(UN)EXPECTED + TOUR

Details

Available: Term 1 - Term 4 (February 2025 - May 2025 SCI-FI Tour / August - December 2025 DISTRACTION)

Levels: 7 - 12

Sessions: Tuesday to Friday at 11am-2:15pm

Duration: 3.75 hours (two modules)

Capacity: 50 students (minimum 20 students)

Cost: $20 per student plus an Education Service Fee for each booking. For groups of 1-15 it’s $50, for 16-30 it’s $75 and for 31-60 it’s $100.

We have limited Schools Access Program funding available for low-SES (ICSEA <1050) and regional schools to access a discounted rate of $10 per student (plus the Education Service Fee above). Access funding is limited, so please note in your booking request form and our team will confirm if remaining funding is available for your school to access this discounted rate.

From bringing back the thylacine from extinction, growing organs in animals for human transplantation, and replacing nature with technology – scientific advancements present a world of possibilities – but is it a world we want for ourselves? Ethics plays a huge role in shaping what science gets done, and in (UN)EXPECTED, we’ll consider the potential futures and unintended consequences for a range of real-world bioethical dilemmas. In groups, students will imagine what the world of tomorrow could look like by creating a visual timeline of possibilities, and as we’ll explore, when it comes to science and ethics, it pays to expect the unexpected.

In the SCI-FI/DISTRACTION Tour, Learning Experience Facilitators will introduce students to the key concepts and ideas, facilitate group discussions and activities, and prompt students to think critically about the works. Students will have the opportunity to independently explore the exhibition with a scavenger hunt quiz containing thought-provoking questions and reflective activities before sharing their experience with the group.

Key Themes: ethics, speculative design, technological change, science as a human endeavour

Gallery Tour
Students will explore and participate in the transdisciplinary art-science-technology installations, experiments and works of the 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.
Workshop
Complete a ‘Futures Wheel’ (a visual timeline) to explore the unintended consequences of scientific and technological events.
Learn about real-world examples of science and technology projects, including those featured in the current exhibition.
Informally engage with university students – who make up our facilitator team - and learn about diverse post-school pathways.
Science
Visual Arts
Critical and Creative Thinking
Ethical Understanding