What

Self-directed

When

Terms 1 to 4, Monday to Friday

Duration

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Curriculum links & Accessibility & Access Fund

Year level

Years K to F

Maximum student numbers

Maximum 33 students

Cost

education service fee

Booking information

Bookings 13 11 02

School visit information

Ground Up: Building big ideas together at Scienceworks is specifically designed for early learners. This exhibition supports development of foundational science, engineering and coding skills. The exhibits are designed to promote curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity and persistence for children birth – 5 years old.

Children will experience

• Screen-free activities that develop understanding of cause and effect, sequencing and pattern making.
• Hands-on learning as they design and launch their own creations into large wind tubes, exploring principles of aerodynamics and engineering.
• Using a wall featuring 1,376 light switches which children can turn on and off to develop deductive thinking.
• Operating gears to control giant car wash brushes, discovering how small movements can have a big effect in a large environment.
• An interactive climbing challenge combined with a ball run, encouraging physical activity, coordination, and creative problem-solving.
• Collaborating with others as they construct walls using foam blocks, conveyor belts, pulley systems, and wheelbarrows, fostering teamwork and spatial reasoning.
• Exploring the exhibition at their own pace, in small groups with their supervisors

Other key information

School groups can access the Ground Up exhibition if they have booked a time slot.

Students need to stay in small groups with their supervisors while in our exhibitions.

Victorian Curriculum links

Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYLDF)

• Outcome 1. Children have a strong sense of identity
• Outcome 2. Children are connected with and contribute to their world
• Outcome 3. Children have a strong sense of wellbeing
• Outcome 4. Children are confident and involved learners.
• Outcome 5. Children are effective communicators.

Science: Levels F-2

Chemical sciences

• objects can be made of one or more different materials; these materials have observable properties
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Physical sciences

• the way objects move depends on a variety of factors including their size, shape and material
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