Introduction to The Workshops Rail Museum
A great way to enliven and value-add your museum experience. Sessions prepare students for getting the most out of their visit.
Audience: Years 1 - 6
Duration: Allow 30 minutes per session. Rotations for large groups may be hourly to include a reset period.
Availability: Mondays, Tuesdays (TERM 1). Wednesdays, Thursdays (TERM 2, 3, 4)
Curriculum: HASS - History, Geography | Technologies - Design and Technologies
Get on board and take a journey to enrich your Museum visit.
This staff-led presentation is accompanied with a self-guided ‘scavenger hunt’ that will get your students thinking critically while exploring objects, little and large.
This multi-sensory presentation and investigation motivates inquiry learning, while taking you through the museum collections.
Students will:
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Engage in guided discussion about the significance of the site and types of jobs that took place.
- Compare technologies and design of objects used then and now.
- Investigate how a range of sources can provide historical evidence.
- Recognise Ipswich as a geographical location for early settlement and expanding industries.
- Work collaboratively on their Scavenger Hunt task.
Learning Outcomes
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Making connections between histories, geography and technologies.
- Observing, identifying and interpreting objects and sites to find answers or elicit further questions.
- Developing curiosity and imagination.
- Building inquiry skills and encouraging critical and creative thinking.
- Celebrating museum collections and the role of a museum in documenting change.
Session Details
- Program led by Museum staff
- $6 per student. Supervising adults FREE
- Minimum 20 students
- A Scavenger Hunt activity sheet master will be sent to the school ahead of your visit.
This activity engages students in the context of comparing then and now/past and present.
Group Visit Information
For information on booking a group into a program and additional information for your visit, go to the Planning your school visit page. Groups may be allocated time for self-guided Museum exploration during school program rotation.