Summer activities are here at RAF Museum London. Explore what’s on and plan your visit.

Key Stage 3

Students presenting to class
Debate Space (Upper KS3 and KS4/5)

The Environment

Can individuals make a difference in fighting Climate Change? Can aviation be sustainable and are synthetic fuels the solution?

AI and Drones

Should drones be allowed in our skies? Should we be worried about artificial intelligence? Should machines with increasing levels of automation and autonomy be used in combat?

Curriculum links: Debate skills, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Drones, The Environment and Climate Change

Flight Factory Challenge (KS3)

Can your team design and build the strongest aircraft structure?

Curriculum links: Design and Technology

Flying Colours (KS3/4)

What roles and contributions have ethnically diverse men and women played in the RAF?

Curriculum Links: History and Citizenship

Hands-on History: First World War or Battle of Britain (KS3/4)

How was the RAF involved in key moments of British history such as the First World War or the Battle of Britain?

Curriculum links: History

Pilots of the Caribbean (KS3/4) online

What roles and contributions have ethnically diverse men and women played in the RAF?

Curriculum links: History and Citizenship

Science Show: Science of Flight (KS3)

How do aircraft fly and how can we survive up high?

Curriculum links: Science

Suitable for large groups of up to 200 students.

Under Pressure (KS3)

Why don’t pilots die?

Curriculum links: Science – Atmospheric pressure and pressure in liquids; Describing forces and motion; Heat transfers

Design to Survive (KS3)

Can you help aircrew to evade capture by designing practical survival equipment?

Curriculum Links: Design & Technology and History

For more information and to view our full range of workshops, click here for the Secondary programme.

To book, please complete the online booking form.

For enquiries, please email learning-london@rafmuseum.org or phone 020 8358 4896. 

Flying Colours – Outreach

Offered to schools in the following locations: Alperton, Barnet, Borehamwood, Camden, Chipping Barnet, East Barnet, Edgware, Elstree, Finchley, Hampstead, Harlesden, Harrow, Hendon, Islington, Kilburn, New Southgate, Paddington, Radlett, Shenley, Stanmore, Totteridge, Wembley, Whetstone, Zone 1 Central London.

What schools need to provide: access to electricity supply and to a HDMI connection, a projector, a stage or some form of staging so that the facilitator can be seen by the students.

Please email learning-london@rafmuseum.org if you are interested in having ‘Flying Colours’ at your school.

Cost: £200 per performance. Max two performances. Available mornings only. No maximum number of students.

Numbers: Suitable for large groups or an assembly.

“Under Pressure was a fantastic session which the cadets really enjoyed. The staff throughout the musuem are super helpful and the exhibits amazing.”