Beyond Perception: Seeing the Unseen
- What
- Self-directed
- When
- Terms 1 to 4, Monday to Friday
- Duration
- Curriculum links & Accessibility & Access Fund
- Year level
- Years 1 to 10, VCE
- Maximum student numbers
- Maximum 70 students
- Cost
- education service fee
- Booking information
- Bookings 13 11 02
This science curriculum-aligned exhibition provides hands-on exploration of key physics concepts such as energy, light, sound and gravitational waves. Through immersive, high-tech installations, students can engage with abstract scientific principles in a tangible way, preparing them for deeper understanding and critical thinking in the field of physics.
Students will experience
- Immersive digital installations that bring abstract physics concepts to life, such as waves, energy, and motion.
- Hands-on activities exploring the forces and patterns that shape the natural world, making invisible scientific principles visible.
- Interactive technology like augmented reality and sensor-based displays to conceptualise the unseen, such as sound, turbulent motion, gravitational waves, and microscopic worlds
- Collaborative spaces designed to encourage group discussion and critical and creative thinking, including creating collaborative projection art
- Real-world applications of physics in everyday life, helping students connect classroom learning to the world around them.
- Exploring the exhibition at their own pace, in small groups with their supervisors
Other key information
- School groups can access the Beyond Perception exhibition if they have booked a time slot.
- Students need to stay in small groups with their supervisors while in our exhibitions.
- Visual experiences in Beyond Perception may trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy.
- Beyond Perception has some high and low sensory areas.
Teacher resources
Victorian Curriculum links
Science
- Science as a human endeavour (Year 7 to 10)
- Chemical Science (Year 7 to 10)
- Physical science (Year 7 to 10)
- Science Inquiry skills (Year 7 to 10)
Design and Technologies
- Technologies and Society (Year 7 to 10)
- Engineering Principles and Systems (Year 7-10)
VCE Physics
- Unit 2: How does physics help us to understand the world?
- Unit 3: How do fields explain motion and electricity?
- Unit 4: How have creative ideas and investigation revolutionised thinking in physics?
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