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Inspired by the most inquisitive visitor ever who came and really tested my knowledge yesterday (perfect mental warm up for all the questions we'll get about the collections over the holidays) I thought it would be useful to give some suggestions for things to consider when exploring objects.

All objects have some kind of a story, and objects are all evidence of somewhere, something, or somebody ans as such all have stories to tell.

So when you're looking at an object for the very first time, thinking about some of these will guide your exploration:

Is it real or a model?

How old is it?

Is it man made or natural?

What might it have been used for/by whom/when/for what?

Does it remind you of anything you've seen before?

Some of our busy school visitors investigated and explored objects in the gallery, through careful questioning and research they discovered lots about their objects. Here is a selection of the labels they wrote

What a crazy few weeks of weather we have had! In one week the weather reporters have featured record breaking temperatures, hosepipe bans and now snow in many places!

The high pressure gave us plenty of sunshine and record breaking temperatures but now temperatures have returned more to what we would normally expect for the time of year.

Meanwhile, the temperature of our planet is still rising. 2010 was the hottest year across the globe. For the UK this seems to mean that wierd weather is becoming more and more normal. We have certainly seen some strange weather since starting our investigation.

BBC Horizon broadcast a program called ‘Global Weirding’, it explored the science behind why the world’s weather seems to be getting more extreme.

It will be interesteing to see what our results show this year.

I've recieved all the data now so after Easter I will be looking at the trends and discussing them with schools.

Many thanks to all the bulb buddies that have worked so hard keeping records since last November.

Enjoy the Easter Break!

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Mae Wood for the Trees yn dychwelyd i'r T? Gwyrdd ar Ddydd Sadwrn, 7 Ebrill. Yn gynharach eleni, cynhaliwyd gweithdy gwneud stôl droed, a oedd yn llwyddiant mawr fel y gwelir o'r llun. Gwnaeth ymwelwyr gwneud stôl droed eu hunain o'r dechrau i'r diwedd, o’r gwaith saer i'r gwaith clustogwaith ar y diwedd. 

Roedd y gweithdy stôl draed ar gyfer pobl oedd wedi archebu ymlaen llaw, ond y tro yma, bydd drysau’r T? Gwyrdd yn agored i bawb am Upcycling Chalky Workshop! Bydd cyfle i wneud bwrdd du eich hun i fynd adref gyda chi a hefyd cyfle i addurno rhai dodrefn!

Bydd y T? Gwyrdd ar agor rhwng 11 ac 1 yn y bore ac eto o 2 tan 4 ar ôl cinio, felly beth am alw draw i weld beth sydd ar gael!

Cliciwch yma am fwy o wybodaeth.

These photos are from february half term, but I'd forgotten to put them on the blog until now (in fact I thought I had put them on the blog already but I must have just popped a few on twitter...).

It may be hard to tell but the art work is based on the mural of Noah's Ark in the church here in St Fagans: National History Museum. I drew the ark on a large piece of paper and asked the children to add animals to it - some they had drawn themselves and some coloured in from pictures provided. I also drew a couple of pictures of a devil and a dragon based on those in the church and they went down a storm! I must remember to bring those nasty creatures back round about halloween!

There will be drop in art sessions over the may bank holiday, so please come by and say hello!

Sian

Croeso i Ganolfan Ddarganfod Clore. I’r rheiny ohonoch sydd heb gamu drwy ein drysau dwbl eto, oriel ‘ymarferol’ ydyn ni ar lawr gwaelod Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd.

 Galwch draw i archwilio cannoedd o wrthrychau amgueddfa: pryfed, ffosilau, mwynau a gemau, penglogau anifeiliaid, crochenwaith Rhufeinig ac arfau o’r Oes Efydd (a llawer mwy!). Dyma gyfle i chi drin a thrafod rhai o’r 7.5 miliwn o wrthrychau fydd fel arfer yn cuddio yng nghrombil ein storfeydd.

Gall y gwrthrychau real yma ysbrydoli oedolion a phlant fel eu gilydd. Gydag amser, byddwn ni’n postio esiamplau o’ch ymatebion i’r casgliadau ac yn cynnig syniadau i chi fanteisio i’r eithaf ar yr oriel a’i chasgliadau.

 Beth am ddod â’ch ‘gwrthrychau dirgel’ i’r oriel er mwyn i’n harbenigwyr eich helpu i’w hadnabod. Byddwn ni’n dangos ein ffefrynnau ar y blog ac yn gofyn i chi gynnig eich syniadau eich hun.

 Welwn ni chi’n fuan!