School programs and resources
We offer a range of school excursions inspired by our exhibitions and collections. All programs are Victorian Curriculum Version 2.0 and developed by our team of highly experienced educators. Our friendly bookings team can help you put an excursion together - see our school visit information.
Tinkertown
Are you studying pushes and pulls, forces, properties of materials or design thinking in your classroom? Take a school excursion to Tinkertown where these physical concepts come to life through playful tinkering.
Toys and Forces Show
How do toys work? Explore forces and toy design in this fun science show!
Blast Off
Mars is our next solar system destination – but how will we get there? It really is rocket science!
Cool Stuff
Explore the effects of temperature on solids, liquids and gases using super-cool liquid nitrogen.
Earth, Moon and Sun Show
How do the Moon and Sun influence life on Earth?
Make, Solve, Create
Children take part in an interactive story, working together to build solutions to the problems they encounter.
Rainbows, Shadows & Light STEM Workshop
Discover the science of light and colour through hands-on activities and apply knowledge in a STEM design activity.
Roller Coaster Engineer
Students become engineers as they design their own marble roller coasters.
Robots and Coding
Learn how to program a robot using a block coding.
FlushBack
This game has students exploring the historic Pumping Station and doing STEM problem-solving in an award-winning AR experience.
What's with the Weather?
Discover how your favourite types of weather are created in this spectacular live science show.
Lights, Energy, Action
Explore energy through electrifying demonstrations in this Lightning Theatre show.
The Electricity, Magnets & Movement Show
Discover how we create and use electricity in this spectacular live science show in the high voltage Lightning Theatre.
Senior Secondary Electrical Science
See live demonstrations of the principles underpinning electricity, electromagnetism and energy for VCE physics students.
Tycho Goes to Mars
Tycho our favourite cheeky dog, with a knack for getting into trouble, is finally blasting off to discover Mars!
Tilt
Adventure with Annie and Max to investigate how the tilt and path of the Earth give us the seasons.
Solar System Adventures: Where’s the Water?
Explore our solar system in the search for the most precious resource – water!
Our Living Climate
The Earth’s climate is alive, changing with the passage of time, seasons and the ebb and flow of life itself.
Stories in the Stars
See the night sky through different eyes, from stories told by the Boorong people of north-west Victoria.
Moonbase ONE
Explore the formation, phases and phenomena of the Moon, told through the story of a game developer.
Capturing the Cosmos
Explore scientific innovations and technologies that enable us to unlock the mysteries of our Universe.
Starlight
Uncover the mysteries of the stars in this Planetarium show.
Black Holes
Black Holes – Journey into the Unknown traces the story of black holes from the 18th Century, through to their detection almost 200 years later.
Ticket to the Universe
Fly off Earth, and further and further away to the most distant points of the known universe.
Year 11 Physics: The Universe
What do we know about our Universe and how are we striving to know more? Find out in the Planetarium.
Planetarium Sleepovers at Scienceworks
An education program with a difference; sleepover at Scienceworks!
Ground Up: Building Big Ideas, Together
Explore our award winning, interactive, play based early-years STEM exhibition!
Sporty Maths
Students use the Sportsworks exhibition to develop their skills in key areas of mathematics.
Sportsworks: Primary
Stretch your mind and muscles at Sportsworks!
Sportsworks: Secondary
Investigate the science of sports, how human bodies work, and design, materials and technologies of sports equipment.
Beyond Perception: Seeing the Unseen
This exhibition sparks curiosity and raises questions about the more complex, fascinating corners of Science, Engineering, Mathematics and advanced Technology.
Think Ahead
Think Ahead looks at the way we imagine the future, through innovations in science, technology, engineering and design.
CSIRAC
Learn about CSIRAC, the world's oldest intact first-generation electronic computer.
Virtual Learning
Experience Museums Victoria from your classroom with this series of virtual learning sessions.
Secrets of the Sky Online
A presenter-led guided tour of the Melbourne sky using Stellarium, an open-source stargazing program.
Learning Kits
Engage your students with our learning kits full of exciting objects and learning materials.
Kindergarten Presentations
Discover our 'museum in a van' and online programs for kindergarten groups in Victoria.
Robotics and Coding Outreach
The Robotics and coding program brings an interactive touring STEM program to Years 3 to 8 students in regional Victoria.
Changing shadows and shadow play resource
Students play with shadows and learn about the type of shadows cast by opaque, translucent and transparent objects.
Light up my world resource
Students design projections on buildings (represented by boxes), replicating projection systems used at festivals such as White Night or West Projection Festival.
Resource: What's cooking Sun?
Students are challenged to make a solar oven to cook a cheese toastie using basic materials found around the house or school.
Resource: Why can't we see in the dark?
Students learn how to make a pinhole camera and/or a pinhole theatre and use this simple device to understand what happens when light enters our eyes.