A resource to support teaching and learning through buildings and places
Welcome to your definitive teaching and learning guide for buildings and places. Teaching activities, sustainability, visits, built environment, what's on, architecture, innovation, family learning, learning outside the classroom: it's all here on Engaging Places.
4 out of 5 young people say they think learning about this has a positive impact on their behaviour. What is it?
The launch weekend of 'Discovering Places' features a range of free events on your doorstep.
Take a peek inside the Serpentine's 10th pavilion and explore a temple to contemporary architecture with our image bank resource.
730 ways to dig deeper into the past…
Gain confidence in using the largest resource available - the buildings and places around you.
Tell us about your Green Day event and win £200 to spend on making your school more sustainable!
How can Architecture help you to get your pupils thinking about Maths in new ways? Read about the work of the Architects in Residence initiative…
Norman Foster turned 75 in June. The extraordinary range of buildings and structures designed by Foster and Partners can be a great resource for teaching.
Links to great resources to use local buildings and places in memorable lessons.
Green Day resources can help you teach topics related to all eight Sustainable Schools' doorways.
Buildings are incredibly versatile teaching resources. This article introduces some of the possibilities, subject-by-subject across the curriculum, taking the example of St Pancras Station in London…
Great summer activities and events for all the family.
A close-up focus on an iconic venue already looking forward to hosting Olympic action in 2012
Groups of young people across the country are set to engage with the lead-up to the 2012 Olympics, through interpretive dance, 3D models and virtual cycling.
Streetscapes provide a host of hidden avenues for learning. On the doorstep, free to visit and with scope for inspiring activities across the curriculum - what are you waiting for?
A visit to a local theatre can provide opportunities for creative cross-curricular learning. We reveal the clues theatre buildings can provide about technology, social history and values and attitudes.
A student from Madeley Academy talks about his experience of Stories in stone so far.
Two pupils from Wingfield Primary School in London describe an Engaging Places project involving the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich.
Four year 8 gifted and talented students talk about their experiences exploring Erith marches, Bexley.
Four students write about their experiences as Coventry's new 'Church Detectives', as part of the 2009/10 Engaging Places Network.
Six students from Oak Hill, North Somerset, write about their experiences with the 2009/10 Engaging Places Network.
Presenting research that assesses the supply and demand of built environment education in schools throughout England.
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