Road to Zero: My First Car
Thinking about your first car is a big milestone – make it a safe one.
This facilitator-led excursion equips students with the knowledge, skills and resources they need to make safer decisions when considering their first car.
Students explore key vehicle safety features and learn how to use trusted TAC resources and information in navigating this important milestone. Through collaborative, hands-on learning, students will create a video that highlights what makes a car safe and guides others on how to choose the safest car they can afford.
Students will experience
- An interactive and immersive visit to the Road to Zero Experience Space including a virtual reality experience where students travel in a car from 1970 to 2055, an elevator simulation where students experience a dramatic ‘drop’ from the 11th floor of the Royal Exhibition Building, and a digital exploration of the Transport Accident Commission’s well-known Graham sculpture.
- Exploring key messages in an example video, then working collaboratively in groups to create their own.
- Using touch table technology to bring ideas together, combining pre-shot footage, sound effects, music, vehicle safety animations and supporting information to create a finished video.
Students will learn
- To identify and discuss the Safe System approach to road safety, with a focus on safe vehicles.
- To identify and analyse the audience, purpose and key messages in digital texts (videos).
- To apply their knowledge of vehicle safety features and safe car choices to communicate key messages and share their learning with others.
Students will need
- To have their email address available. Student work and class video assets will be sent to teachers and students after the excursion for further analysis or extension back at school.
Other key information
This excursion includes:
- A 45-minute session in the Road to Zero Experience Space – an interactive and immersive gallery experience.
- The ‘My First Car' 75-minute session in the Learning Studio.
Availability
Terms 1–4, Monday to Friday
Student information
VCE VM, VPC
Bookings
Workshop
Presented by a museum educator
Victorian Curriculum Links
VCE Vocational Major
Personal Development Skills
- Unit 1: Healthy individuals
- Unit 2: Connecting with community
- Unit 3: Leadership and teamwork
- Unit 4: Community project
Literacy
- Unit 1: Understanding and creating digital texts
- Unit 2: Understanding issues and voices; Responding to opinions
- Unit 3: Accessing and understanding informational, organisational and procedural texts; Creating and responding to organisational, informational or procedural texts
- Unit 4: Understanding and engaging with literacy for advocacy
Accessibility
Please view our accessibility page for general information. A sensory map of Melbourne Museum can be found on our Visual Stories page where step-by-step visual and written access guides are available. 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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