Bugs Alive! Gallery Visit
Explore the features, adaptations and life-cycles of bugs.
The Bugs Alive! exhibition showcases live insects, giant models and thousands of pinned specimens from the museum’s entomology collection.
Primary students will be enthralled as they learn about the diversity of bugs’ bodies, behaviour, habitats and life-cycles.
Secondary students may focus on classification, adaptation, survival and ecological impact of insects, arachnids and other invertebrates.
A variety of resources for studying insects in the classroom for all learners are available in the related links.
We recommend Kindergarten and Foundation to Level 4 groups book into the Schoolyard Bugs virtual learning program to support their learning experience.
Students will experience
- Seeing over 5,000 insect specimens, and giant models to see adaptations up close.
- Observing the behaviour of live bugs through different life stages and working together in colonies.
- Seeing the engineering wonders of orb-weaving spiders in their webs.
- Thinking about the impacts of bugs on our ecology at the quarantine facility.
Availability
Terms 1–4, Monday to Friday
Student information
Years K to 8
Bookings
Exhibition
Self-guided exhibition visit
Victorian Curriculum Links
Science: Foundation to Level 2
- plants and animals have external features that perform different functions to enable their survival; in plants these features include roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, bulbs, trunks and branches while different features in animals enable them to move, breathe, eat and respond to their environment (VC2S2U03)
Science: Levels 3 and 4
- plants and animals have different life cycles; offspring are similar, but not identical, to their parents (VC2S4U02)
- consumers, producers and decomposers have different roles and interactions within a habitat; food chains can be used to represent feeding relationships (VC2S4U03)
Science: Levels 5 and 6
- organisms have evolved over time, as seen in fossils and scientific records; the structural features and behaviours of living organisms enable them to thrive in their environments (VC2S6U02)
Science: Levels 7 and 8
- there are similarities and differences within and between groups of organisms living on Earth; the development and use of classification tools, including dichotomous keys, help order and organise human understanding of the diversity of life (VC2S8U01)
Accessibility
Please view our accessibility page for general information. Contact our team on 13 11 02 or email us at [email protected] to discuss how we can support your visit.
Museums Victoria Learning Access Fund
The Museums Victoria Learning Access Fund aims to enhance access to our museums (Melbourne Museum, Scienceworks and Immigration Museum), programs and events by offering free or subsidised education programs for eligible schools. Find out more about the fund.
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