Discovery Museum Uniformed Groups Event

Calling all Rainbows, Beavers, Brownies and Cubs! 

Come to Discovery Museum and take part in a series of activities that will help you achieve some of the requirements for your badges. Activities will run in the Great Hall. 

Access to the museum is free if you would like to spend all day at the museum, exploring the galleries before or after taking part in the activities.

This year activities will be timetabled and groups will take part in a number of 30-minute facilitated activities. 

Groups can choose to stay all day and take part in all eight activities* or join us for a half day and take part in four activities. 

Young people will sit at tables that are reserved for their group only and equipment will be cleaned between uses. Groups will also be able to stay in the Great Hall over lunch to eat together if required.

Sessions 1-4
- Northumberland National Parks

Down to Earth – An Exciting Journey Beneath Our Feet!

Discover the wonders of soil and why it’s the foundation of our natural world. Bring your group to meet the amazing dung beetle, nature’s tiny recycler! Learn how these fascinating creatures help keep our ecosystems thriving.

Let’s dig in and explore why healthy soil matters for everything from plants to animals—and us!

- Discovery Museum- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle- Do you know what can go in your recycle bin? Tackle our recycling challenge and design your own recycling superhero bag.
- Great North Museum- Romans- Explore Roman artifacts and create your own Roman helmet
- ONE Planet- Climate Change Its In Our Hands- Think about climate change, its effects on the planet, and what we can do to help prevent it.

Sessions 5-8
- CAD2CODE- Robotics
- Laing Art Gallery- Wonderful Wind- create your own natural materials pinwheel. 
- Stephenson Railway Museum- Nature calls- At Stephenson Steam Railway, we are creating a woodland walk. Inspired by the artist Andy Goldsworthy, have a go at creating your own natural materials art piece to represent something you might see at Stephenson. For example, a steam train, an insect or a bird.

- Discovery Museum- Battery Challenge- Can you build a circuit powered by a lemon? What about a cucumber? Experiment with the power of the fruits and vegetables and create crazy circuits.