Primary School Education Program Topics

education program

Particular emphasis is placed on the HSIE, Creative Arts and Science and Technology syllabuses. Remember it is possible to combine visits to various museums and focus on various topics across the collections. Students are given hands-on exercises and other activities, and worksheets are available upon request.

Education program

The Nicholson Museum

  • An introduction to Ancient History and Archaeology
  • Archaeological Methods
  • Life On A Dig
  • Egypt
  • Greece
  • Rome
  • The Ancient Near East
  • Mummies
  • Death & Burial in Ancient Egypt
  • Writing In the Ancient World
  • Gladiators and Emperors
  • Soldiers in Antiquity

The Macleay Museum

  • Collecting the Natural World
  • Insects
  • Faunal Remains
  • Evolution
  • Anthropology
  • Indigenous Australian Culture
  • The South Pacific and Its Culture
  • Stone Tools
  • Prehistory
  • The History of Scientific Development
  • Scientific Instruments
  • History Through Photographs

University Art Gallery

  • The Artist
  • Visualising the World
  • Portraiture
  • The Landscape
  • Australian Art: from Colonial to Contemporary
  • Indigenous Art
  • East Asian Art

Other topics

  • General Tours of the University and its Grounds
  • An Introduction to History and Culture
  • An Introduction to Natural Sciences