Autumn term visits

Hello teachers! During the Autumn term, school visits will be limited. Get in touch via each museum for details.

While you’re here, have a look at our online resources, collections and mylearning.org.

Learn at Thwaite Watermill

At Thwaite Watermill we can help you deliver creative, skills-based learning across many different curriculum areas.

Use our learning search to explore our range of learning opportunities

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A fruit and vegetable power station

Students will experiment with this surprising green alternative to the battery by constructing and measuring the output of electric circuits.

Tags: Biology, KS3, KS4

Back to Nature

See the natural sciences in action! Explore Thwaite Island as a habitat for butterflies and micro-habitats for local wildlife.

Tags: Biology, KS1, KS2

Canals: Can water travel uphill?

Explore water resistance, levers, gears and locks, experiment with our mini canal network, and record observations using tables and diagrams.

Tags: KS2, Physics Machines & Energy

Celebrate Christmas with the Horne family

Become a servant for the Horne family for the day and help them to celebrate a Victorian Christmas at Thwaite Watermill.

Tags: KS1, KS2, The Victorians

From Rock to Pot

Students will study how processed minerals and rocks were used in the pottery industry by examining our collections of rocks, minerals and Burmantofts pottery.

Tags: Biology, Chemistry, KS3, KS4

Gravity

Design, build and test a number of different rockets and propulsion systems.

Tags: KS3, KS4

How to make coal tar soap

How do you make soap out of something black?

Tags: Chemistry, KS3, KS4

Renewable Energy

Can we make Thwaite Watermill energy sustainable? Explore water, wind and solar power and how they can generate electricity.

Tags: KS2, Physics Machines & Energy

Sir George Cayley – a great Yorkshire inventor

Discover Sir George Cayley’s claim to fame. Build and test flying machines and machines that could not possibly fly, exploring the science of aerodynamics.

Tags: KS3, KS4

Waterforce! A green energy source

Explore the mill to discover how water wheels work and discuss forces, then build working working model waterwheels, evaluate them on a test rig and explore the use of dynamos to generate electricity.

Tags: KS2, Physics Machines & Energy