Time Odyssey

Time Odyssey at the British Museum
When you arrive, make your way to the Ford Centre for Young Visitors. You'll be greeted by the Time Odyssey team who'll be ready to equip you for your quest.

Time Odyssey students should be split into groups of two to three and each group will be issued with their Warp Deck (a Samsung tablet loaded with the Time Odyssey experience – no other apps or software will be accessible, and tablets cannot connect to the internet). Teachers will have their own special Warp Deck to help them guide and monitor Time Keepers in their quest.

Following the quest will be intuitive and easy – but we'll be issuing written and video guidance for teachers and other supervising adults before your visit, so you can get familiar with the experience.

Students will be encouraged to:

• Understand life in different historical periods
• Work in teams to observe closely, analyse, and communicate information on collections in the Museum
• Enhance their communication skills
• Be inspired to visit and explore museums

This programme takes a skills-building approach that can be applied to any historical period of study. Time Odyssey works with the following elements of the KS2 English national curriculum.

History

• Address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance.
• Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
• Construct informed responses that involve thoughtful selection and organisation of relevant historical information.
• Note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the appropriate use of historical terms.
• Develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.

Science

• Living things and their environments (climate change and natural resources).

Language and Literacy

• Explain and discuss their understanding of what they have read, including through formal presentations and debates.
• Draw inferences such as inferring characters' feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions.
• Retrieve and record information from non-fiction; distinguish between statements of fact and opinion.

Geography

• Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied.

• Make your booking for a Time Odyssey trip at the British Museum.
• Arrange coach transport for your trip (please note, only coach travel is eligible for the transport grant).
• Download the transport grant application form and send to timeodyssey@britishmuseum.org along with your invoice from your coach travel provider.
• Transport grants will be paid in arrears after the trip has taken place.
• Full eligibility criteria and terms can be found in the application form.