Australian Museum
Our education programs and resources spark curiosity, develop scientific understanding and enhance cultural awareness in students of all ages.
Through immersive and object-based experiences, the Australian Museum’s education programs and resources will help you and your students engage critically with our experts, collections and objects. Hello
18 Programs
Australian animals learning journey
Learning journeys offer a scaffolded approach to exploring a topic both in the classroom and at the Museum. Follow our learning journey to deepen your students’ knowledge and understanding of Australian animals and how their external features help them survive within their environment.
200 Treasures learning journey: Primary
Learning journeys offer a scaffolded approach to exploring a topic both in the classroom and at the Museum. Follow our learning journey to deepen your students’ knowledge and understanding of cultural and natural history treasures from Australia, the Pacific, and other neighbouring countries.
Sharks learning journey: Primary
Learning journeys offer a scaffolded approach to exploring a topic in the classroom and at the Museum. Follow our Sharks learning journey to deepen your students’ knowledge and understanding of shark features, the environments they live in and how we treat them.
Investigating invertebrates
In this interactive Museum educator-led program, students will investigate the life and features of different invertebrates. Students will apply their creative and critical thinking skills as they examine specimens and consider the place of invertebrates in our living world.
DNA barcoding
DNA barcoding is a genetic technique that scientists at the Australian Museum use to identify species and measure biodiversity. Use this series of video modules to learn more about laboratory 'tools of the trade', good scientific practice, and technologies such as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), gel electrophoresis and DNA sequencing.
Meet the experts - Eureka Stories
The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes are the country’s most comprehensive national science awards, honouring excellence across the areas of research and innovation, leadership, science engagement, and school science. In this on demand virtual excursion, students joined the conversation with three Eureka Prize winners who discussed their work in science and science communication, shared their career journeys and celebrated their Eureka moments.
Biological Diversity Study Days
This engaging full day program has been developed by the Australian Museum, the Botanic Gardens Greater Sydney and Taronga Zoo as a specially designed replacement for the popular Evolution of Australian Biota study days.
Animal adaptations learning journey
Learning journeys offer a scaffolded approach to exploring a topic both in the classroom and at the Museum. Follow our learning journey to deepen your students’ knowledge and understanding of animal adaptations and classification.
First Nations Gallery
The Australian Museum displays thousands of cultural objects that tell the story of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations’ beauty, complexity and diversity. In this program, we invite you on a tour of the stories, objects, and artworks within our Garrigarrang and Bayala Nura exhibitions.
Animal features and the environment
In this Museum educator-led program, students will get up close and personal with the animals in our Wild Planet exhibition, using hands-on resources and problem solving skills to learn how specialised features help animals survive in the environment.
Future Now learning journey
Learning journeys offer a scaffolded approach to exploring a topic both in the classroom and at the exhibition. Follow our learning journey to help your students learn about positive solutions for the impacts of climate change.
Sustainability and climate change learning journey
Learning journeys offer a scaffolded approach to exploring a topic both in the classroom and at the Museum. Follow our learning journey to deepen your students’ knowledge and understanding of climate change and sustainability.
Dinosaurs learning journey
Learning journeys offer a scaffolded approach to exploring a topic both in the classroom and at the Museum. Follow our learning journey to deepen your students’ knowledge and understanding of dinosaurs and fossils.
Unsettled learning journey: Primary
Australia’s foundation story is more than the voyage of James Cook or the arrival of the First Fleet.
Biological Diversity Study Days – Virtual excursion
The Australian Museum, Taronga Zoo and the Botanic Gardens Greater Sydney are proud to present a Biological Diversity virtual excursion.
Dinosaurs: Feathers, teeth and claws
In this Museum educator-led program, students will use fossil evidence and critical thinking skills to compare features of living animals to dinosaurs.
Animals in our living world
In this interactive Museum educator-led program, students will get up close and personal to the animals found in our Wild Planet exhibition. Students will use their critical thinking skills as they observe and explore some of the main features that help animals survive across our living world.
How we are Unsettled: Unit of work
'How we are Unsettled' is a nine-lesson unit of work that will engage students in the people, themes, stories and artworks of the Australian Museum's Unsettled exhibition. The unit addresses the untold stories of Australia's foundation story with the central idea that 'First Nations perspectives of Australia's history have an impact'.