Intro Tour: Life on Earth


Year level
Year 1 – 6
Duration
90 minutes
Cost
$240 per group (up to 32 students)
Audience
Primary

The Museum houses fossilised remains that are billions of years old and which provide some of the oldest evidence of life on earth. Explore the Origins and Wild Life galleries to discover how these fossils have impacted life on earth and why Western Australia is one of the world's biodiversity hot spots for flora and fauna.

 

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Student experience

Students will:

  • Discover highlights in the Origins and Wild Life galleries 
  • Engage in facilitated discussions
  • View and handle objects from the Museum's collections
  • Develop personal responses to the gallery content
  • Consider the unique environment of Western Australia and how we might conserve it

 

Skills development

This program links the following strands of the Western Australian Curriculum:

 

Year 4

Science

  • Living things depend on each other and the environment to survive (ACSSU073)
  • Earth's surface changes over time as a result of natural processes and human activity (ACSSU075)

 

Year 5

Science

  • Living things have structural features and adaptions that help them to survive in their environment (ACSSU043)

 

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