Primary and Secondary School Outreach

Our school incursions and learning kits provide museum learning and STEM to primary and secondary school students across Victoria.

Museum in a van incursions

Outreach is excited to announce an expanded offer for schools in regional Victoria in 2025, with schools in regional Victoria having the opportunity to book face-to-face incursions for students ranging from Years F- 8!

Learning kits

Learning kits are themed boxes containing objects and resources. They are designed for educators to hire, and use in primary and secondary schools to supplement lessons.

Coding and robotics learning kit: Sphero, Bee-bot, map and characters, direction arrows, books, colour cube.

Coding and robotics

SUITABLE FOR YEARS K TO 2

This kit offers a range of resources to introduce children to foundational coding concepts and robotics.
Various objects and props relating to exploring nature used in outreach programs

Drawing on nature

SUITABLE FOR YEARS K TO 9

Contains specimens and art materials to engage with natural science and the local environment through a range of art activities.
First Peoples outreach kit, box with objects arranged around it, material linked to curriculum, years F to 4

First Peoples

SUITABLE FOR YEARS F TO 6

Borrow this kit for a hands-on experience with artefacts and objects that tell stories of the diverse cultures of Australia's First Peoples.
The human story learning kit containing human skull models used in outreach programs

The Human Story

SUITABLE FOR YEARS 9 TO VCE

This kit introduces students to aspects of human evolution. It contains replicas of key skull fossils in the human story, posters to allow for cranial volume calculations, a book, and instructions for the teacher.
Various objects and props used in outreach programs

Problem solving

SUITABLE FOR YEARS 5 TO 8

This STEM kit introduces students to problem solving using an engaging hands-on practical approach.
Museums Victoria Outreach Program Securing Food Futures learning kit containing the book Fire Country, the book Young Dark Emu, three samples of melted metal, a model eel trap with three model eels, a murrnong root, a mortar and pestle, transparent maps of Melbourne which can be overlaid with each other, a leather hat, a large banner with an image of the eel trap from Bunjilaka on it, and two seed samples (Kangaroo Grass and wheat)

Securing food futures

SUITABLE FOR YEARS 7 TO 12

This kit delves into the past, present and future of farming and agriculture to help students prepare for and predict future outcomes of food security.
A black case with a variety of toys layout beside it

Toys over time

SUITABLE FOR YEARS K TO 6

This learning kit provides a hands-on experience for students to explore the history of common toys & games.
Briefcase containing What's your story? learning kit objects

What's your story?

SUITABLE FOR YEARS 3 TO 9

A suitcase containing museum objects designed so that students can explore how objects and artefacts can tell the stories of migration to Australia.

STEM kits

Our STEM kits are themed boxes containing objects and resources that are designed to explore STEM topics in a fun and hands-on way.

Suitable for ages 6+

STEM Engineering

This kit is perfect for hands-on building, with a range of problems to solve and things to make, including the all-time favourite roller coaster engineer activity.

STEM Astronomy

Tell stories under the stars, make a rocket, look at the constellations or program a Mars rover with this astronomy kit that’s sure to awaken imagination.

STEM Robotics

This kit has a range of robots for early learners up to adults. Practice your coding skills with Bluebots, mBots and Spheros, or drive them around and play games. 

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