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What to do on the holidays...
We have some great ideas for these holidays. There are lots of virtual tours available, both here and overseas. How about the Australian Museum? Or maybe your love science? Then let's go to NASA! And don't forget the ISO Bucket List!
VIRTUAL EXCURSIONS VICTORIA
Zoos Victoria: https://www.zoo.org.au/education/zoo-education-online/virtual-excursions/virtual-excursions-program-pages/
Aquarium Victoria
https://www.melbourneaquarium.com.au/sign-up/
NGV Virtual tours and excursions
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/virtual-tours/
NGV also have programs specifically for children: the Under 5s program and NGV Kids at Home: Art Club with Alfred Liu, all free. There are also programs for teens.
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/whats-on/programs-events/
Museum Victoria
https://museumsvictoria.com.au/museum-at-home
INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL TOURS
Twelve international museums and galleries
https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours
The Louvre
https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne#tabs
Visit NASA
ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS AT HOME
Australian Museum online resources for teaching curious kids about science, nature and culture. https://australian.museum/inside-out/homeschool-resources/
- Learn from our First Nations staff to make traditional matjka-wuma (String Figures)
- Download our FrogID activity sheet
- Watch the Eureka Prize winning Sleek Geek videos
- Download our free mobile App games and activities
- Build a frog friendly habitat in your backyard
- Colour-in illustrations from our rare books
- Craft a woven CD sea creature
- Create a rock engraving of a place, story, animal or object
- Make a test tube volcano!
Australian Geographic
School with the Australian Reptile Park hosted by Tim Faulkner, is a range of short films on a variety of cute Australian animals. Australian Geographic also has a great range of books and educational resources for all ages.
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/category/education-resources/
Yarn Strong Sista
Yarn Strong Sista provides First Nations designed resources and educational tools.
https://yarnstrongsista.com/free-resources/
The Smithsonian's Ology A selection of natural history and world cultures focused games, stories, hands-on activities and videos. https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology
Nat Geo for Kids An extensive range of resources designed to deepen children’s learning about the world, including videos, facts, games and quizzes. https://www.natgeokids.com/au/
STORYTELLING AND READING
Virtual Storytime
Join Adria from the Australian Museum Research Library as she reads from a selection of children's books.
https://australian.museum/inside-out/virtual-story-time/
Story box
A library of some of the best stories being read aloud to you by storytellers. https://storyboxlibrary.com.au/
ISO Bucket List!