LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre Birmingham School Trip
Merlin Entertainments
Birmingham B16 8AE
We offer teachers well-designed, well organised school trips that support the National Curriculum for KS1 - KS2. We also offer free places for teachers, free planning visits for teachers (prior to the main visit), pre-prepared Risk Assessments and hands-on workshops designed by teachers. We have a bank of teacher and education resources available to help support your visit, and also in the classroom. Our range of hands-on learning experiences bring the worlds of maths, science and technology to life outside the classroom.
Teacher Checklist
Risk Assessments Inspection Visits Free Places for Teachers Resource Packs AALA Licence
We can visit your school in:
What activities are available during educational visits?
We offer a programme of education sessions for KS1-KS2 students! Drawing on core principles from maths and engineering through to science and technology.
We also offer activities for KS1 to KS4.
We also offer activities for KS1 to KS4.
Which curriculum topics do we cater for?
Maths School Trip
Measurement Logic and Problem Solving
With our catapult and seesaw workshops you will build and test models that use first class levers. What changes can be made to make the catapult project further? Students will investigate pivot, effort and load, first class levers, they will measure with standard units of measure and predict outcomes of various trials.
Design Technology School Trip
Mechanics and engineering
Exploring the effects of gearing, and balanced and unbalanced forces on the movement of an object. Can you build a device that can make a spinning top and spin? What changes can be made to make it spin for longer? The lesson objectives here cover combining materials, evaluating, game design and gears.
Physics School Trip
Gears and Pulleys Forces
Our spinning tops, catapult, seesaw and robotics workshop we demonstrate scientific principles of balancing forces, energy, levers and pivots via the creation of a Seesaw build. Students will predict outcomes of experiments involving experimentation with weight. You will also learn how to describe movement in different ways and how cause and effect can be explored in mechanical systems.
What size groups do we cater for?
To book at our exclusive education rates your group booking will need to be for 10 students or more; we offer a free teacher ratio of 1 free teacher for every five primary aged pupils and 1 for every three pre-school pupils. We also offer schools a book now pay later booking option whereby you can reserve your preferred date and confirm final numbers and pay 14 days (10 working days) in advance of your visit date.
Is there first aid on site?
We ensure that there are always staff members at the LEGOLAND Discovery Centre who are trained in first aid.
Access for visitors with disabilities
We have full access for disabled visitors, including lift access to our upper floor.
The centre has been designed with your needs in mind.
The centre has been designed with your needs in mind.
Teacher Checklist
Risk Assessments Inspection Visits Free Places for Teachers Resource Packs AALA Licence
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