Toys and Forces Show
- What
- Museum Staff-led
- When
- Terms 1 to 4, Monday to Friday
- Duration
- 30 minutes in the Energy Lab
- Year level
- Years F to 2
- Minmum student numbers
- Minimum 15 students
- Maximum student numbers
- Maximum 60 students
- Cost
- $9 per student + education service fee
- Booking information
- Bookings 13 11 02
Toys are used to develop imagination and physical skills as well as providing valuable insights into physics concepts.
This 30-minute science show encourages children to investigate the actions of forces such as push and pull in the workings of different toys.
Victorian Curriculum links
Science
- The way objects move depends on a variety of factors including their size and shape: a push or a pull affects how an object moves or changes shape (VCSSU048)
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