On this page we offer a table of links between the exhibits in the museum galleries and the National Curriculum.
Of course there may be many other ways in which the resources of the museum can be used to support learning.
| Gallery Resource |
Location |
Links to the Nat Curriculum |
|---|---|---|
Coronis interior and cabin |
Ground Floor |
KS1 History 2b, 4a, 6b KS2 History 2b, 4a, 7, 11a QCA History Unit 2 What were homes like a long time ago? Demonstrating how people lived in the Victorian era and later. |
Canal Costume |
Mezzanine Floor |
The costumes worn by men and women working on the boats. KS2 History 2b, 4a, 7, 11a |
Canal Life panels |
Mezzanine Floor |
KS2 History 2b, 4a, 7, 11a |
Battlebridge Basin |
Mezzanine Floor |
KS2 History 7, 11a KS2 Geography 3, 4, 7 |
Bantam Tug |
Mezzanine Floor |
KS2 Science Sc4 2b,c,d,e |
Lifting and handling & weighing |
Ground Floor |
KS2 Maths Ma3, 4 |
Measham Pottery |
Ground Floor |
KS 2 Art & Design 4,5 |
Lace plates |
Ground Floor |
KS 2 Art & Design 4,5 |
Roses and Castles canal art |
Ground Floor |
KS 2 Art & Design 4,5 |
Ice wells |
Ground Floor |
Ice well and ice trade exhibition illustrates Victorian ingenuity and industry KS 2 History 4, 7,11a KS2 Science Sc3 2 |
Ice trade exhibition |
Ground Floor |
KS2 History 4,7,11a |
Flip-book, Carlo Gatti |
Ground Floor |
KS2 History 4,7,11a |
Ice boxes |
Ground Floor |
KS2 History 4,7,11a |
Horse and ice-cart model |
Ground Floor |
>KS2 History 4,7,11a |
Ice cream tricycle |
Ground Floor |
KS2 History 4.7,11a |
Building entrance, weighbridge |
Ground Floor |
KS2 Maths Ma3, 4 |
Panels, rise and fall of canals |
Mezzanine Floor |
KS2 History 11a KS3 History 10 |
Horse ramp |
Ground and First floors |
KS2 Science Sc4 2b,c, d, & e |
Bridge building interactive |
Ground Floor |
>KS2 Maths Ma3 1c KS2 Design & Technology 1, 5b |
London map and intro panel |
First Floor |
KS2 History 7 |
Archive film of 1924 "Barging Through London" |
First Floor |
Film from 1924 illustrates how the canal has changed and London with it. KS2 History 4,6,11b |
Exhibition on Regents Canal |
First Floor |
KS2 History 4,6 |
Exhibition on canal craft |
First Floor |
Transport history |
Horse stable stall |
First Floor |
KS2 History 4, 11a |
Horse Power Exhibition |
First Floor |
Horse power, the importance of the working horse in 19th century transport. Includes stable, and medical instruments (more detail below). KS2 History - Transport. |
Horse power exhib panels |
First Floor |
KS2 Science Sc4 2b,c,d,e |
Forge and tools etc |
First Floor |
KS2 Science Sc3, 2 |
Hayracks |
First Floor |
KS2 History 4, 11a |
Horse shoe display |
First Floor |
KS2 History 4, 11a |
Horse harness display |
First Floor |
KS2 History 4, 11a |
Flip-book, Horse exhibition |
First Floor |
KS2 History 4, 11a |
Water and locks, panel/model |
First Floor |
KS2 Science Sc4 2b,c,d,e |
Water & locks, wooden paddles |
First Floor |
KS2 Science Sc4 2b,c,d,e |
Water/locks, windlass handles |
First Floor |
KS2 Science Sc4 2b,c,d,e |
Water/locks, boundary markets |
First Floor |
KS2 Science Sc4 2b,c,d,e |
Muscles and steam panel |
First Floor |
KS2 Science Sc4 2b,c,d,e |
| Macclesfield bridge explosion panel |
First Floor |
KS2 History 4,6,11b |
