School programs and resources

600 Million Years gallery visit

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

Daily life

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

600 million years in 60 seconds

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

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.

Bugs Alive! gallery visit

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

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.

Bugs, bugs, bugs!

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

Ancient worlds

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

Cold case detectives

Students investigate the varied fates of some of Melbourne’s citizens through an examination of the things they left behind.

The modern world

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

A load of old rubbish

In the Melbourne Story exhibition

Students consider how historical narratives are constructed from the material remains of past societies.

Living on the land

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

Darwin to DNA gallery visit

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

First Peoples gallery visit

Self-directed trails for learning in First Peoples.

Dinosaur Walk gallery visit

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

Dinosaur skeletons

Discover the amazing world of dinosaurs and become a junior palaeontologist.

A guide for deeper learning

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

Dynamic Earth gallery visit

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

First Peoples: VCE Sociology

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

Forest Secrets gallery visit

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

Fun and games

In the Melbourne Story exhibition

Some things change, some things stay the same. Children’s toys are a primary source for learning about the history of Melbourne.

Grandad's shed

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

Love and Sorrow student trail

Students can better understand the significance of WWI by following this trail, with stories of ordinary people living in extraordinary times.,

Making a quid

Working life in Melbourne's past

Using objects and images this program explores the changing nature of work in Victoria since the settlement of Melbourne.

Marine Life gallery visit

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

Road to Zero: Road Safety Experience

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

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.

Rocks-camera-action

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

Wild gallery visit

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