Education Programmes 2010
Bring your class to Waikato Museum for an awesome educational experience. The educational sessions are linked to the curriculum and are informative, challenging and fun. Before your visit, you will be sent a comprehensive Resource Pack, consisting of lead-in activities and ideas for preparing for your visit to the Museum, relevant background information and follow-up ideas to make a comprehensive unit of study and suggestions for assessment activities.
The cost per student for an education programme with one of our experienced education team is $5 per student or $8 for a double programme, $10 for a triple.
Education programmes
Watch out for Hatching the Past, an exciting interactive exhibition and education programme focused on dinosaur eggs and babies. Coming September 2010!
About the Programmes
Arts
Maori Studies
Social History
Science
Arts
ArtTrack
Engage students in the visual arts, learning about artists and their styles while undertaking a specific curriculum-focused activity to extend their experience. Programmes include an exploration of colour and simple sketching techniques in Colours Go Wild, an investigation of the multiple ways in which art can touch us in Tickle My Senses (6 Mar-13 June), and playing with expressive language inspired by the feature exhibition in A Picture Paints a Thousand Words.
In terms three and four, additional programmes encourage your students to have a go at simple print-making in Making an Impression and have fun with art-stimulated musical ideas in Is that Artwork Bouncing to a Beat?
In the Vault
A unique opportunity for secondary school students to discover the fascinating world of the Museum's Fine Arts Collection.
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Maori Studies
Matauranga MĀori (Traditional and Contemporary MĀori Knowledge)
A selection of programmes in which students learn about Māori traditions, culture and protocol. Programmes include Harakeke (flax), Marae Protocol, Maori Games, Tukutuku.
Te Tiiriti o Waitangi
Understand what the treaty is about and the impact this has today.
Waikato te awa
Using both the Marae Atea and The Mighty River Waikato exhibition, this programme focuses on the importance of the Waikato River to Māori.
Te Waka
Students learn about the technology and traditional protocol of building waka and about Te Winika, the waka housed at Waikato Museum. Students will learn a waka chant and use Maori words to draw and label a waka.
matariki (June-July)
Students discover the importance of Matariki as a celebration and welcome to the Māori New Year. Learn about the stars and navigation, the importance of the planting calendar and why kites are a symbol of Matariki.
Māori Language Week (July 27-31)
Tour the Māori exhibitions and learn more about the traditional stories of the past.
Social History
Never a Dull Moment - Hamilton Stories
A guided exploration of the entertaining, interactive and thought-provoking exhibition that highlights the hidden world of early Hamilton.
History Detective Walk
Explore the old town centre with our History Detective and learn about the people and places that made Hamilton what it is today. Take this as a standalone programme or in conjuction with Never a Dull Moment or The Mighty River Waikato.
Hands-On History
With a focus on treasures from the past, students learn about and handle interesting artefacts; a nice complement to Never a Dull Moment.
World War to the Waikato
A special Anzac programme that explores local WWI and WWII stories supported with hands-on artefacts from that era.
Science
The Mighty River Waikato: from Hinaki to Hydropower
Based around the The Mighty River exhibition, our education programmes mix Waikato River examples with others from around the globe wherever possible.
Healthy Rivers explores the river environment from an ecologically responsible perspective. Emphasis is placed on the water cycle, how rivers change naturally over time & along their length, native animal / plant river species, river water treatment, use & wastewater return, introduced river pests & rescuing rivers in peril. Also includes a glimpse at modern river technologies.
Working Rivers explores the river environment from a river development point of view. Emphasis is placed on the buoyancy of water, river transport and watercraft, hydroelectricity generation, major river structures (dams and bridges), and light / heat effects associated with the water environment. Also includes a glimpse at ecologically responsible practices.
Tickle my Senses (6 Mar-13 June)
Based around the exhibition where art, science and senses interact, students will get practical with vision, smell, touch, sound.
Exscite Interactives
Students play while they learn about force and motion, light and electricity and can take part in a technology challenge. Look out for the new activities that complement the old favourites in the Exscite gallery: speed throw and Mario Karts!
How Toys Work
Students learn about how toys work by studying science and technology concepts, including balance, bounce, store and release of energy, pressure, density, and use of light, sound, or electricity. These concepts are extended to the “big toy” exhibits in the Exscite Gallery.