School holidays at the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Water and recycling go hand-in-hand

Fri 23 Sep 2016 – Tue 11 Oct 2016

10:00am – 3:00pm

Museum of the Goldfields

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Join us as we explore our Golden Pipeline, bringing water all the way from Mundaring Weir to Kalgoorlie. We will also be creating art works from recycled materials, just in time for National Recycling Week!

Pipeline Discovery Trail

Times: 10am – 3pm
Dates: 23 September – 11 October
Ages: all ages
Cost: $5

Your activity package will take you all around the Museum. Explore our watery exhibits and create your own model piece of the Golden Pipeline.

Pipes

Times: 10am – 3pm
Dates: 23 September – 11 October
Cost: free
Ages: all ages (parental guidance required for children aged 7 and under)

Can you get the water to flow from one corner of the table to the other? Use plastic bottles with holes strategically placed in them and join them together to make a pipe to get the water to flow where you would like it.
Who can use the least number of bottles?
Who can use all of the bottles?

Maker Space in the British Arms

Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm
Dates: 27 September – 30 September & 3 October – 7 October
Cost: $3
Age: all ages

It is important that we reduce the amount of waste going to landfill, which in turn can affect our groundwater, so come along to the Museum to create some art from recycled materials. You may even want to enter your art piece in our recycled art competition which will be held during National Recycling Week, 7 – 13 November.

Drumming for our Waste Warrior

Times: 10am – 3pm
Dates: 23 September – 11 October
Cost: free
Age: all ages

During term two, many students from around Kalgoorlie learnt about the town’s waste management systems. Scan the QR Code to watch their video which tells the story of waste and recycling in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Also have some fun playing in your own percussion band using drums made out of recycled water bottles.

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