School programs and resources: Melbourne Museum

Eruption of Sakurajima volcano on the Japanese island of Kyushu in 2013

New

Our Changing Earth

Learn about natural processes of geological change and how they impact the Earth’s surface.

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Years 3-6 Museum Staff-led

Daily life

Students learn about how daily life has changed for Aboriginal children and their families.

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Years 1-2 Museum Staff-ledBunjilaka

Pink, green and yellow microscopic image of tongue bacteria

New

Me, my mind and my microbes!

Students learn about their digestive and nervous system, and the connection between the two.

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Years 7-10 Museum Staff-led

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.

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Years 3-4 Museum Staff-ledBunjilaka

SEM image of Tongue bacteria, coloured in pink, green and yellow.

New

Gut Feelings exhibition

Journey into your intestines, and explore your helpful and even beautiful microbes.

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Years 7-12 Self-directed

Two museum staff presenting to an iPad which shows schools watching from the classroom.

Virtual learning

Experience Museums Victoria from your classroom with this series of virtual learning sessions.

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Years F-VCE Museum Staff-ledBunjilaka

The Melbourne Enquiry

Students undertake an enquiry for the City of Melbourne about the history of the city and possibilities for its future.

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Years 3-6 Self-directed

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.

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Years 5-6 Museum Staff-ledBunjilaka

School students examining showcases in 600 Million Years Exhibition.

600 Million Years gallery visit

Journey back in time, 600 million years ago, and discover Victoria’s amazing past through the fossil record.

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Years K-VCE Self-directed

Various indigenous Shields in display case

Ancient worlds

Students learn about the diversity of Victoria’s First Peoples as the longest continuous culture in the history of the world.

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Years 7-8 Museum Staff-ledBunjilaka

600 million years in 60 seconds

Make a 60 second movie to communicate science using the 600 Million Years: Victoria evolves exhibition.

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Years 9-10 Self-directed

The modern world

Students learn about the diversity of Victoria’s First Peoples and how they have fought for their country and their rights.

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Years 9-10 Museum Staff-ledBunjilaka

Butterflies on display in the Bugs Alive! exhibition at Melbourne Museum

Bugs Alive! gallery visit

Uncover live insects and explore over 100 types of bugs and spiders from the museum’s collection in this exhibition.

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Years K-10 Self-directed

Seasonal

Living on the land

An introduction to First Peoples' relationship with the land, traditional foods, tools and technologies in the Milarri Garden.

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Years 9-10 Museum Staff-ledBunjilaka

Bugs, bugs, bugs!

An interactive program for students to learn about insects and bugs.

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Years K-3 Museum Staff-led

School children using the multimedia interactive

First Peoples gallery visit

Self-directed trails for learning in First Peoples.

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Years 1-VCE Self-directedBunjilaka

Recreated toilet building in an exhibition

Dunny Detectives: Excavating Little Lon

Students take on the role of detectives/archaeologists to uncover the truth of Melbourne’s past.

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Years 7-10 Museum Staff-led

Teacher resources for First Peoples

Extend your experience of the First Peoples exhibition with these resources for the classroom.

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Two students using virtual reality googles to experience a road trip from the past to the future of travel in Victoria.

New for 2019

Road to Zero: Road Safety Experience

A world-first road safety education experience to create a new generation of safe young road users.

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Years 9-VCAL Museum Staff-led

Staff member talking to visitors in Milarri Garden

A guide for deeper learning

Students learn about the complexity and diversity of Australia’s First Peoples and reflect on their own cultural practices.

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Years 11-12 Self-directedBunjilaka

Students engaging with the TAC Road To Zero Education Learning Centre interactives.

New for 2019

Road to Zero physics challenge

A virtual reality physics experiment where students explore the impacts of speeds and friction on stopping distances.

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Years 9-10 Museum Staff-led

MV Staff member presenting indigenous artefacts to visitors

VCE

First Peoples: VCE Sociology

Students learn about the complexity and diversity of Australia’s First Peoples, with a particular focus on culture and identity.

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Years 12-VCE Museum Staff-ledBunjilaka

New for 2019

Getting the message

Students make a collaborative community health video campaign with a compelling call to action to reinforce positive road usage.

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Years 9-VCAL Museum Staff-led

Top Designs 2019 Forums and Talks

Top Designs Forums support VCE students and teachers with advice, insights and inspiration from the VCAA, outstanding design industry professionals and Top Designs' Exhibitors.

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Year VCE Museum Staff-led

Visiting child using Dino-viewer to view Diprotodon skeleton.

Dinosaur Walk gallery visit

Walk among the skeletons of amazing animals from the past – dinosaurs, flying reptiles and megafauna.

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Years K-10 Self-directed

Prep students from Camelot Rise Primary School participating in Dinosaur Walk education program

Dinosaurs and living things

Become a junior palaeontologist as you discover dinosaur fossils and traces of other living things.

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Years K-2 Museum Staff-led

Girl looking at Earth models on display in Dynamic Earth

Dynamic Earth gallery visit

Discover how Earth formed, how earthquakes and volcanoes occur, and see amazing rocks and minerals from Museums Victoria’s collection.

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Years F-12 Self-directed

Children looking at ferns in Forest gallery

Forest Secrets gallery visit

Take a journey through a living gallery to discover stories about environments and change in Victoria's tall forests.

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Years K-VCE Self-directed

New

Grandad's shed

Children interact with a range of objects to learn more about nature, history, culture, collecting and family.

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Years K-F Museum Staff-led

Young girl looking at Giant Squid in showcase

Marine Life gallery visit

Journey under Victoria’s seas to discover hidden and unfamiliar worlds which are spectacular, diverse, unique and vulnerable.

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Years F-VCE Self-directed

Children at Luna Park interactive in Melbourne Story

Melbourne Story gallery visit

Students can encounter the people, places and events that have made Melbourne the city it is today.

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Years F-VCE Self-directed

Museum Victoria staff presenting education program for school children

My grandmother's toy box

Children learn about Melbourne’s history through a story about a little girl and her family toy box.

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Years K-2 Museum Staff-led

Children in AIMES room in Mind exhibition

VCE Psychology

Resources to engage students in deeper gallery learning, covering a range of investigative topics from the VCE study design.

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Years 11-VCE Self-directed

Rocks-camera-action

Students research sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks using the Dynamic Earth exhibition and create short documentaries to communicate their findings.

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Years 7-8 Museum Staff-led

Indomalay region animals and birds showing Javan Rhinoceros the Wild Amazing Animals exhibition

Wild gallery visit

Explore an amazing array of mammals, birds and reptiles from around the world.

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Years K-12 Self-directed

Darwin to DNA gallery visit

Examine the mechanisms of evolution, the importance of genetic variation and how DNA is used to study evolution.

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Years 9-12 Self-directed

School programs and resources

Year Level

Learning Area

When

Type

Our Changing Earth

Daily life

Me, my mind and my microbes!

Place and culture

Gut Feelings exhibition

Virtual learning

The Melbourne Enquiry

Our shared history

600 Million Years gallery visit

Ancient worlds

600 million years in 60 seconds

The modern world

Bugs Alive! gallery visit

Living on the land

Bugs, bugs, bugs!

First Peoples gallery visit

Dunny Detectives: Excavating Little Lon

Teacher resources for First Peoples

Road to Zero: Road Safety Experience

A guide for deeper learning

Road to Zero physics challenge

First Peoples: VCE Sociology

Getting the message

Top Designs 2019 Forums and Talks

Dinosaur Walk gallery visit

Dinosaurs and living things

Dynamic Earth gallery visit

Forest Secrets gallery visit

Grandad's shed

Marine Life gallery visit

Melbourne Story gallery visit

My grandmother's toy box

VCE Psychology

Rocks-camera-action

Wild gallery visit

Darwin to DNA gallery visit

MV Teachers