Foxton Locks offers an excellent learning environment that extends beyond the classroom and helps schools deliver learning opportunities to inspire in a creative and authentic way.
Learning
The Maths Curriculum requires pupils to understand and apply mathematical concepts to problems to create solutions. The museum can provide practical demonstrations of how mathematical concepts were used to transport heavy goods along our waterways.
The Canal and River Trust in conjunction with Rolls Royce developed a series of STEM projects to explore the Mathematics curriculum using our waterways and the water cycle.
These projects can be explored in a classroom environment or delivered by the museum.
Topics that can be explored are:
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Volume /Mass/ Water pressure
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Measuring mass / Upthrust / Archimedes
To find out more, please contact the museum.
The Canal and River Trust also provide worksheets for schools that help you use the waterways as a source for collecting data for analysis. Ongoing research on Otter populations can be used for evaluative purposes and creating graphs and pie charts.
The Royal Navy and Royal Marines have also produced a STEM Booklet to explore the function of Mathematics on our waterways. These can be used in the classroom and are suitable for many Key Stages.
To find out more about Mathematics on the waterways and explore what workshops we can provide please contact Foxton Canal Museum: learning@foxtoncanalmuseum.org
