Rockumentary Learning Lab Workshop
Explore the rock cycle and direct your own rock-umentary!
Team up to make a rockumentary about rocks, minerals, the rock cycle and their uses in this dynamic hands-on video-making program.
Students will explore
- Geology as they learn about different types of rocks and how geological processes affect the Earth’s surface.
- Working in small production teams to explore the Dynamic Earth exhibition and study the museum geology collection before researching and creating a short film about an element of the rock cycle.
- Editing short films to be compiled to create a class Rockumentary.
Students will learn
- About different rock types and their formation.
- How plate tectonics influence rock formation.
- The diversity of rocks.
- Minerals are the building blocks of rocks.
Students will be provided
- All equipment is provided during this museum staff-led excursion, and student Rockumentaries are made available to download at school.
Other key information
- The length of the workshop is 90 minutes and it takes place in Melbourne Museum’s Learning Lab Studio.
- All workshops in the Studio have a co-creative digital component and students may be filmed or photographed as part of their creative work. Teachers should ensure they have obtained relevant photography permissions from each student and each students’ legal guardian.
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Availability
Terms 1–4, Monday to Friday
10am & 12:30pm
Duration: 90 minutes
Student information
Years 7 to 8
Minimum 15 students
Maximum 30 students
Bookings
Workshop
Presented by a museum educator
Victorian Curriculum Links
Science: Levels 7 and 8
Earth and space sciences
- earth is a dynamic planet as demonstrated by tectonic activity, including the formation of geological features at divergent, convergent and transform plate boundaries; the theory of plate tectonics is supported by scientific evidence (VC2S8U10)
- key processes of the rock cycle occur over different timescales; the properties of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks not only reflect their formation but also impact their usefulness and determine the methods used when mined (VC2S8U11)
Communicating
- communicating ideas, findings and arguments for specific purposes and audiences involves the selection and use of appropriate presentation formats, scientific vocabulary, models and other representations, and may include the use of digital tools (VC2S8I08)
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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