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Resources for students and teachers
- About the exhibition
- Group bookings
- Curriculum links
- Using the exhibition as a learning experience - (sample units, ideas for pre, during and post visit)
About the exhibition
Before dinosaurs ruled the earth more than 300 million years ago, plants and tiny animals lived and died and eventually became the fossils that formed the coal, oil and gas we use today. This natural link between our prehistoric past and our energy use today becomes evident as you explore the space.
This exhibition provides students with an opportunity to focus on a positive and sustainable future, whilst exploring energy, climate change and prehistoric plants and animals, including our much loved life-sized dinosaurs.
ENERGEX Playasaurus Place is an exhibition space as well as a great space to rest and have refreshments. After refuelling, burn off some energy playing, learning, dancing and singing.
Read through the web pages about the exhibition to gain an understanding of what students will discover during a visit.
Group bookings
Entry to this exhibition is FREE. To make a group booking, visit Queensland Museum South Bank Learning.
Queensland curriculum links
ENERGEX Playasaurus Place support components of the Queensland Curriculum Essential Learnings in a number of ways.
- The suggested pre, during and post visit activities listed below follow a number of strategies to engage students in the Ways of Working component of the Essential Learnings, and support scientific literacy.
- Below are listed the organisers within the Knowledge and Understanding components of the Essential Learnings that relate to the display.
Early Years
- Active learning processes
- Social and personal learning
- Health & physical learning
Years 1-9
- Science: Science as a human endeavour; Energy and change; Earth and beyond; Life and living; Natural and processed materials.
- SOSE: Place and space.
- Technology: Technology as a human endeavour.
Using the exhibition as a learning experience
We recommend preparation for your students prior to entering the exhibition to facilitate their learning experience and use of the space and to ensure the enjoyment of other visitors.
Energy, prehistoric past and a sustainable future
Explore the beginnings of life including our prehistoric past, our past and current energy consumption, renewable and non-renewable energy sources and how we can support a sustainable future.
Sample unit - Sustainable Futures: energy challenge
- Teacher Notes (Sustainable Futures sample unit) [new window 773 KB PDF]
- Student Notes (Sustainable Futures sample unit) [new window 421 KB PDF]
Sample unit - Energy Usage: Past, Present and Future
- Teacher Notes (Energy Usage sample unit) [new window 293 KB PDF]
- Student Notes (Energy Usage sample unit) [new window 283 KB PDF]
- Energy-related Activities [new window 259 KB PDF]
Rest and refuelling
The exhibition is a great space to rest and refuel, while learning at the same time. Burn off some energy while you learn about energy for your body.
Pre, During and Post Visit ideas (Rest and refuelling) [new window 63 KB PDF]
Queensland Museum South Bank acknowledges the support of ENERGEX in the development of resources for students and teachers.
