Aerial image of icebergs floating in a blue sea. Tiny boats are seen motoring past.

Biomes and Climate Change – Impacts and Mitigation

What
Museum Staff-led
When
Term 4, Monday to Friday
Duration
90 minutes
Curriculum links & Accessibility & Access Fund
Year level
Years 9 to 10
Minmum student numbers
Minimum 15 students
Maximum student numbers
Maximum 30 students
Cost
$15 per student + education service fee
Booking information
Bookings 13 11 02

NEW FROM OCTOBER 2025!

In this science and geography curriculum-aligned program, students in Years 9 and 10 explore global biomes through digital and in-exhibition immersive experiences. They unpack the dynamics of climate change and the human activities that cause it.

Facilitated by a museum educator, students will explore the deep connections people have with the environment and leave hopeful in our capacity for change for a sustainable future.

Students will experience

  • Experience a unique immersive experience exploring ecosystems of Victori.
  • Visit Our Wondrous Planet, Melbourne Museum's newest exhibition
  • Explore the rich diversity of life across planet earth
  • Exploring the latest research and approaches on mitigating human impacts across biomes of the world

Students will learn

  • About the interactions of atmospheric gases and the carbon cycle in human-induced climate change
  • How different climactic regions across the globe support distinctive biomes, with differing plant and animal life
  • That the wide variety of environments on earth are all impacted differently by human activity
  • How scientific research has revealed mind-blowing interactions on global and local scales, and is helping solve some of the greatest challenges we face

Students will be provided

  • Pre and post visit resources
  • In-exhibition tool to allow in-depth exploration of classification

Victorian Curriculum links

Earth and space sciences: Levels 9 and 10
  • The dynamics of global climate change can be modelled and explained by examining the interactions between greenhouse gas emissions and energy exchanges within and between Earth’s systems; mitigating human-induced climate change requires addressing various activities including power generation, deforestation, manufacturing, transportation, food production and resource consumption
    VC2S10U11
Geography: Levels 9 and 10
  • The distribution and characteristics of biomes as regions with distinctive climates, vegetation and biomass productivity, and the potential to produce food
    VC2HG10K01
  • Human-induced environmental changes and their impacts on the sustainability of places and environmental functions
    VC2HG10K10
  • the influence of people’s environmental worldviews on their support for environmental sustainability
    VC2HG10K13