Teachers’ Big Days Out
Adelaide, South Australia
15-17 JANUARY 2020
Session Details
Sessions are listed under host venues in alphabetical order.
Please refer to the TBDO program for session times.
Adelaide Botanic Garden
The Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia is passionate about connecting children with plants and the natural world! We have a full-time experienced and qualified educator at the Botanic Gardens, who develops and delivers our education program, offering a variety of inquiry-based learning programs from preschool to senior secondary.
Multiple learning experiences are available for students at the Adelaide Botanic Garden with programs also available at both Mount Lofty and Wittunga Botanic Gardens.
Contact: Schools Education Manager, Aaron Harrison
Hackney Road, Adelaide
T: 8222 9311
All the buzz about our Aussie bees!
Did you know that Australia has around 2,000 native bees? Many of these would be buzzing around your garden or school without you even noticing! Come and learn about the difference between honey bees and Australian bees and why bees are of such importance globally. The workshop will also explore how to encourage native bees to your school or home garden and build a bee hotel.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Adelaide Botanic Garden, Little Sprouts Kitchen Garden
Facilitator: Botanic Gardens Education team
Suitability: Primary and Secondary
Learning areas: Science, HASS: Geography, Technologies: Design & Technologies
General capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability
Cross–curriculum priorities: Sustainability
Themes: Plant Biology, life cycle of plants, features and adaptations of living things, food chains and food webs, plant-animal interactions
Bring comfortable shoes, a hat, water, pens or tablets to take notes and/or photos.
Where science meets conservation and education
A behind-the-scenes look at the South Australia Seed Conservation Centre labs and facilities with Michael Yeo. Participants will learn about the important work undertaken by the centre’s scientists to collect, research and bank our local plant seeds, many of which are listed as threatened or endangered. The workshop will explore scientific concepts such as seed structure, dispersal and conditions required for germination, plant recruitment, symbiotic relationships and plant biodiversity.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Adelaide Botanic Garden, meet at Little Sprouts Kitchen Garden
Facilitator: Michael Yeo
Suitability: Primary, Secondary and Senior Secondary
Learning Areas: Science, HASS: History, Geography
General capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Personal and Social Capability
Cross –curriculum priorities: Sustainability, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Themes: Plant and seed conservation in South Australia, seed dispersal and conditions for germination, impact of European settlement in South Australia.
SA Water @ Adelaide Botanic Garden
SA Water is committed to continued investment in the South Australian community and offers a range of free services for schools.
Contact: Community Engagement
250 Victoria Square, Adelaide
T: 7424 2223
W: https://www.sawater.com.au/community-and-environment/schools
Water, waste and sustainability
Gain more confidence and take away activities to teach all things water and wastewater. Learn about where water comes from and how we treat it, the biology and chemistry behind wastewater treatment and the sustainability of our treatment plants using renewable energy sources and innovative energy storage systems. Be able to share how the water and wastewater industries improve environmental outcomes and increase liveability for the whole community.
SA Water is a diversified STEM industry we have real life, working examples of STEM in action. Crunch some data from our Smart Water meter portals and then taste the difference between waters sourced from across the state. Our free workshops and tours will also be showcased.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Adelaide Botanic Garden, meet at Little Sprouts Kitchen Garden
Facilitator: SA Water Community Engagement Officer
Suitability: All year levels
Learning Areas: Science, HASS: Geography
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking
Cross-curriculum Priorities: Sustainability
Themes: Water purification, wastewater treatment, renewable energies, sustainability
Adelaide Botanic High School
Adelaide Botanic High School showcases the best of public education and 21 Century learning, catering for the learning needs of all students through its extensive curriculum offerings. Grounded in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), local partnerships and research, our future leaders will also be agile, cooperative, flexible and imaginative. This is why at Adelaide Botanic High School, our unique environment is explicitly designed to nurture these qualities.
Surrounded by leafy green spaces, Botanic Gardens and the vibrant Adelaide Zoo, our students will become a vital part of a broader hub of universities, businesses, the Museum, State Library and performing arts facilities. From this exhilarating vantage point they will unlock the inspiration to view tomorrow as limitless, electrifying and immediate.
Learning opportunities at Adelaide Botanic High School began with Years 8 and 9 in term 1, 2019.
Contact: Bronte Nicholls, Assistant Principal – Curriculum Innovation and Community Partnerships
Address: Frome Road, Adelaide
T: 8214 7700
Adelaide Botanic High School tour
Adelaide Botanic High School is the first truly vertical school in South Australia. The design features the completely refurbished Reid building which will have 6 learning levels plus a basement and open-planned plaza space at ground level. This building is linked by a glass atrium to a brand new 7 storey building also with a basement and rooftop terrace.
Learning spaces have been designed to cater for a contemporary, interdisciplinary approach to learning which mirrors what students can expect when they enter tertiary study or the modern workplace. The tours include our state of the art science, design and technology laboratories, food technology kitchen, maker spaces, library and research centre, performing arts theatre and rooftop space.
Duration: 60 minutes
Where: Adelaide Botanic High School, Frome Road, Adelaide, near corner of Victoria Drive
Facilitators: Teaching staff
Adelaide Festival Centre
Adelaide Festival Centre’s learning program, centrED provides exciting and comprehensive experiences for teachers and students to engage with and access performing and visual arts learning experiences in South Australia’s premier performing arts centre.
The program provides opportunities for art-making and responding, linking curriculum to performances, artists and festivals through workshops, professional learning, careers programs, school matinees and long-form programs like Class of Cabaret. centrED has a focus on equity and is committed to providing access to quality arts experiences for all South Australian students and teachers. Limited transport subsidies are available to equity and regional schools.
Contact: centrED Education Coordinator, Creative Programs, Ruth Weldon
Adelaide Festival Centre, King William Road, Adelaide SA 5000
P: 8216 8861
Behind the scenes tour
Join us as we peek inside the theatres and corridors that are usually off limits to the public. Hear the stories and histories of South Australia’s iconic heart of the arts. Discover the roles of the people that bring performances to the stage and learn about our theatres and exhibition spaces.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where Meet at Festival Theatre Foyer
Facilitator: centrED Tour GuideSuitability: Primary and Secondary
Learning Areas: The Arts, HASS: History, Work Studies
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Personal & Social Capability
Carclew @ Adelaide Festival Centre
Carclew’s mission is to embed creativity in communities, schools and careers. As the largest youth arts organisation in South Australia, we bring the very best of multi-art programming to children, teenagers and emerging artists across the state, especially those with the least access. We invest in building confidence and wellbeing, assist with learning outcomes, and identify alternative or non-traditional career paths. We specialise in complex collaborations with arts and non-arts partners designed to build the capacity and confidence of children and young people as conceptual contributors and co-creators.
Contact: Tess Syme, Coordinator – Arts Programs
T: 8230 1106
W: http://carclew.com.au/Program/creative-body-based-learning
CBL for beginners
Creative Body-Based Learning (CBL) is an umbrella term for the use of artistic processes to deepen and enhance learning experiences across the curriculum, with artists and teachers working together in the classroom. Research shows that when children use their whole body to learn in a creative and active way, there has been improved interest in learning, school attendance and student attitude resulting in better test outcomes and increased student resilience.
Carclew professional teaching artists Kerrin Rowlands and Eliza Lovell will lead teachers, principals and educators through the practicalities of introducing Creative Body-based Learning (CBL) into your school. Attendees of this workshop will experience CBL strategies, collaborate with CBL teaching artists and learn how CBL can be introduced and embedded into your classroom and school site in 2020.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Meet at Festival Theatre Foyer
Facilitator: Carclew teaching artists Kerrin Rowlands and Eliza LovellSuitability: Early, Primary and Middle
Learning Areas: The Arts: Drama, Mathematics
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Literacy, Numeracy
Themes: Numbers and algebra, measurement and geometry, statistics and probability
Uses body-based and arts-based strategies to assist learners
Windmill Theatre Co @ Adelaide Festival Centre
At Windmill Theatre Co, high quality learning outcomes are at the core of our company ethos. Each year we present a wide range of theatre, film and education experiences for schools, kindergartens and childcare centres in Adelaide. Windmill also offers professional learning opportunities for South Australian educators. These programs are supported by detailed study guides and learning resources linked to the Australian Curriculum, the Early Years Learning Framework and SACE Stage 1 & 2 subject outlines.
Contact: Ross McHenry/Georgi Paech
T: 8210 7200
Behind the curtain: Exploring the foundations of Drama and the mysteries of the universe
Linked to an exciting new Windmill Theatre Co production, this highly practical primary Drama workshop asks some big questions, finds some unconventional answers and along the way explores the foundations of Drama in a primary learning context.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Meet at Adelaide Festival Theatre Foyer
Facilitator: Melissa Newton-Turner, Drama Education Specialist, Windmill ArtistsSuitability: Primary
Learning Areas: The Arts: Drama, English, HASS, Technologies, Science
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Literacy, Personal & Social Capability
Cross-Curriculum Priority: Sustainability
Themes: Exploring the foundations of Drama and the mysteries of the universe.
Adelaide Gaol
One of the oldest remaining buildings in the State, and South Australia’s very first Gaol, the Adelaide Gaol is steeped in local history. Open for business from 1841 to 1988, Adelaide Gaol was one of Australia’s longest continuously operational prison facilities. Over those gruelling 147 years, Adelaide Gaol housed some of the state’s most notorious and dangerous criminals. Almost 300,000 prisoners whiled away some time at His (or Her) Majesty’s pleasure, and 45 unfortunates were executed within its walls, including the only woman to be executed in South Australia.
Contact: Kate Marshall
18 Gaol Road, Thebarton, 5031, South Australia
T: 8231 4062
Interactive Gaol Tours: Primary Years and Secondary Years
Teachers are invited to participate in a sixty minute guided tour of Adelaide Gaol. These tours will follow the path students take, followed by a thirty minute Q&A session, with time to explore specific curriculum-focused areas of interest. Primary tours emphasise life as a prisoner inside Adelaide Gaol, Middle Years are based around a Poetry Slam competition where students compose Haikus and the Senior Secondary tour culminates in a subject-specific debate. All students have the opportunity to explore the gaol yards and cells, touch artefacts such as handcuffs and escape ropes, and contemplate South Australia’s dark history.
Duration: 90 mins
Where: Adelaide Gaol
Suitability All year levels: refer to program for times for specific year levels
Facilitator: TBC
Learning Areas: Science, HASS: History/SACE: Legal Studies, Modern History, Women’s Studies
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Personal & Social Capability, Ethical Understanding
Cross-curriculum Priorities: Sustainability
Themes: Crime, justice, rehabilitation, law, women’s issues, corporal punishment, corrections history
Adelaide Oval
Part of Adelaide’s social fabric since the 1870s, Adelaide Oval remains a state icon. It is regarded for its cricket history but has also played host to a wide range of other sports and events and now provides a refurbished entertainment hub for the city.
As a prominent civic and cultural landmark, Adelaide Oval presents an inspiring location to facilitate learning and promote a sense of exploration and enjoyment amongst all, but particularly young people. Interaction with this venue is particularly important for young people to progress the Oval’s legacy forward.
Contact: Education Coordinator, Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority Ltd
War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide
T: 8205 4779
Adelaide Oval Discovery: Origins, game-changers & cultural connections
Discover Adelaide Oval ‘behind the scenes’ and be inspired by the rich history that extends beyond the sporting field. Join us for an educationally rich HASS experience that will develop your understanding of the diversity of stories, people, and places that are celebrated here at Adelaide Oval.
Duration: 90 mins
Where: Adelaide Oval, meet at Stadium Concierge, enter via the South Gate
Facilitators: Sam Bolch and Tim Quinn
Suitability All year levels
Learning Areas: HASS: History, Civics & Citizenship, Economics & Business, Geography
General Capabilities: Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, Personal & Social Capability
Cross-curriculum Priorities: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures
Sustainability
Themes: Heritage, cultural connection and exploration
Adelaide Oval Discovery: The athletes, innovations and opportunities
Explore Adelaide Oval ‘behind the scenes’, walk in the footsteps of the great athletes that have wondered crowds for almost 150 years. Be inspired by the engineering masterpiece and technological innovations. Discover the diversity of products, career paths, and the potential for your students. Join us for an educationally rich experience that will highlight the multi-faceted nature of this landmark Adelaide location.
Duration: 90 mins
Where: Adelaide Oval, meet at Stadium Concierge, enter via the South Gate
Facilitators: Sam Bolch and Tim Quinn
Suitability All year levels
Learning Areas: Science, Health & PE, Technologies, HASS: Economics & Business
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, ICT Capability, Personal & Social Capability
Cross-curriculum Priorities: Sustainability
Themes: Innovation, exploration, health & growth
Adelaide Zoo
Zoos SA provides digital learning experiences that engage students with the real world of zoos, conservation and animal welfare through science technologies (design & digital). The Zoo Learning team is committed to engage and inspire students and teachers with the knowledge and skills to save animals from extinction and take action for conservation. Zoos SA offers hands-on and self-guided learning opportunities for all students and is now embracing digital learning to enhance the experience.
Contact: Zoos SA Education Service
Adelaide Zoo, Frome Road, Adelaide
Monarto Zoo, Old Princes Highway, Monarto
T: 8230 1258
E: azes@zoossa.com.au
STEM approach to animal enclosure design
By exploring how animal enclosures are designed, your students will engage in real-life problem solving through the lens of an authentic STEM process. Connecting people to nature and conservation is the core purpose of Zoos SA.
BYO iPad if you have one
Duration: 2 hours
Where: Meet at front gate Adelaide Zoo, Plane Tree Drive
Facilitator: Matt Richards, Digital Learning Designer
Suitability: Years 6, 7, 8 & 9
Learning Areas: Science, Technologies: Design and Digital
General Capabilities: ICT Capability, Critical & creative thinking, Ethical understanding
Cross-Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability
Art Gallery of South Australia
The Art Gallery of South Australia offers dynamic education programs that engage students and teachers with works of art. Visits to AGSA’s permanent collection and most temporary exhibitions are free. Experience the Gallery through an independent self-guided visit supported by our Curiosity Cards that promote critical and creative thinking.
Contact: Kylie Neagle, Education Officer
North Terrace, Adelaide
P: 8207 7033
Cultivating curiosity: Planning a visit to the Gallery
A visit to the Gallery can often be a daunting experience with students seeing works of art in situ, sometimes for the first time. Using the Gallery’s Curiosity Cards discover alternative ways to promote critical and creative thinking and encourage long looking, resulting in students actively engaging with works of art, with ideas and with each other.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Meet at Radford Auditorium, AGSA
Facilitators: Kylie Neagle, Education OfficerSuitability: All year levels
The Arts: Visual Art, HASS: History, English
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Literacy, Personal and Social Capability,
Cross-Curriculum Priorities: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Themes: Dealing with difficult works of art, alternative strategies for engaging with works of art, Curiosity Cards, developing critical thinking
How to teach Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art: Express
This session will provide educators with insight into the way relationships between people, culture and country for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples can be conveyed through works of art. Discover the ways your students can respond to historical and contemporary works of art by making connections with their own stories and histories.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Meet at Radford Auditorium, AGSA
Facilitators: Thomas Readett, Tarnanthi Education OfficerSuitability: All year levels
Learning Areas: The Arts: Visual Art, HASS: History, English
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Intercultural Understanding and Social Capability,
Cross-Curriculum Priorities: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Theme: Using artists as a starting point, with Tarnanthi as the backdrop.
Making Maths accessible: Chiharu Shiota
Join curators Russell Kelty and Leigh Robb and John Rowe, DfE Project Officer/Thinking Maths, to learn about the new acquisition Absence Embodied by Chiharu Shiota before participating in a hands-on workshop combining mathematics and art.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Meet at Radford Auditorium, AGSA
Facilitators: Curators Russell Kelty and Leigh Robb and John Rowe, DfE Project Officer/Thinking MathsSuitability: Primary and Secondary
Learning Areas: The Arts: Visual Art, Mathematics
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Intercultural Understanding, Numeracy
Theme: Mathematics in Art
My portrait, my story
This learner-centred portrait workshop provides an opportunity to embrace curiosity, share ideas and make connections. Discover how you can engage your students with works of art as they observe independently and examine self-portraiture as a form of artistic expression.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Meet at Radford Auditorium, AGSA
Facilitator: Amanda Nicholls, Early Years Educator and AGSA FacilitatorSuitability: Early and Primary
Learning Areas: The Arts: Visual Art, English
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Intercultural Understanding, Personal and Social Capability
Cross-curriculum Priority: SustainabilityTheme: Portraiture
Visual language and creative writing
Discover the learning opportunities that await your students with writing in the Gallery. This program will step you through a variety of strategies for using works of art as prompts for lessons in literacy either in the Gallery or in the classroom.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Meet at Radford Auditorium, Art Gallery of SA
Facilitator: Kylie Neagle, Education OfficerSuitability: Primary and Secondary
Learning Areas: The Arts: Visual Art, English
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Literacy, Personal and Social Capability
Cross-curriculum Priority: SustainabilityTheme: Narrative, using works of art as prompts in English
Ayers House Museum
Visiting Ayers House Museum gives students the opportunity to feel as though they have stepped back in time. Because we know that people like to be part of a story many of our programs are scenario based. We run servant training programs, dancing and deportment lessons and teach children how to play endangered games! We cater for students of all ages and welcome collaborating with teachers.
Contact: Education Presenter, Helen Lawry
288 North Terrace, Adelaide
T: 8223 1234
Creative writing somewhere inspiring
Join us in the State Dining Room Ayers House Museum for a writing workshop designed for teachers who dread creative writing. Facilitated by Helen Lawry whose experience in museum education is informed by work in writing, storytelling and performance, this workshop leads participants through a series of portable and adaptable writing exercises. Teachers who love creative writing are welcome too!
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Ayers House Museum, North Terrace
Facilitator: Helen LawrySuitability: Primary and Secondary
Learning Areas: English
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Literacy
Theme: Creative writing for those who dislike it
New dimensions in heritage
Learn how students demonstrate their history and design skills by creating 3D models influenced by heritage buildings. This is a hands-on workshop so come prepared to sculpt, annotate, sketch and scribe. Youtube New Dimensions in Heritage
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Ayers House Museum, North Terrace
Facilitator: Helen LawrySuitability: Primary and Secondary
Learning Areas: HASS: History, The Arts: Visual Art and Design & Technologies: Design and Digital Technologies
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, ICT Capability
Theme: Heightening perception of heritage places through the arts and analytical thought.
The fake museum and the touching table
Ever noticed how digital natives are enchanted by opportunities to touch and do? Discover Ayers House Museum’s top ten history hooks. Developed with an eye for budget and practicality these ideas are easy adapted for a variety of learning settings. A fun, informative and practical workshop that gives you the chance to visit the three levels of the museum, see a range touching tables and try some ‘history hooks’ out for yourselves.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Ayers House Museum, North Terrace
Facilitator: Helen LawrySuitability: All year levels
Learning Areas: HASS: History, English
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Literacy
Themes: History, curiosity, using the senses, the mantle of authority
Centre of Democracy
The Centre of Democracy, a collaboration between SLSA and the History Trust, showcases the evolution of democracy in South Australia. Discover the people and ideas that have shaped our past and explore the role we have in determining the future.
Education programs are targeted to Civics and Citizenship, HASS, History, Geography, Legal Studies, Research Project, and English.
A range of education programs are available that explore:
- What democracy is in the Australian context
- How decisions are made democratically
- The key values of Australians society for example- freedom of speech, expression and religious belief
- Key individuals
- Why Aboriginal Australians continue to be marginalised
Contact: Madelena Bendo, Education Manager
Institute Building, corner of North Terrace and Kintore Avenue, Adelaide
T: 8207 7692
The Nincompoops - according to Mary Lee
The Nincompoops online resource was developed to support teachers’ discussions with students about some of the key people behind the establishment of the colony of South Australia.
To develop students’ understanding of important legal concepts such as the rule of law, and to encourage students to think critically about the concept of justice, students are given the opportunity to apply the rule of law to the key figures and events depicted in the information sheets.
Hints on using the State Library of South Australia for research will be provided, followed by a unique opportunity to explore documents relating to some of the individuals mentioned in the Nincompoops Project on a behind the scenes tour of the Library’s basement storage facility.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Education Room, SLSA (Meet in the foyer, State Library of South Australia)
Facilitators: Stamos Ganiaris, Anna Kala & Madelena BendoSuitability: Year 10 & 11
Learning Areas: HASS: History, Modern History & Legal Studies
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Literacy, Ethical Understanding, Personal and Social Capability
Participation now and then: the importance of handling objects
Handling objects allow learners to discover the story and relevance of objects found on display in galleries and museums. Explore how handling objects can enrich learning and apply this strategy to the classroom.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: COD, Institute Building, North Terrace
Facilitators: TBCSuitability: Primary and Secondary
Learning Areas: HASS: History, Civics & Citizenship
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Literacy, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, Personal and Social Capability
Unpacking images of colonisation
Using visual thinking strategies with the addition of an historical lense, explore the messages colonial art can teach. Using colonial artist Martha Berkley’s painting Governor Gawler’s feast, November 1838 as the first example, unpack the details of the event. Who is marginalised? How are Aboriginal people portrayed? Then extend the pedagogy to other colonial works of art.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: COD, Institute Building, North Terrace
Facilitators: TBCSuitability: All year levels
Learning Areas: HASS: History, English, The Arts: Visual Art
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, Personal & Social Capability
Cross-Curriculum Priorities: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Theme: Connecting colonial art to colonial history
Lot Fourteen
Situated in the heart of the city, surrounded by our famous parklands and Adelaide Botanic Garden, Lot Fourteen is Adelaide’s new neighbourhood for current and future generations to discover the excitement and unlimited opportunities of innovation.
Contact: Allan Kane, Stakeholder Engagement Lead
North Terrace, Adelaide
T: 0437 645 744
Entrepreneurs, Innovators and Idea generators: developing South Australia’s next generation of business leaders
In this session, participants will be exposed to the themes of entrepreneurship and idea generation, and will explore how immersing in Lot Fourteen’s culture, technologies and connections can support students in their own pursuits of innovation, social enterprise and global impact.
Presenters will highlight how bold ideas, new ventures and creative thinking can drive opportunities for students, both in the classroom and as they start their own professional journeys.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Lecture Theatre, Eleanor Harrald Building, Frome Road, Adelaide
Facilitators: TBCSuitability: Secondary and Senior Secondary
Learning Areas: HASS (Economics & Business, Civics & Citizenship), Health & PE
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding,
Personal & Social Capability
Cross-Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability
Themes: Entrepreneurialism, innovation and business, collaboration for emerging and social enterprises, preparing students to explore opportunities in future industries
Migration Museum
The Migration Museum tells the stories of South Australians and celebrates cultural diversity. We research, collect and share the state’s history through exhibitions, education programs and community and digital engagement.
The education programs offered cross a variety of year levels and learning outcomes. All of the education programs align with the Australian Curriculum and are led by trained Museum staff.
Contact: Madelena Bendo, Education Manager
82 Kintore Avenue, Adelaide
T: 82077692
Being a child in the 19th century
In this fun education program students explore the past focusing on school life and daily life of colonial Australia before schooling became compulsory in South Australia. What did children learn at school? What technology was used?
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Migration Museum, Kintore Avenue
Facilitators: Curatorial staff at Migration MuseumSuitability: Early Years to Year 9
Learning Areas: HASS: History, Health & PE, English
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, Literacy, Personal & Social Capability
Cross-Curriculum Priorities: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Colonial footprints on Kaurna land
Using colonial artworks and colonial tools (theodolites) explore the different types of land management practices in place in the 1830’s in the region now known as Adelaide.
This will be hands on workshop. Be prepared to get your measuring minds working and explore the site and tools the sappers and miners used as the initial set up.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Migration Museum, Kintore Avenue
Facilitators: Curatorial staff at Migration MuseumSuitability: Primary and Middle
Learning Areas: HASS: History, Mathematics, English, Technologies: Design & Technologies
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, Literacy, Personal & Social Capability
Cross-Curriculum Priorities: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Exploring stories through objects – bring your own object
A hands-on session which will use objects to make connections with historical events and people, and links with the Australian Curriculum HASS F-10.
Please bring an object that you would like to use during the session.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Migration Museum, Kintore Avenue
Facilitators: TBCSuitability: Early, Primary and Secondary
Learning Areas: HASS: History, English
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, Personal & Social Capability
Cross-Curriculum Priorities: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Nationhood: 20th and 21st Century migration to South Australia
Using the galleries and objects, explore how the Migration Museum can support the teaching and learning of Australia’s migration stories. This session will enable educators to unpack the Inquiry: Making of a Nation and Movement of Peoples in Australia post WW1.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Migration Museum, Kintore Avenue
Facilitators: Migration Museum staffSuitability: Upper Primary and Secondary
Learning Areas: HASS: History, English
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, Personal & Social Capability
Cross-Curriculum Priorities: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures, Asia & Australia’s Engagement with Asia
Whose history?
White Australia has a black history: explore deep time and the impact of colonisation on the First Nations peoples of the Adelaide plains. In this hands on workshop, explore concepts of history with a critical eye.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Migration Museum, Kintore Avenue
Facilitators: Michael Kumatpi O’BrienSuitability: All year levels
Learning Areas: HASS: History, English, Science
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, Personal & Social Capability
Cross-Curriculum Priorities: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Working the Migration Museum your way – Primary Years
Explore the Migration Museum, understand its charter and learn how to use the Museum in a way that aligns with the Australian Curriculum, meets your student’s specific learning needs and supports your development as a teacher.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Migration Museum, Kintore Avenue
Facilitators: Madelena BendoSuitability: Primary
Learning Areas: HASS: History, Geography, English
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, Personal & Social Capability
Cross-Curriculum Priorities: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures
Working the Migration Museum your way – Secondary Years
Explore the Migration Museum, understand its charter and learn how to use the Museum in a way that aligns with the Australian Curriculum, meets your student’s specific learning needs and supports your development as a teacher.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Migration Museum, Kintore Avenue
Facilitators: Madelena BendoSuitability: Secondary
Learning Areas: HASS: History, Geography, English
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, Personal & Social Capability
Cross-Curriculum Priorities: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
National Motor Museum @ Migration Museum
As an international centre for the collection, research, preservation, education and display of Australian road transport history, the National Motor Museum is much more than a collection of vehicles. It is a social history of the way we were, the way we are now and the way of the future.
The education programs at the Museum include guided inquiry trails with practical class based activities led by experienced museum staff. Education programs adhere to the Australian curriculum and the Teaching for Effective Learning (TfEL) framework. Discovery of technical innovation, amazing social histories and historical thinking skills are all part of the learning experience. The excellent facilities and spectacular surrounds of the National Motor Museum at Birdwood make for a truly enjoyable school outing. Trained staff can also take many of the education programs into schools as an incursion.
Contact: Ian Reed, Education Manager
T: 8568 4000
Shannon Street, Birdwood, Adelaide Hills
National Motor Museum: ‘The Hawker Vans’ – developing historical thinking
This program looks at the early hawkers (the mobile salespeople of Australia) and how they travelled around the country selling goods from the back of their vans. An immersive program where participant explore the intriguing contents of four scale model hawker vans. (60 minutes)
Following the Hawker Van program teachers will be offered a ‘tasting platter’ of the other programs run by the National Motor Museum (30 minutes)
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Migration Museum Courtyard
Facilitator: Ian Reed, Education Manager
Suitability: Primary and Middle
Learning Areas: HASS: History, Geography, English
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Intercultural Understanding Personal and Social Capability
Cross-curriculum Priority: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures, Asia & Australia’s Engagement with Asia, SustainabilityThemes: Movement of people in Australia since Federation, life in outback Australia, migrants seeking work as a hawker, impact of the motor vehicle and innovation
Tom Kruse ‘The Outback Mailman’ snapshot
Teachers participate in the Tom Kruse ‘The Outback Mailman’ education program. Learn about the legendary Tom Kruse who delivered mail and supplies to the people living in Outback Australia. Drive our 1/3 scale replica of the 1936 Leyland Badger in a re-enactment mail run from Marree to Birdsville allowing participants to step into the shoes of Tom Kruse experiencing first-hand the job he did, the people he met and the adverse conditions he faced. (60 minutes)
Following the Tom Kruse program teachers will be introduced to other programs run by the National Motor Museum (30 minutes)
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Migration Museum Courtyard
Facilitator: Ian Reed, Education Manager
Suitability: Primary and Secondary
Learning Areas: HASS: History, Geography, English
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Intercultural Understanding, Ethical Understanding Personal and Social Capability
Cross-curriculum Priority: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures, SustainabilityThemes: Heroes, Outback Australia, Impact of the motor vehicle, Innovation
MOD.
MOD. at UniSA is a futuristic museum of discovery. It’s a place to be and be inspired. We want to inspire young people about science and technology, showcasing how research shapes our understanding of the world around us to inform our futures. We design for 15-25 year olds, but our exhibits should inspire something in people of all ages.
MOD. is like no other museum experience in Australia. We sit at the intersection of art and science and we bring together researchers, industries, and students to challenge, learn, and be inspired.
Contact: Lisa Bailey
Phone: 8302 0958
Email: lisa.bailey@unisa.edu.au
Address: MOD. North Terrace, Adelaide
Meet MOD.
MOD. is Australia’s Leading Future-Focused Museum of Discovery. This session will start with a tour of the current MOD. exhibition SEVEN SIBLINGS FROM THE FUTURE. This exhibition asks what sort of future we want for South Australia. In the exhibition, we consider the way that our personal values shape our decisions. How do these choices go on to affect our greater community?
Following the tour, we will run a short session outlining a toolkit on how educators can engage with MOD. that can apply to any of our exhibitions, which change twice a year.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: MOD., University of South Australia, North Terrace
Facilitator: Dr Lisa Bailey (TBC)
Suitability: Secondary and Senior Secondary
Learning Areas: HASS: Civics & Citizenship, Economics & Business, The Arts, Technologies
General Capabilities: Critical & creating thinking, Ethical understanding, Personal & Social Capability.
Parliament House
Parliament House is the home of South Australia’s two parliamentary chambers, the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council. Visiting Parliament House is an exciting way to take in South Australian history, and learning about the functions and proceedings of Parliament is an ideal way to explore the HASS – Civics & Citizenship component of the Australian Curriculum.
School groups can visit and explore Parliament House by booking a visit with their local MP. Groups can visit on a ‘non-sitting day’ to sit in the chambers, debate, and meet their local representative. Groups can also book in on a ‘sitting day’ to view proceedings live from the public viewing gallery.
Teacher professional development specific to Parliament House is available throughout the year.
Contact: Community Education Officer
T: 8237 9386
E: assembly@parliament.sa.gov.au
North Terrace, Adelaide
W: http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/education/Pages/Welcome.aspx
Booking instructions are available at: http://bit.ly/ParliamentSAbookings
Australian Electoral Commission @ Parliament House
Making decisions is a life skill. Voting is decision making. In the classroom voting can be used very effectively and often as a decision making tool. In this interactive workshop participants will find out how to use the voting process to empower students to make decisions while equipping them with a valuable citizenship skill.
There will be discussion of a variety of strategies and ideas for teaching electoral education as relevant to the new Australian Curriculum in Civics and Citizenship. A comprehensive teaching resource will be provided to all workshop participants along with classroom election materials.
Explore free resources that link to the Australian Curriculum https://education.aec.gov.au/
Duration: 2 hours
Where: Parliament House, North Terrace
Facilitator: Megan McCrone, Senior Education Officer, AECSuitability All year levels
Learning Areas: HASS: Civics & Citizenship, Politics
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Numeracy
Theme: Australian democracy
Exploring Civics & Citizenship at Parliament House
A tour of the beautiful historic building – with a teacher twist! Join Parliament’s Education Officer on a school student-style tour, but with commentary around pedagogy, detailed explanations of the Civics & Citizenship curriculum content, and strategies to bring Parliament to life in a classroom.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Parliament House, North Terrace
Facilitator: Natalie YoungSuitability Primary, Secondary and Senior Secondary
Learning Areas: HASS: Civics & Citizenship, History, Politics, Legal Studies
General Capabilities: Ethical Understanding, Literacy, Personal & Social Capability
Themes: Politics, South Australia, Government, governance, contributing to community, democracy, civic participation
South Australian Maritime Museum
The South Australian Maritime Museum is an ideal learning environment for students to explore South Australia’s unique history, our relationship with maritime culture and the marine environment. The museum offers exciting and varied exhibits in the historic Bond Store, an original lighthouse and Port River cruises on-board the Archie Badenoch.
Schools are able to participate in a variety of programs at the museum and within the Port Adelaide area. Programs cover a wide range of curriculum areas and year levels and provide hands-on and discovery based learning experiences.
Our Education Manager is available to support teachers design successful learning experiences for their students.
Contact: Ian Reed, Education Manager
T: 8207 6255
E: maritime@history.sa.gov.au
W: Lipson Street, Port Adelaide
Explore the Maritime Museum
Explore the South Australian Maritime Museum and experience education programs about the First Fleet, Migration to Australia and Exploration. Teachers will undertake programs using iPads and have an opportunity to climb the lighthouse and take a trip on the Port River for a dolphin search cruise.
Duration: 3 hours
Where: South Australian Maritime Museum Lipson St, Port Adelaide
Facilitator: Ian Reed, Education Manager
Suitability: Primary Years
Learning Areas: HASS: History & Geography, Science
NB: (A bus from the city will be arranged if a minimum number of 10 people require transport).
South Australian Museum
The South Australian Museum is place for all South Australians to explore and learn about Australian Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Pacific cultures and Earth and Life Sciences. We welcome education group visits and offer a range of Australian Curriculum-linked learning opportunities that can either be self-guided or volunteer facilitator-led in our galleries or new flexible Learning Space.
A range of supporting resources is available for download on the website, including Learning Moments resources which integrate the development of student thinking with gallery content learning in STEM and the cross-curriculum priorities – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures and Sustainability.
Museum Discovery Cases can be borrowed to use in the classroom and regular professional learning events connect educators with our museum experts and research projects.
Contact: Leanne Wheaton, Education Program Manager
North Terrace, Adelaide
T: 82077429
Ancient Egypt
Established in 1939, the gallery provides an insight into the religion, burial practices and everyday life of Ancient Egypt. It features elements of the collection which is comprised of more than 650 artefacts, most of which are genuine pieces from Ancient Egypt, with only a few replicas and model casts. Tour the Ancient Egypt gallery with our Museum experts to learn more about the secrets of this much loved corner of the Museum and make links between content and the Curriculum.
Duration: 90 mins
Where: Meet in the foyer, South Australian Museum
Facilitators: Honorary Research Associate Michael O’Donoghue
Suitability: Primary Years and Secondary Years (7&8)
Learning Areas: HASS: History
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking
Australian Polar collections
Tour the gallery with Senior Collection Manager Mark Pharaoh and Museum Educator Trevor Manuel to make links between gallery content and the curriculum. Use Learning Moments resources which make links between year-level differentiated activities and integrate the development of student thinking with content learning in STEM and Sustainability.
Duration: 90 mins
Where: Meet in the foyer, South Australian Museum
Facilitators: Mark Pharaoh and Trevor ManuelSuitability: All year levels
Learning Areas: Science, Mathematics, Technologies, HASS: History
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative ThinkingCross-Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability
Creative interpretation of SA Ediacaran fossils
The 1946 discovery of Ediacaran fossils in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia is one of the most significant scientific findings made in recent history. The fossils that were found reveal a community of soft-bodied animals living on the seafloor 600 million years ago. Join Palaeontologist Dr Jim Gehling on a tour of the gallery to gain insights into the discovery and interpretation of these fascinating fossils.
Duration: 90 mins
Where: Meet in the foyer, South Australian Museum
Facilitator: Dr Jim GehlingSuitability: Primary, Secondary and Senior Secondary
Learning Areas: Science
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking
Disability inclusion for learning at the South Australian Museum
Museums are rich spaces for exploration and learning but they can also be challenging environments for students with disabilities. Hear from the Museum’s Manager of Community Programs, Lara Torr, about how the South Australian Museum is finding creative ways to build accessibility, including examples from her Churchill Fellowship research into accessible museums around the world.
This session will focus on examples of programs for children on the autism spectrum, as well as children who are blind or vision impaired. Discover how sensory adaptations and tactile resources are helping to bring the Museum to life for students and get to know the resources available to support your students.
Duration: 90 mins
Where: Meet in the foyer, South Australian Museum
Facilitator: Lara TorrSuitability: All year levels
Learning Areas: Science & HASS: History
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking
From dinosaurs to birds: The latest research
Our everyday feathered friends are fast-evolving relatives of dinosaurs, according to a recent study published by Museum scientist Dr Mike Lee and colleagues, in the prestigious journal Science. The study sheds new light the seemingly unlikely transformation from bulky ground-dwelling dinosaurs into agile flying birds. Dr Lee will give an overview and make links with the curriculum.
Duration: 90 mins
Where: Meet in the foyer, South Australian Museum
Facilitator: Mike Lee (TBC)Suitability: Primary, Secondary, Senior Secondary
Learning Areas: Science
Meteorites, craters and other investigations
Meteorites are incredibly valuable to science and the Museum has an important collection, some of which can be found on display in the Minerals and Meteorites gallery but is mostly housed behind the scenes in the Science Centre. Meteorites give us a direct connection to Space and help us learn about the origins of our planet and the formation of the solar system.
Learn about the properties meteorites and handle specimens from the Museum’s collection with Leanne Wheaton, Education Program Manager. Explore the ways craters are formed, brainstorm questions and design scientific investigations based on fair testing.
Duration: 90 mins
Where: Meet in the foyer, South Australian Museum
Facilitator: Leanne WheatonSuitability: Primary
Learning Areas: Science
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking
Museum research and collections: Science behind the scenes
The South Australian Museum’s Science Centre is a hub of scientific research which is rarely on view to the public. This is your chance to meet Collections Managers to see the Museum’s collections and research facilities up close, and talk to the scientists who use and care for the collections. Please note, this is an opportunity for teachers only and we are not able to offer a Behind the Scenes program for students.
Duration: 90 mins
Where: Meet in the foyer, South Australian Museum
Facilitator: Collection ManagersSuitability: All year levels
Learning Areas: Science
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking
Tools of life: Aboriginal science knowledge, technology and processes
Tour the Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery with one of our Museum experts to make links between gallery content and the new Aboriginal Perspectives in the Science Curriculum. Learn about the scientific knowledge and techniques in the past and present, evidenced by items such as spears and spear throwers, grind stones, stone blades, fish traps and medicines.
Insights will integrate with content learning in STEM and two cross-curriculum priorities – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures and Sustainability.
Duration: 90 mins
Where: Meet in the foyer, South Australian Museum
Facilitator: Aboriginal Education Coordinator and Humanities staffSuitability: Middle & Secondary
Learning Areas: Science, HASS: History & Geography, Technologies: Design & Technologies
Cross-Curriculum Priorities: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures and Sustainability.
State Library of South Australia
The State Library is a special place where people of all ages and backgrounds can learn, research, unlock their imaginations and engage with South Australia’s cultural heritage. The State Library Learning Programs are designed in line with the Australian Curriculum and the ‘Teaching for Effective Learning Framework’. Our Community Learning team collaborates with learners and educators to co-design exciting, quality learning experiences.
The State Library’s exhibitions, educational programs and community events, help bring to life the collections and histories of South Australia’s people, places and events. These experiences encourage a lasting connection with the State Library.
Contact: Community Learning Team
T: 8207 7239
E: slsacommunitylearning@sa.gov.au
North Terrace, Adelaide
Behind the scenes tour
Ever wondered about the role of your State Library? In this session experienced Community Learning librarians will take participants on an exploration of the spaces, collections and stories of the State Library. Participants will have an opportunity to visit some behind-the-scenes areas, not normally seen by community members, ask questions and find out more about how the library can support student research and learning.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Meet in the foyer, State Library of South Australia
Facilitators: Community Learning Content Librarians, Carolyn Spooner & Isabel Story
Suitability: Primary, Secondary and Senior Secondary
Learning areas: HASS, The Arts, English
General capabilities: Literacy, Personal & Social Capability
HASS @ the Library Years R-4
We welcome early years learners to the State Library. As a keeping place for our state’s stories of people, places and events, it can inspire curiosity, wonder and critical thinking. Participants in this session will explore HASS in the early years and participate in elements of the early years learning programs, Explore-a-story and My History. These programs takes participants on a multi-sensory exploration of the stories and spaces of the State Library, exploring the way collections hold memories and making connections with personal histories.
Key inquiry questions include:
- How can stories of the past be shared?
- How is the past different from the present?
- How is the past the same as the present?
Elements of this program have been co-designed with children, for children, to provide relevant learning experiences that effectively engage young learners.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Meet in the foyer, State Library of South Australia
Facilitators: Education Officers, Leisel Underwood & Sharon Morris
Suitability: Early and Primary, Sensory-friendly
Learning areas: HASS: History
General capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Literacy
Themes: Time, continuity and change, observation and noticing
HASS @ the Library Years 5-7
Explore the wonderful opportunities for exploring HASS at your State Library: Discover a selection of historical resources which illuminate aspects of early South Australian colonial life and emigration, the path to Federation and what it was like to be a South Australian digger during World War 1. There is a unique opportunity to explore documents on a behind- the-scenes tour of the Library’s basement storage facility.
BYO device if you have one
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: State Library of South Australia, Jervois Room (Meet in the foyer)
Facilitators: Community Learning Librarians, Karen Brandwood & Stamos Ganiaris
Suitability: Primary
Learning Areas: HASS: History, Geography, Civics & Citizenship
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, ICT capability, Literacy, Numeracy, Personal & Social Capability
Themes: Early colonial life, emigration and immigration, Federation and South Australian World War 1 soldiers
Making the most of catalogue searching
Discover the enormous range of historical and contemporary materials available through the State Library catalogue – books, photographs, diaries, letters, oral histories, transcripts, maps, and more. Our Community Learning librarians will share in-house tips and tricks to help you rapidly locate the right information for your teaching and student needs.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Meet in the foyer, State Library of South Australia
Facilitators: Community Learning Content Librarians, Carolyn Spooner & Isabel Story
Suitability: Primary, Secondary and Senior Secondary
Learning areas: HASS, The Arts, English
General capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Literacy, Personal & Social Capability
Theme: Research skills
Raiders of the Lost Archive
A high-stakes curatorial cold case! Discover the secrets of the State Library of South Australia. Crack cryptic clues, explore hidden corners and spot tiny details. When the clock starts, your team will have 90 minutes to crack the clues and hunt down the hidden secrets in one of Adelaide’s most historic venues. With a live leader board, cryptic clues, surprise challenges and a roaming curator you’ll have to think quickly to defeat teams of rival adventurers.
Raiders of the Lost Archive encourages participants to unleash their imaginations when examining their surroundings, gaining a richer engagement with the State Library of South Australia’s vast collections and exhibits. It provides a fun, new and innovative way to engage with heritage research collections and the state’s rich history.
BYO mobile device
Duration: 2 hours (90 minute game with 15 min briefing and 15 min debriefing)
Where: Meet in the foyer, State Library of South Australia
Facilitators: Fire Hazard Games http://fire-hazard.com.au/
Suitability: Primary, Secondary and Senior Secondary Years
Learning areas: HASS: History
General capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Literacy, Personal & Social Capability
Theme: Learning through gaming
Research for SACE at the State Library of South Australia
Improve your students’ SACE related investigations using authoritative, free home access eResources and secondary sources available via the State Library. Community Learning librarians will provide research tips to enhance your students’ projects. The session will also include a unique opportunity to go behind-the-scenes to tour the Library’s basement storage facility.
BYO device if you have one
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Jervois Room (Meet in the foyer, State Library of South Australia)
Facilitators: Community Learning Librarians, Karen Brandwood & Stamos Ganiaris
Suitability: Senior Secondary
Learning areas: Technologies, The Arts, Science, Health & PE, English
General capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, ICT Capability
Theme: Research skills
Sensory noticing and critical thinking
What you pay attention to and the way you notice the world around you is unique and shaped by your experiences and attitudes. As educators we can play a role in shaping, directing attention and broadening the ways that learners notice their world. In this session you will actively participate in exploring the libraries spaces and collections, and take away a variety of practical strategies and tools that promote deeper thinking and noticing.
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Meet in the foyer, State Library of South Australia
Suitability: Early, Primary and MiddleFacilitators: Education Officers, Leisel Underwood & Sharon Morris
Learning Areas: HASS: History, Science, English
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Literacy
Themes: Noticing and observation skills
The opposite of bored: researching Australian history through board games
Did you know that the State Library holds a collection of historical board games that tell stories about people, places and events in South Australia’s history? In this session participants will discover more about their State Library and actively participate in elements of a schools program that develops historical skills of questioning, researching and analysing, using selected primary and secondary sources. Participants will make part of a short video to communicate their discoveries. Key inquiry questions for the program include:
- How and why do people choose to remember significant events of the past?
- What were the significant events and who were the significant people that shaped South Australia?
BYO device if you have one
Duration: 90 minutes
Where: Meet in the foyer, State Library of South Australia
Suitability: Primary and MiddleFacilitators: Education Officers, Leisel Underwood & Sharon Morris
Learning Areas: HASS: History
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Literacy, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding
Cross-Curriculum Priorities: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures
Themes: Games/research focus – migration and the gold rush, sport, exploration
Time, continuity and change
Participants will have the chance to explore this program, which encourages students to build skills in analysis, interpretation and evaluation. Using State Library historic maps and images, attendees will use basic inquiry skills that allow them to pose questions, devise a hypothesis, critically test and evaluate findings, and communicate their discoveries to one another. There is a unique opportunity to go behind the scenes and tour the basement and view selected materials.
BYO device if you have one
Duration: 90 mins
Where: Meet in the foyer State Library of South Australia
Suitability: SecondaryFacilitators: Community Learning Librarians, Karen Brandwood & Stamos Ganiaris
Learning Areas: HASS: History & Geography, Science, Technologies
General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, ICT Capability, Literacy
Themes: Mapping, analysis
Yarning circle with Michael Kumatpi O’Brien
Michael Kumatpi O’Brien, a respected senior Kaurna man, will share some of his life experiences and thoughts on culture. This yarning circle will be a safe place to listen, learn and raise questions that you’ve always wanted to ask.
Duration: 90 mins
Where: Meet in the foyer, State Library of South Australia
Suitability: All year levelsFacilitators: Michael Kumatpi O’Brien with Leisel Underwood & Sharon Morris
Learning Areas: HASS: History, English, Science
General Capabilities: Ethical Understanding, Personal & Social Capability, Intercultural Understanding
Cross-Curriculum Priority: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Themes: Aboriginal perspectives
University of Adelaide: Faculty of Science
At the University of Adelaide, a science degree will give students the power to tackle real-world challenges on a global scale. Whether it’s extending life, eradicating world hunger, curing cancer or turning around the effects of climate change, by studying alongside our leading researchers, world-class educators and industry partners, students will graduate ready to make an impact. With 75% of the world’s fastest-growing careers requiring a background in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The University of Adelaide is the perfect place for students to launch their career in one of the fastest-growing and most innovative industries there is.
Contact:
T: 8313 5673
E: Faculty.sciences@adelaide.edu.au
Science at Adelaide
This interactive workshop invites you to explore a broad range of topics that impact on secondary school students and their future choices. Hear from university staff and students about the importance of picking the right subjects in Year 10, the transition to tertiary education, opportunities to gain real-world experience, careers in science and more.
Duration: 90 min
Where: University of Adelaide, Venue TBC
Suitability: Secondary
Learning areas: Science
Themes: Tertiary education, student experience, careers in science
Ready To Get Started?
Registration Instructions
Step 1:
PLAN your Big Day Out sessions before registering. If you have colleagues who would also like to attend, you may like to plan your TBDO sessions together before registering. There are limited places for each session. For more information about the sessions, click on the icon next to the session titles. You can also download and print the detailed program here.
Step 2: Register for the event (Eventbrite link).
- Be sure you have decided which activity/venue you wish to attend before you start the registration process
- When you register for the event, you are automatically booked for session 1 (opening, keynote and morning tea).
- You will need to select an activity for each of the sessions 2-8. There is an option to select “I do not wish to attend this session” if you are not able or do not wish to attend all sessions.
- Session 9 is the closing event – you can choose to attend or not.
Step 3: Check your email inbox…you should receive an email from Eventbrite that includes your ticket and sessions.
Step 4: Save your ticket to your mobile device and bring with you to the event. (If you don’t have a mobile device, print your ticket and bring that with you)
Step 5: Stay in touch for updates…..follow us on Facebook and/or Instagram and share! Use #teachersBDO
You can change your sessions selections using your Eventbrite login no later than 7 days prior to the event if places are available.
Sponsors and Partners
Contact Us
Ask us a question about TBDO.
Copyright © Teachers' Big Days Out - brought to you by Outreach Education
Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website created by Education Web Solutions