Study Visit Timetable for the Day

Time

10.30

School arrives and reports to the Information Desk on Level 1 opposite the entrance stairs.

Toilets are available on Level 2 but please be aware these are public toilets and may already be in use.

10.40

Introduction
Introduce the Wellcome Collection and the day at the gallery.
Housekeeping (noise, phones, toilets, fire etc).
Talk about the value of questioning.
Briefly talk through the Trail Guide.
Teacher splits students into groups of five to visit the Gallery.

11.00

Gallery visit
The Education Facilitator and Visitor Services Assistant spend time with each group to make sure they are using the Trail Guide correctly, and to answer questions and discuss any issues.

12.00

Lunch in The Forum

12.45

Workshop
Introductions and a warm up game to the body image issue in a fun way.

13.00

Group debate
Students are challenged to give their view on topical issues of the day relating to body shape and image. Some of these topics will be quite controversial.

13.20

Body Extensions – Gathering Ideas
Students will be asked to think about the possibilities of their bodies being augmented and manipulated by scientists and influenced by fashion or their peers.

They will think about how they would  like scientists to develop new bodily parts for them – such as dancing legs, stretching to make you taller, built in chip to stop you biting your nails, infrared eyes to see at night etc - and write down their ideas.

13.30

Creating your Body Extension
This is a fun creative activity where students work in groups on one of their ideas for a body extension. They sketch out their idea working with pencils, paper, scissors, and then prepare a two minutes advertising campaign to "sell" their idea to the rest of the class who will pretend to be potential buyers.

14.30

Show their ideas
Now groups have to ‘sell’ their respective body extension ideas to the rest of the class by performing a live ‘TV commercial’, ensuring they have good reasons for their choices. The rest of the class, acting as potential buyers, will be able to ask clarification questions and comment. Once all the adverts have been seen the class will vote on which they think would be the most viable product.

The finished works will be photographed.

15.20

Students’ evaluation
We will end by asking the students about their views of the Study Day.

15.30

Finish