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HEURISTICSJune 2010

Seafaring at Down House

ALL THIS AND GAMES TO PLAY AS WELL

A full day of planned activities and presentations plus • games to play

• target practise with the cannons

• The extinction game • using the navigation

instruments

• knot tying

• set sail in HMS Beagle

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Model ships for the children to sail, complete with cannon on deck

Try your hand at tying knots Navigation instruments

HMS Beagle

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GamesCharles Darwin was a family man and often enjoyed playing games with his children. Today we have many games from this time for you to play as a family.

HMS BeagleThe story of this great adventure brought to life, and then the chance for you to sail the world and collect ‘never before seen’ specimens. But beware......there may be pirates looking to steal your ship. Be prepared to fight using all your skills with the cannon.

NavigationBy the time Darwin set sail on the Beagle navigation was relatively easy, but less than 100 years earlier it was a different story.Learn how to use a ships log - why do we measure speed in knots - read the compass rose - what is the traverse board - how does a sextant work. An amazing presentation as the children leap overboard in order to measure our speed.

The extinction gameCharles Darwin was sat eating a meal he had shot when he realised it was a previously unknown species.Your opportunity to hunt your own food.

SignallingTheir will be presentations about the history of signalling during the day.

Event timetable

11.00 Games and their history

11.30 The extinction game

12.00 The story of HMS Beagle

1.00 Navigation - a short history

2.00 The story of HMS Beagle

3.00 The extinction game

Children aboard HMS Beagle

Traverse board

signalling & knots

Heuristics, PO Box 5514, Matlock, DE4 5ZP | 07860 966251 | www.heuristics.org.uk

Games to play all day

Shovelboard - one of the great favourites

Table games of all descriptionsSkittles

Devil among the tailors

Original bagatelle Shut the box Ferses - the modern games is draughts

Quoits Bowling

Suitable for all ages.

Let the child within come out to play for

a while.