DARK MATTERS: EXHIBITION VISIT
Details
Available: 8 August - 2 December, 2023
Levels: 9 - 12
Sessions: Anytime between 11am and 5pm, Tuesdays to Fridays (select closest available session and note preferred start time when booking)
Duration: Up to 90 minutes
Capacity: Up to 50 students (no minimum)
Cost: FREE but bookings essential
In this self-directed experience, students will be welcomed to the gallery with an introduction to Science Gallery Melbourne and the DARK MATTERS exhibition by a Learning Team staff member. Then, led by their teachers, they will get to explore, participate and immerse in the themes and works of the DARK MATTERS exhibition. In collaboration with Arts at CERN and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics, DARK MATTERS explores the fundamental essence of life and the universe, and how so much of it remains a mystery to us. This exhibition deep dives into the unseen, the unknown and the unspoken – will we ever fully understand the forces at play in our own lives, both on an individual level and on a planetary and universal scale?
Teachers are supported with a digital resource pack to extend and tailor the student experience. For each work, the resource contains suggested discussion points and questions, activities, themes and curriculum links. There are also student activities for before and after the Exhibition Visit, accessibility (including sensory) information, and additional resources regarding the concepts, research and technologies explored in the exhibition.
Key Themes: dark matter; physics; earth sciences; biology; space exploration; future technologies; innovation.
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Students will explore and participate in the transdisciplinary art-science-technology installations, experiments and works of the DARK MATTERS exhibition.
Participate in discussions and activities chosen by their teacher (teachers are welcome to use the accompanying exhibition resource).
Be able to ask questions and have conversations with Mediators – our in-house communicators with expert knowledge of the science and art behind the works.
A visit to Dark Matters could involve curriculum links to the following learning areas and capabilities (see resource for more detail).
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Victorian Curriculum 7-10: Design and Technologies, Digital Technologies, Science, Visual Arts.
Capabilities 7-10: Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical, Personal and Social Capability.
Looking for more?
Take a look at a facilitator-led interactive tour or one of our free online STEAM Careers Forums. There is always something more to see at Science Gallery!
