Our Changing Earth
- What
- Museum Staff-led
- When
- Terms 2 to 4, Monday & Tuesday
- Duration
Curriculum links & Accessibility- Year level
- Years 3 to 6
- 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
Currently not available
How is the Earth's surface constantly changing? What geological processes drive these changes? And, how do these changes help to shape the world around us?
In this hands-on learning program, students will experience the 3D volcano room, examine volcanic rocks and minerals from the Geoscience collection and use visible thinking routines to foster curiosity and build new understandings about the world around them.
Students will also develop science inquiry skills as they communicate ideas, generate questions and identify simple cause and effect relationships.
The length of this program is 60 minutes, however we recommend an additional 30 minutes for viewing time in the Dynamic Earth exhibition.
This program also links well with the IMAX film Volcanoes 3D.
Victorian Curriculum links
Earth and space sciences
Level 3 & 4
- Earth surface’s changes over time as a result of natural processes and human activity
Level 5 & 6
- Sudden geological changes or extreme weather conditions can affect Earth’s surface
Science inquiry skills
Level 3 & 4
- Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings to show patterns and relationships using formal and informal scientific language
Level 5 & 6
- Communicating ideas and processes using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and to identify simple cause and effect relationships
Related programs and resources
Dynamic Earth Gallery Visit
Discover how Earth formed, how earthquakes and volcanoes occur, and see amazing rocks and minerals from Museums Victoria’s collection.
600 Million Years in 60 Seconds
Make a 60 second movie to communicate science using the 600 Million Years: Victoria evolves exhibition.
Free VCES Programs
Melbourne Museum has FREE Enrichment programs for Years 7 to 10 students in Victorian government schools, funded as part of the Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series by the Department of Education.