School programs and resources
Climate Change and Victoria’s future
Learn how the Earth’s climate is changing and what this means for Victoria’s future.
Daily life
Students learn about how daily life has changed for Aboriginal children and their families.
VCES Rockumentary
Students become mini-geologist and filmmakers as they learn about rocks and create short documentaries to communicate their findings.
Place and culture
Students learn about the diversity and longevity of Australia’s First Peoples and the significance of place to their culture and identity.
Top Designs 2020
Celebrate 20 years of creative problem solving by Victoria’s emerging young designers.
Virtual learning
Experience Museums Victoria from your classroom with this series of virtual learning sessions.
Gut Feelings exhibition
Journey into your intestines, and explore your helpful and even beautiful microbes.
Our shared history
Students learn about the diversity and longevity of Australia’s First Peoples and the impact of colonisation on their daily life and culture.
Reimagining storytelling technologies
Reflect on the past, make connections to the present and design and create for the future.
Ancient worlds
Students learn about the diversity of Victoria’s First Peoples as the longest continuous culture in the history of the world.
600 Million Years gallery visit
Journey back in time, 600 million years ago, and discover Victoria’s amazing past through the fossil record.
The modern world
Students learn about the diversity of Victoria’s First Peoples and how they have fought for their country and their rights.
600 million years in 60 seconds
Make a 60 second movie to communicate science using the 600 Million Years: Victoria evolves exhibition.
Living on the land
An introduction to First Peoples' relationship with the land, traditional foods, tools and technologies in the Milarri Garden.
The Melbourne Enquiry: staff-led
Students undertake an enquiry for the City of Melbourne about the history of the city and possibilities for its future.
First Peoples gallery visit
Self-directed trails for learning in First Peoples.
The Melbourne Enquiry: self-directed
Students undertake an enquiry for the City of Melbourne about the history of the city and possibilities for its future.
Teacher resources for First Peoples
Extend your experience of the First Peoples exhibition with these resources for the classroom.
Our Changing Earth
Learn about natural processes of geological change and how they impact the Earth’s surface.
A guide for deeper learning
Students learn about the complexity and diversity of Australia’s First Peoples and reflect on their own cultural practices.
Bugs Alive! gallery visit
Uncover live insects and explore over 100 types of bugs and spiders from the museum’s collection in this exhibition.
First Peoples: VCE Sociology
Students learn about the complexity and diversity of Australia’s First Peoples, with a particular focus on culture and identity.
Bugs, bugs, bugs!
An interactive program for students to learn about insects and bugs.
Think like an Archaeologist!
Students consider how archaeological practices contribute to historical knowledge and understanding.
Dunny Detectives: Excavating Little Lon self-directed
Students take on the role of detectives/archaeologists to uncover the truth of Melbourne’s past.
Me, my mind and my microbes!
Students learn about their digestive and nervous system, and the connection between the two.
Road to Zero: Road Safety Experience
A world-first road safety education experience to create a new generation of safe young road users.
Road to Zero physics challenge
A virtual reality physics experiment where students explore the impacts of speeds and friction on stopping distances.
Getting the message
Students make a collaborative community health video campaign with a compelling call to action to reinforce positive road usage.
Dinosaur Walk gallery visit
Walk among the skeletons of amazing animals from the past – dinosaurs, flying reptiles and megafauna.
Dinosaurs and living things
Become a junior palaeontologist as you discover dinosaur fossils and traces of other living things.
Dynamic Earth gallery visit
Discover how Earth formed, how earthquakes and volcanoes occur, and see amazing rocks and minerals from Museums Victoria’s collection.
Forest Secrets gallery visit
Take a journey through a living gallery to discover stories about environments and change in Victoria's tall forests.
Marine Life gallery visit
Journey under Victoria’s seas to discover hidden and unfamiliar worlds which are spectacular, diverse, unique and vulnerable.
Melbourne Story gallery visit
Students can encounter the people, places and events that have made Melbourne the city it is today.
My grandmother's toy box
Children learn about Melbourne’s history through a story about a little girl and her family toy box.
VCE Psychology
Resources to engage students in deeper gallery learning, covering a range of investigative topics from the VCE study design.
Darwin to DNA gallery visit
Examine the mechanisms of evolution, the importance of genetic variation and how DNA is used to study evolution.
Wild gallery visit
Explore an amazing array of mammals, birds and reptiles from around the world.
Rockumentary
Students become mini-geologist and filmmakers as they learn about rocks and create short documentaries to communicate their findings.