Our STEAM activity for June celebrates Speak Cornish Week and Morse code. Can you work out the Cornish words from the Morse code?
Whitsun Bird activity
Our PK Challenge to celebrate Whitsun is to create some beautiful paper birds.
Sundial STEAM activity
Our STEAM activity for May is creating a sundial – a very early method of measuring time.
Ballistics – STEAM activity
Our STEAM activity for April is to investigate how things travel through the air.
Easter Play at Home
We have a few activities to do this Easter, that take inspiration from the annual sports day that was held in Porthcurno during the 1960s and 1970s.
Secret Messages – STEAM activity
Our STEAM activity for March is to do with secret messages. We all love to keep a secret, but sometimes it can be hard, but if you write it in a coded message – maybe it will stay secret?
SES Digitisation project
Learn about the SES sponsored digitisation of 448 engineers reports from our archive that is being undertaken by the collections team.
British Science Week 2021
It’s British Science Week and we are looking at the advent of the electric telegraph – the precursor to today’s internet!
Build and Float a Cable Ship
Our STEAM activity for February is to build a paper origami cable ship at home, and to then test out its buoyancy by floating it in a small body of water.
Build a kaleidoscope at Home
Build a Kaleidoscope at home and learn about colour, light and reflection in this simple activity that is educational and fun!
Play in a socially distanced world
PK Porthcurno was selected to take part in a Kids in Museums mentoring project that explored ways of bringing play into the museum, in a socially distanced world.
Wish in a Bubble
Make and create your 2021 ‘wish in a bubble’ and place on your Christmas tree at home, or visit us, 28-31 Dec, and place on our ‘wishing line’.