Educational Visits at RAF Museum, Midlands School Trip

Through our partnerships with various organisations such as the Royal Air Force, Raytheon UK, Airbus, Rolls Royce and more - we can offer bespoke events based around careers advice. Previous examples of such events include a STEM lecture series for KS4 students with professionals from varying backgrounds delivering fun educational talks and offering career pathway information.

Our Science of Forces and Motion workshops look at the varying effects of forces on items.

Our Second World War workshops are primarily delivered in our historic classroom. Pupils will use a range of sources and museum artefacts, including original RAF uniform, to develop their depth of knowledge and inspire curiosity in numerous topics relating to the war.

Most of our STEM workshops have elements of construction, design and evaluation. Our STEM workshops include: Pulleys and Levers, Rockets, Rocket Cars, Rover Repair and Pulleys and Levers. Our website contains full details of our offering.

During our STEM workshops, students are given a brief and then will have the opportunity to work with a variety of resources, to design and build the relevant prototype. Students will evaluate their design and make changes throughout the workshop, learning about the suitability of materials and enhancing their critical thinking skills.

Many of our historic sessions have a focus on local links with RAF Cosford which was used throughout the Second World War.

Our history sessions are designed to show every side of a topic, and it is the Museum's ethos to ensure that we share the true story of the RAF, including the diversity of its personnel. We offer sessions such as Pilots of the Caribbean - which explores personnel through the ages from all over the Carribbean. Our Battle of Britain session also looks at pilots from across the Commonwealth that came to support the RAF during the 1940's.

Many of our STEM workshops incorporate a problem solving element, basic arithmetic and measurement.

Upon request, we can cater many of our workshops to focus on specific individuals, from early pioneers of aviation to modern scientists.

The RAF are on a mission to reduce carbon emissions and achieve Net Zero by 2040.
We all have a responsibility to reduce our environmental impact and prevent climate change. The RAF have a strategy of initiatives and projects to strive towards sustainability and lower its carbon footprint, while maintaining operational effectiveness.

We are currently taking part in The Wild Escape - a nationwide initiative that encourages children to explore biodiversity and wildlife. We have several resources that explore biodiversity and biomimicry.