Y1 - Y3 General SMAG Tour with Tuatara Talk (2 hours)
In this session, students are to complete a ‘museum hunt’ worksheet whilst they are taken on a tour through the museum. Particular areas can be focused on, depending on what the students are studying at school. At the end of the tour, they learn about tuatara and get to meet one up close and personal! After the tuatara visit, it’s back to the classroom for an interactive whiteboard storytelling session of The Terribly Tired, Try-Anything Tuatara, by Lynley Dear. Alternatively, instead of the storytelling session, students can participate in an art lesson which teaches them how to sketch a tuatara.
Y1 - 6 Change in Schools (1.5 hours)
In this session, students explore how schools have changed in Southland by examining genuine photos and artefacts. They also get to try activities from those early school days.
Y1 - 6 Fossils (1.5 hours)
This topic has three separate lessons to cater for three different year level groups: Y1-2, Y3-4 and Y5-6. In each lesson, students will use a PowerPoint presentation, classroom activities and the Museum’s fossils displays to explore the answers to the following questions: What is a fossil? How are fossils made? What different types of fossils are there? How old are fossils? What is a ‘living fossil’? What fossils have been found in Southland? As part of this lesson is conducted outside, students will need to bring a rain-coat if it is a wet day.
Y1 - 10 Tikanga Maori (1.5 hours)
This programme teaches students about how the early Maori people lived and Maori culture by exploring the Maori gallery, as well as Maori artefacts, art, games and musical instruments.
Y1 - 10 Water Tower Visit (1 hour)
This session is held on site at the Invercargill Water Tower. Here, students learn about the history of the Water Tower and Invercargill’s water supply. They also get to climb to the top and take in spectacular views of Invercargill! For a half-hour longer, students have the option of sketching and writing poetry about the Water Tower.
Y3 - 6 Insects (1.5 hours)
Students are divided into eight groups and must work their way around eight stations to find out more about insects. In this lesson, students study real (dead) insects which are mounted in display boxes or preserved in plastic. They also complete worksheet activities and use the Internet to research questions they have about insects. Depending on stock, they may also have the opportunity to hold and observe a live locust from the Tuatarium!
Y4 - 8 Ecosystems (45 minutes – 1.5 hours)
For this programme, students can study either tuatara and their ecosystem, New Zealand native birds and their ecosystem, or a combination of both. Through this programme, students recognise that all living things have certain requirements so they can stay alive and are suited to their living environment. They will be able to explain how living things are suited to their particular habitats and how they respond to environmental changes both natural and human induced.
Y4 - Y8 Exploring SMAG and Queen’s Park (10am – 2pm)
This is a big day out and can accommodate up to 120 students! Students will spend the morning exploring the museum in groups. For each gallery, they will have activities to complete. For these activities, they will find, interpret and analyse information, as well as develop their creative writing and drawing skills. In the afternoon they will use interesting facts about Queen’s Park as clues to complete an orienteering exercise.
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