Key Stage 1 Gallery Trail
A student work booklet for the National Coal Mining Museum for England
SB06/10 National Coal Mining Museum for England Trust Ltd. Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton, Wakefield, WF4 4RH Tel: 01924 848806 Fax: 01924 840694 www.ncm.org.uk Registered in England and Wales as a limited company by guarantee no. 1702426 VAT no. 457 5483 14 Reg. Charity 517325 Reg. Office: Caphouse Colliery
Find out what it was like to be a miner and part of a mining family.
Home life
Find the snap tin. Can you finish the drawing?
Also draw something that you might put inside.
The Backyard Make a list of the ways the backyard is different from yours at home: ……………………………………. ……………………………………. ……………………………………. …………………………………….
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Lamp Display Look at all the different lamps. Choose your favourite. Can you draw it?
Look at this lamp. Find it in the case and tick the words that describe it: shiny
dull
strong
bendy
soft
heavy
Why do you think you might need a lamp underground? ……………………………………………….. Living Life to the Full What is in the box?
I can feel……………………...
I can smell…………………….
I can feel……………………...
I can smell…………………….
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Here you will collect your hard hat, cap lamp and battery. You will also be given a check, which tells the people in the lamproom how many people are underground.
What thing do you need to go underground? Draw a circle around the right object
Why have you chosen this object? …………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
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You will be taken underground by a miner. He will tell you about mining from the early 1800s to the present day. Here is a picture of the winder, which used to take the cage underground
See if you can finish the sentences below. You can choose words in the box to help you, or use your own. Underground it is very …………………………....…………………………. I felt …………………………………………………..…………………………. Coal mining is a ………………………………………………………….job. exciting easy
scary hard
dangerous
Would you like to work underground?
happy cold
dark lonely sad
Why?
…………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………
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Horses and ponies have been used at coal mines for many years to pull the coal tubs.
The Museum looks after several horses and ponies. In the past, horses and ponies would work in coal mines. What are the names of the horses and ponies at the Museum today? …………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………
Draw a picture of the food that the horses and ponies might eat.
Why don’t horses or ponies work in Britain underground anymore? …………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………
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