Planet Shark Learning Resources

Welcome to Planet Shark: Predator or Prey at the WA Maritime Museum.

Our latest “out of water” shark exhibition will take your students on a journey through millions of years of evolution. Your students will immerse themselves into the world of sharks as they venture through multiple galleries, including a walkthrough projection display of stunning HD underwater shark footage.

The exhibition is designed to be interactive, entertaining and educational for wide student exposure and application. Importantly, the exhibition has been designed and created around the fascination most students have with sharks and is designed to appeal to all student levels.

Whether sharks fill you with fear or fascination, Planet Shark: Predator or Prey will have your students captivated from start to finish.

Scroll down or click through:

• Education Group Bookings
• Exhibition Content
• Educational Walkthrough
• Shark Loan Boxes
• Shark Show – World of Wonder
• Teacher Professional Development

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Education Group Bookings

We welcome bookings from all Year levels to visit Planet Shark: Predator or Prey.

Bookings can be made and paid online or by calling 1300 134 081. Advanced booking and payment is essential. There are no refunds for paid students who do not attend.

Bookings during Week 10 (23-27 Sep) will include The Shark Show - World of Wonder and are booked separately.

Each exhibition session can cater for a maximum of 75 students. Students will be pulsed through the exhibition in smaller groups according to your supervision ratio. Please allow at least an extra 15 minutes to your visit for this to occur.

Further information about excursions to the WA Maritime Museum can be found here.

Book your Planet Shark Education Program Now

July August September October November

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Exhibition Content

The above video gives an introductory look at what your students will experience when visiting Planet Shark: Predator or Prey.

In brief, the components of the exhibition include:

• A multi-screen cinematic experience
• Full-scale shark models cast from real specimens, including king of the ocean, the White Shark
• Extremely rare collection of fossils, up to 370 million years old, plus real shark jaws and teeth
• Shark cages and authentic artefacts
• Stories on human/shark encounters
• Detailed examinations of shark size, biology, hunting strategies and amazing sensory systems
• Information on shark satellite tagging programs and conservation efforts
• Interactive, educational displays and entertaining hands-on experiences

Planet Shark moves through a range of subject areas as it follows a single storyline – ‘Is the shark predator or prey?’  There are many educational principles that the exhibition has application to. To help facilitate this, the exhibition has been structured around the following four themes:

1. Predator or Prey?
2. Top of the Food Chain
3. Humans versus Sharks
4. Fighting for Survival

The storyline ‘Predator or Prey’ follows the rise of sharks over time, sharks today: diversity and biology; the relationship between man and the shark as driven by media in the 20th and 21st centuries; galeophobia (fear of sharks) and this fear’s relationship to the persecution of sharks over the last 50 years; sharks and their commercial value today; protecting ourselves from attack, the study of sharks and the latest in shark research.

Planet Shark represents an excellent educational platform for exploring the life and times of one of the world’s oldest and most evolved predators.

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Educational Walkthrough

The Planet Shark: Predator or Prey Educational Walkthrough will give you an overview of the exhibition and some of the information or subject areas within it.

This walkthrough can be copied and supplied to the adult group leaders who will be accompanying your students. It contains questions theses adult group leaders can use to spark discussion with the students

Download Educational Walkthrough [PDF-2.18MB]

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Shark Loan Boxes

Take the journey to the depths of the ocean experienced in the Planet Shark exhibition back to your classroom with our Shark Loan Box.

Students can explore the world of sharks through handling real objects and high quality replicas including shark jaws and teeth, as well as utilising a variety of engaging learning resources. Measure yourself against life sized sharks, learn the life cycle of a Port Jackson shark,and more.

Box contents:
1 x Tiger Shark jaw (replica)
1 x Port Jackson jaw (replica)
2 x White Shark tooth (replica)
2 x Tiger Shark tooth (real)
1 x Port Jackson egg (real)
1 x Life Cycle game
2 x Measure yourself mats
1 x Who eats who magnetic game

Shark Loan Boxes are only available with an exhibition booking. Book one now by clicking the links below.

20 Aug to 30 Aug - Box 1 20 Aug to 30 Aug - Box 2
3 Sep to 13 Sep - Box 1 3 Sep to 13 Sep - Box 2
17 Sep to 27 Sep - Box 1 17 Sep to 27 Sep - Box 2
15 Oct to 25 Oct - Box 1 15 Oct to 25 Oct - Box 2
29 Oct to 8 Nov - Box 1 29 Oct to 8 Nov - Box 2
12 Nov to 22 Nov - Box 1 12 Nov to 22 Nov - Box 2
26 Nov to 6 Dec - Box 1 26 Nov to 6 Dec - Box 2

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Shark Show: World of Wonders

Celebrate the end of term by combining a visit to the Planet Shark: Predator or Prey exhibition with the Shark Show: World of Wonders presentation.

This 30 minute interactive show will take your students on a rollicking journey through the wonderful world of sharks. Shark fact or shark fiction–you decide!

Bookings can be made and paid online or by calling 1300 134 081. Advanced booking and payment is essential. There are no refunds for paid students who do not attend.

There are 4 session options to choose from starting at 9.30am, 10.00am, 11.00am and 12.00pm. All sessions include the 30 minute show and one hour for exploring the exhibition. Please allow for breaks before or after your session.

Each session can cater for a maximum of 75 students. Students will be pulsed through the exhibition in smaller groups according to your supervision ratio.

Please note that your class may be combined with other schools of different ages for the show. 

Further information about excursions to the WA Maritime Museum can be found here.

BOOK YOUR PLANET SHARK + SHOW PACKAGE

The above link shows all Planet Shark education bookings. To include the show select a date between 23-27 September 2019.

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Teacher Professional Development

The WA Maritime Museum is proud to offer teachers some professional development opportunities that will allow them to experience the Planet Shark: Predator or Prey exhibtion and extend their subject matter knowledge.

STAWA Professional Development Evening

In partnership with the Science Teachers’ Association of Western Australia (STAWA) we are delighted to invite you to a Professional Development event centred around Planet Shark: Predator or Prey. This event includes a special guest presentation from Michael Burke (Manager, Community Education - Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development) and Adrian Gleiss (Murdoch University) as well as a complimentary beverage and refreshments.

BOOK NOW!

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Planet Shark: Predator or Prey Photo Gallery

 

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