Your Shipwreck Adventure

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Monday to Friday during school term

Year 1-3

HASS - History

Facilitated by museum staff

60 minutes per session, rotations for large groups will require a reset period.

Queensland Museum Tropics, Townsville

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$7.50 per student
28 students per session

Enhance your visit to Queensland Museum Tropics with our facilitated school program Your Shipwreck Adventure where students develop an understanding of maritime archaeology.

About the Program

Join our museum facilitators as they dive into the intriguing world of maritime archaeology leading students through object-based investigation of real and replica artefacts.

Your Shipwreck Adventure teaches students about what it means to be an archaeologist, the difference between artefacts and features, and encourages students to discuss why we choose to studying humans as well as learn the different between and how our interpretations of the past are shaped by our own lives.

Students will then pair up with a dive buddy to undertake their own maritime archaeological exploration of a shipwreck with a scavenger hunt and come back to their classmates to share their findings.

Learning outcomes

Students will:

know and use key terms and concepts relating to maritime archaeology, archaeology and museums
develop questions about archaeological objects relating to their materials, function and the people who made and used them
make observations, collect information and data about maritime archaeological objects to inform interpretations about their context and use
know the context in which maritime archaeological work occurs
understand the role of maritime archaeology in interpreting the past.

Curriculum Links and Program Information

Download the Program Guide for more information including how to book, what to expect, and the v9.0 Australian Curriculum links for the program.

Year 1 HASS
Knowledge and understanding
History	Continuity and change between aspects of their daily lives and their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods (AC9HS1K02)
Skills
Questioning and researching	Develop questions about objects, people, places and events in the past and present (AC9HS1S01)
Interpreting, analysing and evaluating	Interpret information and data from observations and provided sources, including the comparison of objects from the past and present (AC9HS1S03)
Interpreting, analysing and evaluating	Discuss perspectives related to objects, people, places and events (AC9HS1S04)
Concluding and decision-making	Draw conclusions and make proposals (AC9HS1S05)
Communicating	Develop narratives and share observations, using sources, and subject-specific terms (AC9HS1S06)

Year 2 HASS
Knowledge and understanding
History	A local individual, group, place or building and the reasons for their importance, including social, cultural or spiritual significance (AC9HS2K01)
Skills
Questioning and researching	Develop questions about objects, people, places and events in the past and present (AC9HS2S01)
Interpreting, analysing and evaluating	Interpret information and data from observations and provided sources, including the comparison of objects from the past and present (AC9HS2S03)
Interpreting, analysing and evaluating	Discuss perspectives related to objects, people, places and events (AC9HS2S04)
Concluding and decision-making	Draw conclusions and make proposals (AC9HS2S05)
Communicating	Develop narratives and share observations, using sources, and subject-specific terms (AC9HS2S06)

Year 3 HASS
Skills
Questioning and researching	Develop questions to guide investigations about people, events, places and issues (AC9HS3S01)
Interpreting, analysing and evaluating	Interpret information and data displayed in different formats (AC9HS3S03)
Interpreting, analysing and evaluating	Analyse information and data, and identify perspectives (AC9HS3S04)
Concluding and decision-making	Draw conclusions based on analysis of information (AC9HS3S05)
Communicating	Present descriptions and explanations, using ideas from sources and relevant subject-specific terms (AC9HS3S07)