Mathematics
Key Stage: Any
Maximum number: See Planning a visit
Please contact the Education Officer to discuss facilitated visits tailored to meet the needs of your students.
WHAT THE MUSEUM HAS TO OFFER
The museum has a wide range of instruments relating to drawing and measurement, as well as mechanical models for demonstration and calculating tools.
The Measurers
In particular, the top gallery explores the central place of mathematics in Renaissance culture and traces the development of measuring tools, calculating machines including Babbage’s difference engine, and instruments such as the astrolabe and sundial involving astronomical measurements.
Activities that have been carried out in workshops at the museum for Key Stage 3 and 4 include the construction of a model quadrant for use in measuring and problem-solving related to surveying.
Other possible workshop themes include the use of geometry in astronomy and navigation, and the construction of a model cross-staff.
The basic principles of mechanics can be explored through illustrations of the geometry of war (see online exhibition) and the applications of Galileo’s discoveries.
Soldiers
Mortar Trajectories
