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Thinktank Brings Science to Life for Young Minds
 

Thinktank is Birmingham’s museum of science and discovery. Offering ten galleries over four floors of interactive, informative exhibits, it is a truly modern museum. Visitors can investigate everything from locomotives and aircraft to intestines and taste buds! Thinktank believes that learning and fun go hand in hand. Whilst the appeal is universal, school children particularly benefit from the hands-on displays and interactive environments that really excite young minds. It encourages children to explore freely, get interactive with the exhibits and add their own experiences to the wealth of information and interest on display. Thinktank offers school groups a whole range of workshops, shows and special events that link directly to the national curriculum and your key stage; literacy, numeracy, design and technology, ICT, history and, of course, science to name but a few. Students are encouraged to get to grips with forensic science, take part in numeracy and literacy trails and investigate the wonders of electricity in an interactive show where the children become atoms and electrons! There are chemical shows, ICT Mavica camera trails, and even the chance to create a short animation film. In addition, the museum houses the biggest educational interactive LEGO experience outside LEGOLAND Windsor. In our LEGO ® Lab, students and teachers can try their hand at programming LEGO robots using award winning Robolab Software.

And if that isn’t enough, all this is alongside ten fascinating themed galleries; they are:
 

Move it A gallery dedicated to transport. Here students can admire the suspended hurricane and spitfire aircraft and try their hand at transporting goods from city to city. Power Up Take a tour of some of the most magnificent working steam engines, including the oldest working example in the world – James Watt’s Smethwick Beam Engine.

Making Things
From buttons and buckles to hairgrips and sweet wrappers, explore the birth of the Industrial Revolution as man and machine meet in the workplace.

City Stories
This journey through Birmingham’s past starts with its mention in the Domesday Book of 1086 and brings the visitor right up to the present day, via the green suburbs and grimy back-street tenements.
 

The Street Stroll down Thinktank’s weird and wonderful street and discover the science we all take for granted. Examine the workings of a CD and a pelican crossing. Children will be amazed at the amount of science and technology we use in our everyday lives. Kids in the City A gallery for under 7s only. Youngsters can explore the water feature, fix cars in the garage and serve food in the mini café!

Things About Me
Wrestle with a boneless body, get to grips with your guts then voyage through veins and ventricles in an amazing exploration of your own body.

Medicine Matters
Take a healthy interest in disease, genetics, surgery and more. Play Immunity Space Invaders and Musical Genes, perform a virtual hip operation and wise up on Artificial Intelligence.
 

Wild Life Why do you never see a polar-bear slip? What’s really odd about the platypus? How long have crocs been snapping? Join us in the field to find out how scientists study the wild world and how clever animals adapt to change. Futures The world we live in is changing every day. See how it’s being shaped by cutting edge technology. From human knowledge and deep space to micro machines and emotional robots. The Futures Gallery is a wonderful glance into the future.

Of course there are many other important aspects behind a school visit – and Thinktank has it all in hand. There’s a designated lunch area just for your students, a schools cloakroom, disabled access throughout and classrooms dedicated solely to schools. Planning your visit couldn’t be easier; Thinktank offers free teacher visits, preview evenings and resource packs that clearly lay out what’s on offer for your key stage.

Whatever you’re looking for from your school visit, you’ll find it at Thinktank.

For more information call our schools hotline on 0121 202 2244
or visit www.thinktank.ac

www.thinktank.ac