Educators
Downloadable Resources
Why not use our downloadable resources to help your group explore the museum?
They all cover principal exhibits in both main halls, and are designed to get the children looking carefully and making their own observations - no intensive reading of labels required!
The collections and displays within the museum change over time to reflect different themes and to embrace the acquisition or loan of exhibits. This means that occasionally some of the activities mentioned in the activity sheets are not applicable and therefore to avoid disappointment we advise teachers to check any resources that they wish to use during their preliminary visit.
Groups will find out a mixture of key facts and quirky details, any of which may be used as a basis for further research or classroom work. Alternatively, they provide an enjoyable half-hour tour of the museum which encourages children to focus on, and find out more about the objects before their eyes.
It’s easy, print the resources out at home and bring them to the museum to use (keep it green though, please print and photocopy onto both sides of the paper). We hope to see you soon exploring the museum with these educational and fun resources. What will you discover?
Activity sheets for Key Stage 1
Explore the Museum’s fascinating collection with our fun activity sheets.
'I Spy' 3-5 yrs (PDF 1.06MB)
'I Spy' 6-7 yrs (PDF 1.02MB)
Activity sheets for Key Stage 2
A series of World War II trails around the museum.
Activity sheets for Key Stage 3+
A trail taking in key objects and quirky facts available in English, French and German.
Fast Fact Quiz - English (PDF 2MB)
Fast Fact Quiz - German (PDF 2MB)
Fast Fact Quiz - French (PDF 2MB)
Activity Sheets for Key Stages 2 and 3
Square Routes: A series of trails with a mathematical slant. The introduction details which trails are suitable for which ages.
Introduction and instructions 1-6 (PDF 149KB)
Square Route 1 (7-12) (PDF 139KB)
Square Route 1 (7-12) (PDF 137KB)
Square Route 3 (19-24) (PDF 145KB)
Square Route 4 (25-30) (PDF 194KB)
Square Route 5 (31-35) (PDF 148KB)
Square Route 6 (36-42) (PDF 199KB)
Square Route 7 (43-47) (PDF 171KB)
Square Route 8 (48-52) (PDF 163KB)
Square Route 9 (53-56) (PDF 135KB)
Square Route Answers (57-67) (PDF 303KB)
Major Exhibits Information Sheets
English
Bullet Train (PDF 67KB)
Chinese Locomotive (PDF 95KB)
Dining Saloon No76 (PDF 102KB)
Duchess of Hamilton (PDF 97KB)
Evening Star (PDF 77KB)
King Edward’s and Queen Alexandra’s Saloons (PDF 99KB)
LMS Class 5 (PDF 97KB)
Mallard (PDF 108KB)
Midland Diner No 3463 (PDF 78KB)
Queen Mary's Saloon (PDF 113KB)
Queen Victoria's Saloon (PDF 119KB)
Rocket (PDF 119KB)
Tricomposite Carriage (PDF 108KB)
Winding Engine (PDF 83KB)
German
Der Japanische Superschnellzug (Bullet Train) (PDF 68KB)
Die Chinesische Lokomotive (Chinese Locomotive) (PDF 96KB)
Speisewagen Nummer 76 ( Dining Saloon No76) (PDF 104KB)
Herzogin von Hamilton (Duchess of Hamilton) (PDF 81KB)
Evening Star (PDF 78KB)
Wagen von König Edward VII und Königin Alexandra (King Edward’s and Queen Alexandra’s Saloons) (PDF 100KB)
LMS Baureihe 5 (LMS Class 5) (PDF 99KB)
Mallard (PDF 107KB)
Speisewagen Nummer 3463 (Midland Diner) (PDF 80KB)
Königin Marys Wagen (Queen Mary's Saloon) (PDF 115KB)
Königin Victorias Wagen (Queen Victoria's Saloon) (PDF 116KB)
Rocket (PDF 121KB)
Bremswagen geteilt in drei Klassen (Tricomposite Carriage) (PDF 109KB)
Die Seilwinde (Winding Engine) (PDF 85KB)
French
Le TGV Japonais (Bullet Train) (PDF 68KB)
La Locomotive Chinoise (Chinese Locomotive) (PDF 96KB)
Wagon-Restaurant No. 76 (Dining Saloon No76) (PDF 104KB)
Duchesse de Hamilton (Duchess of Hamilton) (PDF 98KB)
Evening Star (PDF 77KB)
Les Voitures du roi Edward VII et de la reine Alexandra (King Edward’s and Queen Alexandra’s Saloons) (PDF 99KB)
LMS Série 5 (LMS Class 5) (PDF 98KB)
Mallard (PDF 63KB)
Wagon-restaurant No. 3463 (Midland Diner) (PDF 80KB)
La Voiture de la reine Mary (Queen Mary's Saloon) (PDF 114KB)
La Voiture de la reine Victoria (Queen Victoria's Saloon) (PDF 120KB)
Rocket (PDF 120KB)
Voiture pour les trois classes (Tricomposite Carriage) (PDF 109KB)
La Machine à Vapeur Fixe (Winding Engine) (PDF 85KB)