Queensland Museum Kits
The Queensland Museum provides kits to schools, playgroups, kindergartens, and home school groups. The kits include sets of museum pieces for classroom use.
Bookings are essential for the Museum Kits. Please contact Gympie Library on 54810859.
Click on a title to discover more information about the kit, what is in it and how it relates to the school syllabus.
Kits for 2025
Sensing Sound #2
Explore different actions to make a variety of sounds.
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Queensland Primary Industries #6
HASS: How has our community changed? What features have been lost and what features have been retained? (HISTORY Year 3 ACHASSK063 ACHASSK064) Why did the Europeans settle in Australia? (HISTORY Year 4 ACHASSK086) How did an Australian colony develop over time and why? How did colonial settlement change the environment? (HISTORY Year 5 ACHASSK107 ACHASSK108 ACHASSK109 ACHASSK110) – QCAA: Investigating the colonial period in Australia: Shaping the Australian colonies & QM LOANS: object notes
Tree Life #4
Observe and compare seeds, leaves, and flowers.
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Aboriginal Tools #6
Investigate traditional knowledge of natural resources for use as tools.
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CULTURAL NOTE: contains material relating to First Nations Peoples of Australia
My Multicultural Community Africa #3
HASS: What does it mean to be an Australian citizen? (CIVICS Year 6 ACHASSK147 ACHASSK148) Who were the people who came to Australia? Why did they come? (HISTORY Year 6 ACHASSK136) – QCAA: Australia as a nation: a migration story Changing nations (GEOGRAPHY Year 8 ACHGK058) The modern world and Australia (HISTORY Year 10 ACOKFH023 ACDSEH146 ACDSEH147)
Mega Mystery #6
7 learner-led inquiry to explore the observable properties of fossils.
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CULTURAL NOTE: contains material relating to First Nations Peoples of Australia
WARNING CHOKING HAZARD: kit contains small parts not suitable for early years
Great Barrier Reef #4
Investigate interactions of living things on the Great Barrier Reef, including impacts of human activity.
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CULTURAL NOTE: contains material relating to First Nations Peoples of Australia
Contact us or phone 5481 0859 to secure your booking.