FlushBack Digital Scavenger Hunt: Secondary
Students tackle problems in this Augmented Reality experience combining science, technology and history.
In this interactive experience, students use technology to explore the Spotswood Pumping Station in ways they’ve never seen it before.
After a brief introduction from a staff member, students roam the Pumping Station with iPads to discover Augmented Reality characters and complete unique challenges
This award-winning game is curriculum-aligned, historically accurate, interdisciplinary and highly engaging for a broad range of students.
Students will experience
- Exploring the Spotswood Pumping station in pairs.
- Using iPads to scan icons that load Augmented Reality characters and animations that bring the Spotswood Pumping Station to life.
- Meeting colourful characters from the past who teach them how the Pumping Station worked.
- Helping characters by solving problems on a scavenger hunt through the heritage building.
- Game activities including: stoking the boilers to the right pressure, identifying what’s blocking the sewer, helping an old man find his false teeth, and identifying the bacteria growing in the pipes.
Students will learn
- The rich history and science of the Spotswood Pumping Station, including the role of female scientist Lucey Alford.
- That water is an important resource which cycles through our cities and environment, and that we need to take care of it.
- How the sewage system plays a part in our daily lives and the water cycle of a city.
- That scientists and engineers use their skills and technology to solve problems that affect people and everyday life.
- That augmented reality combines real world experiences with augmented and animated elements on a device, and can be used in games for learning.
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Availability
Terms 1–4, Monday to Friday
Duration: 50 minutes
Student information
Years 7 to 10
Bookings
Presentation
Self-guided exhibition visit with provided activity
Victorian Curriculum Links
Science: Levels 7 and 8
Use and influence of science
- proposed scientific responses to socio-scientific issues impact on society and may involve ethical, environmental, social and economic considerations (VC2S8H03)
Geography: Levels 7 and 8
Water in the world
- the classification of water as a renewable resource, the forms that it takes as a resource in the water cycle, and the ways in which flows of water connect and change places (VC2HG8K01)
- the distribution and variability of Australia’s water resources and the forecasted impacts of climate change on them (VC2HG8K03)
- the nature of water scarcity and ways of overcoming it, with examples from Australia, and West Asia and/or North Africa (VC2HG8K04)
Design and Technologies: Levels 7 and 8
Technologies and society
- how people in design and technologies occupations consider ethical factors to design and produce products, services and environments (VC2TDE8S01)
Materials and technologies specialisations
- analyse how characteristics and properties of tools, materials, systems and components can be selected, manipulated and combined to create designed solutions that are ethical (VC2TDE8C04)
History: Levels 9 and 10
Historical knowledge and understanding
- the significant events, individuals and groups in the women’s movement in Australia, and how they have changed the role and status of women
(VC2HH10K05)
Accessibility
Please view our accessibility page for general information. Contact our team on 13 11 02 or email us at [email protected] to discuss how we can support your visit.
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