The Museum offers a wide range of stimulating, high-quality learning activities linked to the National Curriculum.
Whether you are looking for activities to support History, Science, Design and Technology or Literacy, our Education Team will be able to advise you about what activities will best suit your group and can help you plan your visit to meet your pupils' learning requirements.

For a full guide to the activities please download our Teacher's Guide.

For further information about how these activities are linked to the National Curriculum please download our Education Matrix .

Living-History Workshops
Take your pupils back in time and immerse them in coal mining history. Our live interpreters use drama
and role play to engage pupils and encourage them to empathise with people from the past.
For more information please click here to download the

Teachers’ Guide. 

Interactive Trails and Workshops
Book a session with a miner and Dig Deeper to find out more about Caphouse Colliery, or follow a self-led trail around the Museum.

Please click here to download one of our self-led trails:

Rocks Trail
Materials Trail
Habitats Trail Workbook and Teachers' notes
Numeracy Trail and Teachers' notes
 

How Science Works in the Mining Industry
The Museum is pleased to host hands-on science activities aimed at KS3 and KS4 pupils. Focusing on ‘How Science Works’, these sessions give pupils the opportunity to see and experience real science, set in a vocational context.
For more information please click here to download the Teachers’ Guide.

Science Made Simple
Aimed at KS1 and KS2, the interactive activities and exhibits at Hope Pit are designed to
complement the Science and Design Technology curriculum. A series of hands-on, curriculumlinked
workshops are available to bring science alive for your pupils.
For more information please click here to download the Teachers’ Guide.

Your Feedback

Our workshops and activities are reviewed and evaluated on a regular basis and we welcome your comments about how we can improve our service. Please click here to submit your comments.

If you would like to make a direct contribution to the development of learning activities at the Museum, then why not join our Teachers' Panel? The Teachers' Panel meets three times a year to discuss new ideas and future developments. Please contact the Education Officer for more details.

      
Dig Deeper model

      
Girl with lamp

      
The Nature Trail

Using the Rocks Trail