Teacher Talk
Share ideas, opinions and experiences, find out about programs and services.
Our Bloggers
Helen Wheeler
Education Project Officer
Jane Johnston
Education Project Officer
Lynda Kelly
Manager Online, Editing and Audience Research
Karen Player
Coodinator - Museum Outreach
Laura McBride
Acting Indigenous Program Manager
Geoff Gardner
Operations Coordinator, Australian Museum Science Festival, Science Unleashed
Catherine Beehag
Manager
Archives
-
Teacher Talk
- May 2012
- Apr 2012
- Mar 2012
- Feb 2012
- Jan 2012
- Dec 2011
- Nov 2011
- Sep 2011
-
Aug 2011
- Visual art workshops with special exhibition
- National Science Week with Professor Fiona Wood
- Museum buzzing with Science in the City 2011
- What's in the Box - Refurbishment
- Professor Stephen Heppell: Learning and technology Part 2
- Professor Stephen Heppell: Learning and technology
- 2010 Horizon Report Museum Edition: Commentary on the key drivers
- First Web to classroom video conference for teachers
- The Keeping Place Exhibition Launch
- NAIDOC Week 2010 Celebrations!
- Fashion Less Waste winning entries on display
- What's in the Box - Journey home
- Jun 2011
- May 2011
- Apr 2011
- Mar 2011
- Feb 2011
- Jan 2011
- Dec 2010
- Sep 2010
- Oct 2011
- Jul 2010
-
Jun 2010
- What's in the Box - Finley High School
- What's in the Box - Deniliquin South Public School
- What's in the Box - Conargo Public School
- What's in the Box - Bunnaloo Public School
- What's in the Box - Buronga Public School
- What's in the Box - Clare Public School
- 2010 Fashion Less Waste awards announced
- What's in the Box - Outside the Museum
- What's in the Box - Minibeast Magnified
- 2010 Fashion Less Waste finalists announced
- Bugwise for Schools is coming
- What's in the Box - Freshwater
- May 2010
- Apr 2010
- Mar 2010
- Jan 2010
- Dec 2009
What's in the Box - Buronga Public School
Day 5 of my regional NSW trip has brought me to Buronga Public School on the mighty Murray River across the river from Mildura.
After leaving Clare Public School I travelled another 240km south west over some very rough roads though Lake Mungo National Park.
Buronga Public School has a few more students than Clare Public School but is still a small school with under 100 students. I had chance to bring the Australian Museum to these students by showing them the Life on Seashore and Freshwater boxes. They will also get the next 3 weeks to explore these topics through the activities and specimens.
I spent the afternoon with a years 3 - 6 group looking at the specimens in the boxes and what they had seen before. This was followed by a K - 2 group who wanted to know if they were real or alive. They were also surprised that the box fitted so much in it.
I was then able to highjack the Video Conferenced staff meeting and show the teachers from Buronga and some from other local schools the boxes and explained what Museum in a Box is all about.
Stay tuned for tomorrows adventures.
Karen Player
, Coodinator - Museum Outreach
Last Updated:
Museum in a Box - Life on the Seashore View full size
© Australian Museum
Museum in a box - Freshwater View full size
James King
© Australian Museum