By David on 3 August, 2012
David Arnold announces significant changes to the subscription website that gives schools access to a rich suite of curriculum-relevant resources, Australian History Mysteries. Read more >
Posted in Classroom resources | Tagged history, mystery, video
By Mitch on 26 July, 2012
What do we not know about Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson’s crossing of the Blue Mountains in 1813? Mitch joined the Ryebuck Media team in their latest historical adventure, and here shares highlights from their journey. Read more >
Posted in Classroom resources | Tagged geography, history, mystery, New South Wales
By David on 1 June, 2012
David Arnold introduces the latest case study in the Museum’s Australian History Mysteries (AHM) series, ‘What are the Mysteries of Lake Mungo?’ Read more >
Posted in Classroom resources | Tagged archaeology, history, Indigenous, mystery, ritual, video
By Cath on 28 May, 2012
We’ve had quite a bit of press lately about the project to pilot a system for mobile telepresence at the Museum. So what is it all about? And what makes it unique and special? Read more >
Posted in Classroom resources, Exhibition, Program | Tagged interactive, mobile telepresence, robots, video conference
By Cath on 16 April, 2012
The Sembl prototype will soon be playable! Here, Cath introduces the concept at the core of the game, as a prelude to an online tutorial for teachers. Read more >
Posted in Be involved, Classroom resources, Objects, Program, The Museum Game | Tagged children, creativity, divergent thinking, games, teaching
By Cath on 6 January, 2012
Having spring-cleaned our Education & Kids online content, it’s now much easier to find resources for classroom learning that are relevant to you and your students. Read more >
Posted in Classroom resources | Tagged ease, English, primary sources, teaching
By Kristina on 18 July, 2011
Kristina reports on her experience as an intern in the Museum’s Education team. Read more >
Posted in Classroom resources, Professional learning | Tagged professional development
By Cath on 12 July, 2011
Ange and I recently toured Tasmania on a reconnaissance mission as part of our project to develop rich and rewarding video conference programs. Read more >
Posted in Classroom resources, Inspiration, Program | Tagged ideas, technology, video conference
By Jess on 18 April, 2011
Australian teachers are not the only ones busily studying the new Australian Curriculum. Here at the Museum, we have been actively familiarising ourselves, with a particular focus on the History strand. Our office walls have been consumed by summary pages of the Australian Curriculum: History; we have had meetings devoted to exploring, learning and memorising the content of each year level; [...] Read more >
Posted in Be involved, Classroom resources, Inspiration | Tagged Australian Curriculum, teaching
By Cath on 2 March, 2011
This post introduces a set of resources on the National Museum website. Its starting point is resources related to Queensland, but from there it broadens to include resources of national interest. Read more >
Posted in Classroom resources, Professional learning | Tagged communications, environment, history, Indigenous, Queensland, teaching, transport
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