House Secrets

This education kit contains resources for Years 3-10 students focussing on the science of domestic products, foodstuffs and materials, how some appliances and gadgets work, and the non-human inhabitants that live in our homes.

The study of these topics has curriculum links to the Science, Mathematics, Information & Communications Technology (ICT), and Design, Creativity & Technology domains.

The kit consists of Teacher notes and Pathways A, B and C, which relate directly to a visit to the House Secrets exhibition at Scienceworks, and Background information, Web links and Student activities to do at home or in the classroom.

Resource Year Level PDF Link
Teacher notes 3-10 438kb
Pathway A 3-6 131kb
Pathway B 5-8 82kb
Pathway C 9-10 91kb
Some House Secrets FAQs 3-10 228kb
School based activities 3-10 526kb
Web links 3-10 39kb

Teachers may copy material in this education kit for classroom use.

Get Acrobat Reader

Related Resources

Related Events

Exhibitions