Resources for teachers
Education Brochure 2009
Click here to download a pdf
Excursion Management Plan:
Developed in line with DET excursion policy. Please download for assistance with your excursion planning.
Excursion Management Plan - Western Australian Museum Maritime (pdf)
Excursion Management Plan - Western Australian Museum Shipwreck Galleries (pdf)
Teacher’s Guides:
Click here to download a pdf: Teacher’s Guide Maritime Museum
Click here to download a pdf: Teacher’s Guide Shipwreck Galleries
Each guide contains a large selection of pre and post-visit activities with Curriculum Framework links provided.
Self Guided Maritime Museum Trails
For Teachers bringing self guided groups into the Maritime Museum, Victoria Quay, there are two trails available: ‘An Ocean of Stories’ Early Childhood Trail or ‘Maritime Explorer Trail’ for Years 4 – 10. Allow approximately 1 hour for each trail.
Bookings are still essential for self guided visits.
Click here to download a pdf: Yrs K - 3 An Ocean of Stories Early Childhood Trail
Click here to download a pdf: Yrs 4 - 10 Maritime Explorer Trail
Yr 11 & 12 Maritime Archaeology Resources for Marine & Maritime Technology Course of Study
To access extensive resources for Maritime Heritage and Archaeology:Email: penny.mcglynn@museum.wa.gov.au or phone 9431 8479
Information Kits available on request:
Batavia – Shipwreck Murder and Mutiny
Dutch Shipwrecks on WA Coast
Email: freoedu@museum.wa.gov.au or phone 9431 8455
Professional Development
In our half-day professional development courses, staff can immerse themselves in the ocean of stories told in the Western Australian Museum - Maritime. Our museum has three sites which can be included in your visit - the Maritime Museum on Victoria Quay, the Submarine Ovens and the Shipwreck Galleries in Cliff Street - all of which lie within the historic maritime precinct of Fremantle. Your professional development experience can be tailored to include visits to any or all of these sites.
Teachers are given a folder containing Teacher's Guides which outline curriculum links and provide a feast of pre-visit and post-visit activities to extend an excursion into a unit of work. Information about our existing programs is also included. Our school programs can be tailored to meet individual teacher's content requirements. Morning or afternoon tea can be provided.
Three hours + tea + resource folder $15.00 per person
Two hours + resource folder $10.00 per person
School Holiday Shipwreck Galleries Teacher Professional Development
2 hour PD on Tuesday’s and Thursdays of the School Holidays
10am-12pm or 1pm-3pm Shipwreck Galleries (Cliff Street, Fremantle)
$10.00 Bookings essential
Thinking of studying European exploration and discovery of Western Australia with your students? Would your class love to build and time-trial model sailing boats? How much would your pupils enjoy learning how to clean, load and fire a pirate cannon? All this and more can be experienced at the WA Museum Shipwreck Galleries in Fremantle! Come along with a few colleagues and enjoy an engaging tour of the Museum by an Education Officer who’ll guide you through the many themes, ideas and educational programs the museum offers that are linked to the WA Curriculum Framework. A few handy hints on the logistics of organizing an excursion to the Museum will be covered and you can collect a CD of pre and post visit activities to plan a unit of work around a Shipwreck Galleries visit.
For further information, or to make a booking, please contact the Education Assistant on 9431 8455 or email: freoedu@museum.wa.gov.au