What

Museum Staff-led

When

Terms 1 to 4, Monday to Friday
10am, 11am, 12 noon, 1:30pm

Duration

30 minutes

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Curriculum links & Accessibility

Year level

Years F to 2

Minmum student numbers

Minimum 15 students

Maximum student numbers

Maximum 30 students

Cost

$9 per student + education service fee

Booking information

Bookings 13 11 02

School visit information

In this curriculum-aligned program, F-2 students look at the features of insects and other bugs, how they help them survive in and respond to their environment, and the important roles these tiny animals play in the world.

Students will experience

• Being guided by a museum expert in exploring hands-on objects
• Investigating prepared bug specimens up close
• Seeing incredible slow-motion footage of bugs in motion
• Working in small groups to answer follow interests, generate wonder and awe

Students will learn

• That scientists use observable features to group living things
• How to identify two groups of bugs – insects and arachnids
• About the physical features of animals that help them sustain the basic needs of life, such as finding food and protection
• That bugs are the most diverse and numerous of all animals groups
• How to think like a scientist to ask questions, make observations and test predictions 
• About the incredibly important role bugs play in our environment, and to humans

Other key information

• This interactive 30-minute program is recommended as an introduction for F-2 groups before visiting the Bugs Alive! exhibition. It is also suitable for four year-old kindergarten groups.

Victorian Curriculum links

Biological Sciences

• plants and animals have observable features that can be used to group them in different ways
  VC2S2U01
• plants and animals have basic needs, including air, water, food and shelter; the places where they live meet those needs
  VC2S2U02
• plants and animals have external features that perform different functions to enable their survival; in plants these features include roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, bulbs, trunks and branches while different features in animals enable them to move, breathe, eat and respond to their environment
  VC2S2U02

Science Inquiry

• experiences can be used as a basis for posing questions to explore observed patterns and relationships, and to make predictions
  VC2S2I01
• observations are made using the senses and recorded, including informal measurements, using digital tools as appropriate
  VC2S2I03