Resources
Resources for schools & groups, kids & families and adults.
Includes activities, online learning programs, games, school resources, fact sheets and more. Some learning resources require the Adobe Flash Player which can be downloaded from www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer.
Some of these resources are specific to your museum visit experience. Please be aware that exhibition content may change and some elements of these resources may not apply at the time of your visit. If possible, we recommend a preliminary visit for School or Group visit co-ordinators, to inform your planning.
A pictorial guide providing teachers with an overview of the different Museum zones and offers items of note to point out to students and possible discussion questions.
Year 9 History
Student Workbook
This program of work can be linked into in-class units of work on Australia’s colonial past and is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: History and English.
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The Future of Rail: A Design Challenge (2479 KB) 
Explore the past, present and future of electrical energy, including its generation and ability to power movement around our vast state. In this activity, students design and develop a ‘clean’ train and rail system used to transport valuable collection items between metropolitan and regional museums across the state. Students explore how electricity is used by varied types of trains to complete this design challenge.
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The Line Up (345 KB) Activity Sheet
Draw a line to match the pictures of the suspects with the description given to police officers.
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Threatened Species (3500 KB) There are nearly 1000 threatened species in Queensland alone, and the extinction of these species has the potential to disrupt whole ecosystems. In this resource you will examine a threatened Queensland animal, and create a Queensland Museum exhibit explaining why this species is threatened, and what you can do to help protect it.
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Your Rail Story (318 KB) Activity Sheet
Imagine you are a Museum Curator and have a go at investigating your own family's rail history using this activity sheet.