 1948. There are five main areas that children can investigate changes in British life: working life, home life, popular culture, population, and technology.
How it works
Learn more about how this stuff actually works by exploring a range of interactive activities designed to be fun and informative.
Communications & museum projects - primary
Welcome to Connected Earth's primary Communications and Museum projects for 7-11 year olds. The two communications projects encourage pupils to explore communications inventions and discover the principle of communicating with numbers. The museum project is specifically designed to complement and support a visit to the Connected Earth gallery at Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre, Sussex, England.
Museum: Activities relating to the story of communications and the displays at Amberley that can be used before, during and after a visit to the Museum.
Communications & museum projects - secondary
Welcome to Connected Earth's secondary Communications and Museum projects for 11-16 year olds. The communications project explores industrialisation and communication via a concise history of the key events in telecommunications developments over the years. The museum project is specifically designed to complement and support a visit to the Connected Earth gallery at Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre, Sussex, England.
Fun and games
Can you beat our games or will they get the better of you? Explode equipment to see what's inside, hear the changing sounds of telecommunications, see how telecommunications designs have changed over time or send an e-postacard.