A resource to support teaching and learning through buildings and places
Welcome to your definitive teaching and learning guide for buildings and places. BSF, teaching activities, sustainability, visits, built environment, what's on, architecture, innovation, family learning, learning outside the classroom: it's all here on Engaging Places.
Between 4 June and 2 July 2010 over 1,000 schools across England will be running a Green Day event - helping to improve their sustainability. Be one of them!
Jump down the rabbit hole into the Alice in Wonderland experience at Antony House in Cornwall - one of the filming locations for the Disney movie!
East festival 2010 presents a quirky exploration of East London's architecture through art, music and debate. See how this approach can be applied with your class.
Find a site near you that has been awarded a prestigious Sandford Award for excellence in heritage education through work with schools.
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.
Learning about architecture at school can provide new challenges and experiences for students - find out about the American School in London's approach to this.
Download our collection of images to investigate a wide range of building materials without leaving the classroom. Teaching activities included!
A school garden can be useful, as well as beautiful. We explore the practicalities of how a green space can become an extension of the classroom.
Frustrated by unfulfilled creative plans? Interested in professional help but unclear how to get it? Do you have an exciting teaching idea but no time to develop it? Read on!
English Heritage is raising the awareness of the range of school buildings in England and ways they can be refurbished. Download a free resource to engage students in the history of their school building.
'Thinking Space' is a new workshop resource to support visioning of learning spaces for the future. Download your free copy here.
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.
Now there's no excuse for not using your local mosque, synagogue or church in your lessons. Here are some tips on integrating a visit into your curriculum planning.
Getting out and about with your class - from mediascapes to city trails, hear about tools you can use to inspire learning in local places.
Guidance on planning out-of-school learning experiences, key areas include charging policy, planning and health and safety.
Students at Wingfield School beautify the new Discover Greenwich Centre and discover how beauty is in the eye of the beholder!
Students are given the task of making the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage site more appealing for young people. They start with the creepy subterranean tunnels and ghost stories!
When mainstream education fails, how can you engage disillusioned students in learning? A pupil referral unit in North Somerset finds a solution in the Bristol harbourside.
Primary students in Coventry discover a side to their city they never knew, giving them the skills and confidence to take on a challenge.
Is science just all test tubes, series and parallel circuits? Not at Trinity School - they're stepping into marshland to examine how this environment shapes their local area!
Presenting research that assesses the supply and demand of built environment education in schools throughout England.
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