MENTAL: Exhibition Visit

Details

Available: 20 January–17 June, 2022

Sessions: 11am & 1 pm, Tuesday to Friday (please get in touch if the session times are unavailable on your chosen date)

Duration: Up to 90 minutes

Year Level: 9–12

Capacity: 50 students

Students are invited to be immersed in MENTAL, the inaugural exhibition at Science Gallery Melbourne. MENTAL is a welcoming place to confront societal bias and stereotypes about mental health, and for students to explore what it means to be human using science, technology and creativity. Get a sneak peek of the MENTAL exhibition.

Teachers are supported with resources to extend the student experience. A multimedia resource pack provides insight into exhibition themes, links to lectures, scientist and artist interviews, research, and curriculum-linked activities to undertake while on the self-directed visit.

Content warning: This exhibition contains some intense sensory experiences, confined spaces and lived experience of mental health.

+ Students will…

Students embark on a self-directed tour of the MENTAL exhibition which includes 21 interactive art/science exhibitions focusing on the themes of connection, agency, reflection and polyphony of experience.

Teachers are supported with resources containing curriculum-linked activities and discussion topics to extend and tailor the student experience.

+ Curriculum Links

A visit to MENTAL could involve curriculum links to the following learning areas and capabilities (see resource for more detail).

VCE: Art, Studio Arts, Biology, Health and Human Development, Physical Education, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology,

Victorian Curriculum 7-10: Design and Technologies, Digital Technologies, Health and Physical Education, Science, Visual Arts.

Capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical, Intercultural, and Personal and Social Capability.

+ Themes

Artificial intelligence (AI)
Connection
Emotional intelligence
Empathy
Lived experience
Mental health maintenance
Social media
Stereotypes and biases
Technology
Wellbeing

+ Cost

A $50 education service fee applies for groups of 15-50 students, free for groups with less than 15 students. All prices are inclusive of GST.

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