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Introduction

• Study Visit file

In Oxford

• Ashmolean Museum
• Modern Art, Oxford
• Natural History Museum

Outside Oxford

• Broughton Castle

Introduction

Study Visit file with materials

In the General Office, there is a Study Visit file (developed by Penny Larrs and other teachers). It has lots of extra information and material, including:

• study visit rationales
• information sheets
• teaching suggestions
• worksheets

In Oxford

Ashmolean Museum

"the oldest public museum in Britain, and one of the oldest public museums in the world"

Study resources

• Ashmolean Museum
• Other UK Museums & Galleries
• Art-related Glossaries
• Archaelogy

Interactive study resources

• Interactive glossary
• Art quizzes

Modern Art, Oxford

"the South East's leading centre for modern and contemporary art with a national and international reputation"

Study resources

• Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
• Art Glossaries
• Other Art Galleries

Interactive study resources

• Art quizzes

Natural History Museum (Oxford University)

"The Museum houses Oxford University's extensive world-wide collections of zoology, entomology, geology, and mineralogy, including the local dinosaur finds, a 40ft Tyrannosaurus rex, the observation beehive and Alice's Dodo."

The Natural History Museum is a great place to visit to find out about the natural world of the past and present. You can learn about animals and other living things, and see stuffed animals and skeletons, the geology of our planet, Earth, and the different periods of time in its history, the theory of evolution and how life developed, and see lots of fossils, and extinct and endangered species of animals, including dinosaurs and the famous Dodo bird.

Study Resources Menu:

1. Natural History Museum, Oxford University
2. Vocabulary: Plants and animals

• Names of plants and animals
• Names of baby animals
• Names of groups of animals (e.g. a herd of deer)
• Classifications of living things (e.g. plant, animal, reptile, mammal)
• Animal sounds
• Animal Idioms

3. Understanding planet Earth's geological time
4. Understanding evolution

• Evolution vs. creationism

5. Extinct and endangered species (e.g. dinosaurs, giant pandas)

Outside Oxford

Broughton Castle

Introduction

• Information: general background knowledge and information to help you get the most out of a visit to Broughton Castle
• Language: vocabulary and other language to help you get the most out of a visit to Broughton Castle

Study resources

• Broughton Castle: Learn about the house, movies that have been filmed there, the family that own the house, and important tourist information (opening times, etc)
• History: Broughton Castle was important during the English Civil War. Learn about the history of the English Civil War and the important people, including King Charles I and King Charles II, and Oliver Cromwell

Interactive study resources

• History & historical vocabulary: interactive quizzes, crossword puzzles, matching games and other fun and challenging activities to help you check your knowledge of the English Civil War, and related topics during 17th century Britain