School programs and resources

Our school excursions are inspired by our exhibitions and collections. and align with the Victorian Curriculum Version 2.0. Make a day of it and add a IMAX documentary to your school trip. Our friendly bookings team can help you plan the perfect excursion - see our school visit information.

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Whale collection samples laid in front of Dr Erich Fitzgerald, Senior Curator of Palaeontology at Museums Victoria.
Museum Staff-led Years 7 to 10

Whale Evolution: Special Enrichment Event (VCES)

Free enrichment program for Years 7 to 10 government school students - exploring the magnificent blue whale and whale evolution.
Child looking through a magnifying glass at bug specimens in resin.
Museum Staff-led Years F to 2

Living Things: Bugs

Explore the tiny world of mighty bugs – how do they survive and thrive, and why earth just wouldn’t be the same without them!
Child looking at a butterfly preserved in a resin block
Museum Staff-led Years 3 to 4

Bugs: Life Cycles and Interactions

Explore the tiny world of mighty bugs – the important roles they play and how they grow and change throughout their lives.
Museum Staff-led Years F to 2

Dinosaur Features

Explore dinosaurs' amazing external features to discover the different functions to enable their survival in this staff led program.
A cross section of a shell in the Sea showcase.
Museum Staff-led Years 3 to 4

Fossil Features and Dino Diets

In this hands-on session, explore fossils, dinosaurs and discover their amazing habitats!
Illustration of a triceratops surrounded by lush rainforest.
Museum Staff-led Years 5 to 6

Triceratops Habitats

Explore the habitat of Triceratops and learn how they thrived in their environment.
Student hand holding booklet with colour coded worksheets linking to the Museums Victoria Institute Gallery at Melbourne Museum. Background of the image is the face of a taxidermy Thylacine.
Museum Staff-led Years 7 to 10

Biodiversity and Evolution (VCES)

In this free program for government schools, explore the theory of evolution by natural selection by looking at the fossil record.
This illustration captures the excitement of visitors to the National Museum (now Museums Victoria) when it was located at the University of Melbourne. The central scene depicts the Paul du Chaillu Gorillas family, still on display at Melbourne Museum.
Museum Staff-led Years 7 to 10

National Science Week: Evolution! (VCES)

A case of Gorillas, stolen dinosaur eggs, and superfluous whale bones – discover evidence for evolution in this free program for government schools!
Two primary school students looking at computer tablet with Learning Lab projection in the background.
Museum Staff-led Years 3 to 4

Weather, Climate and Human Impacts

Learn about weather and climate, what climate change means for Victoria’s future, and how we have the solutions to take action now.
Student using an ipad to video rocks in the Dynamic Earth Gallery within Rockumentary education program at Melbourne Museum
Museum Staff-led Years 7 to 8

Rockumentary Learning Lab Workshop

Students learn about rocks and create short documentaries to communicate their findings.
A penguin is captured mid-air as it dives from an iceberg into the ocean.
Museum Staff-led Years 3 to 4

Climate and Environmental Change

New from October, immerse your students in the environments of the world, and explore how human impacts can be managed.
A frog sits peering through a hole in a large tropical rainforest leaf.
Museum Staff-led Years 5 to 6

Habitats, Human Impact and Management

New from October, explore habitats around the world, the physical conditions that define them, and how important places and environments are to people.
A wide variety of tropical marine fish swim around a coral colony.
Museum Staff-led Years 7 to 8

Classification: The Diversity of Life on Earth

New from October, how can we understand life on earth if we don’t know what is there? Explore the important role of taxonomy and classification, create and use keys and learn about biodiversity.
Aerial image of icebergs floating in a blue sea. Tiny boats are seen motoring past.
Museum Staff-led Years 9 to 10

Biomes and Climate Change – Impacts and Mitigation

New from October, students are immersed in a rich diversity of global biomes, and consider how changing atmospheric conditions could impact Earth’s environmental systems.
a woman holds a baby triceratops.
Museum Staff-led Years F to 6

National Science Week: Home of Dinosaurs!

Decoding Dinosaurs – Exploring the known, unknown, and the thrilling adaptations and survival of dinosaurs!
Two students using virtual reality googles to experience a road trip from the past to the future of travel in Victoria.
Museum Staff-led VCE, 6, 10, 9, VCE VM

Road to Zero: Road Safety Experience

A world-first road safety education experience to create a new generation of safe young road users.
Students engaging with the TAC Road To Zero Education Learning Centre interactives.
Museum Staff-led Years 9 to 10, VCE VM

Road to Zero Physics Challenge

Students participate in a virtual reality physics experiment to explore the relationships between vehicle speed and stopping distances.
Illustration of a Triceratops
Self-directed Years F to 2

Triceratops Alive!

Discover how Triceratops lived, in this self-guided booklet program.
Self-directed Years 3 to 4

Triceratops Survives

Explore real dinosaurs and discover how they survived.
Self-directed Years 5 to 6

Triceratops Adapts

Learn how Triceratops was adapted to its environment, in this self guided booklet program.
illustration of triceratops
Self-directed Years 7 to 10

Classification and Dinosaur Food Webs

Explore dinosaur skeletons to learn more about classification, and the ancient food webs in Triceratops habitat.
Close-up image of a fossil
Teacher Resource Years 9 to 10

600 Million Years in 60 Seconds

Make a 60 second movie to communicate science using the 600 Million Years: Victoria evolves exhibition.
Children looking at ferns in Forest gallery
Self-directed Years K to 10, VCE

Forest Gallery Visit

Take a journey through a living gallery to discover stories about environments and change in Victoria's tall forests.
School students examining showcases in 600 Million Years Exhibition.
Self-directed Years K to 10, VCE

600 Million Years Gallery Visit

Journey 600 million years back in time to discover Victoria’s past through the fossil record.
Butterflies on display in the Bugs Alive! exhibition at Melbourne Museum
Self-directed Years K to 8

Bugs Alive! Gallery Visit

Enthral your students with the stunning diversity of bugs! In every habitat on Earth, their features, adaptations and life-cycles will amaze.
Self-directed Years K to 10

Dinosaur Walk Gallery Visit

Walk among the skeletons of amazing animals from the past – dinosaurs, flying reptiles and megafauna.
Two museum staff presenting to an iPad which shows schools watching from the classroom.
Museum Staff-led Bunjilaka Years K to 10, VCE

Virtual Learning

Experience Museums Victoria from your classroom with this series of virtual learning sessions.
Girl looking at Earth models on display in Dynamic Earth
Self-directed Years F to 10, VCE

Dynamic Earth Gallery Visit

Discover how Earth formed, how earthquakes and volcanoes occur, and see amazing rocks and minerals from Museums Victoria’s collection.
The skeleton, stretched skin and taxidermied remains of a Tasmanian Tiger, Thylacinus Cynocephalus.
Self-directed Years VCE, K to 12

Museums Victoria Research Institute Gallery Visit

Learn about cutting-edge research, fresh discoveries and valuable collection objects on display for the first time.
A blue silhouette of a Raptor-esque Australovenator dinosaur illustrated with plants standing in the Gandel Gondwana Gardens
Self-directed Years K to 10

Gandel Gondwana Garden Gallery Visit

Explore Victoria’s ancient landscapes and see creatures that once walked this land, from dinosaurs to megafauna to the ancestors of today’s iconic Australian species.
A temperate forest in Victoria’s Otways region, featuring tree ferns and a waterfall.
Online Years 3 to 6

Climate Change and Victoria's Future ONLINE

Learn why the Earth’s climate is changing, and what we can do to help.
A spiky red crab on a black background
Online Year K

Deep Sea Discovery

Learn about ocean animals as we journey from the beaches of Victoria into the deep, dark ocean world of the Abyssal Zone. How different do animals look who live in the deepest parts of the ocean?
Cast of a frilled dinosaur
Online Year K

Dinosaurs and Fossils

Learn about dinosaurs and fossils, and find out some of the ways palaeontologists know what they know about the ancient world of dinosaurs! Written specially for early learners.
A tiny orange and brown peacock spider sitting on the tip of a lead pencil
Online Year K

What is a Bug?

How are bugs different to other animals? Become an entomologist and learn to identify different groups of bugs. Find out some of the amazing things bugs can do!
Image composed of fog, a horse and wing texture
Online Years K to 10, VCE

Virtual Learning

Experience Museums Victoria from your classroom with this series of virtual learning sessions.
Various objects and props relating to exploring nature used in outreach programs
Teacher Resource Years K to 10, VCE

Learning Kits

Engage your students with our learning kits full of exciting objects and learning materials.
Child holds up a giant triton shell up to their ear.
Teacher Resource Year K

Kindergarten Presentations

Discover our 'museum in a van' and online programs for kindergarten groups in Victoria.

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