World Museum Project

On the 19th of January 2019, the Education and Outreach team planned and implemented fun projects for young children to participate in to get a better understanding of evolution and adaptation through having fun in the world museum.

There were 5 overall projects that were run at the museum on the day, run by multiple of our students and overseen by Eleni Liami, with the help of Sarah Linkman.

One of the first activities was Darwin's Finches, this required the children to go around with a volunteer and match the given beaks to a bird from information packs. It helped them gain understanding about the theory of evolution and the relationship between organisms. This activity was lead by Eleni, Sara and
Lauren.

The next activity that was run was the Little Tour Guides. During this, Samrudhi, Abbie and Mia, let the children visiting the museum pick their favourite displays and then take another student around as they pretended to be tour guides. Each of the children received a sticker at the end as an marker that they completed this activity.


The create your own animal was an interactive activity with a multitude of craft items which allowed the children to make their own hybrids which they were able to take home and keep. The activity was supervised by Emily and Ellie and encouraged the visitors to think about different adaptations of different organisms.




Here are some of the creations by the children that participated in the activity:

Match the minerals was another fun packed activity; the children picked a mineral and found an exhibit with the same colours. They were then required to fill in an information sheet about their mineral and the exhibit. This was organised by Ellen and encouraged the visitors to relate the colours of the minerals to the potential survival advantage of those colours in animals and plants.

The last activity was butterfly origami; the shapes were prepared before hand so that the children were able to colour them and just have fun. This was lead by Abbie, with the help Mia and Samrudhi.

“I believe the Liverpool World Museum trip went great. All the activities were running smoothly and we got to educate people on the exhibitions as well as tell them about Liverpool Life Sciences UTC. I’m really proud of my team for making this possible; it was further proof that anything is possible as long as you put your mind to it.” -Eleni Liami

The department hopes to implement these types of sessions and activities in other places, and potentially other museums. This could further expand children's knowledge on STEM subjects, as well as other interesting areas that they may not know of, in a fun and engaging way.
What do you think that the Education and Outreach team should do next?

Thanks for reading,
Martyna (Blog Manager of the BRI).