Y4 – Y8 Our Environment and Conservation (1.5 hours)
This programme looks at the changes which have taken place in Southland’s environment since early colonisation and teaches the students how to conserve what we have by learning from the mistakes of our past. Areas of interest in the museum are the Natural History gallery, Beyond the Roaring 40?S, Awarua Wetlands and the Tuatarium.
Y4 – Y8 Southland Community (2 hours)
This programme looks at how Southland’s community has developed since the early Maori first settled here. In this session, students use live experiences, games and drama to explore what it might have been like to be an early settler in Southland. Through this, they learn how Southland’s community has been shaped and what it means to be a citizen of Southland.
Y4 – 10 Our Native Birds (1.5 hours)
During this programme, students study the history of birdlife in New Zealand, extinct and rare native birds, how we can protect our native birds, birds from the sub-antarctic islands and features of birds that help them to survive in their environment, whether they be forest birds, swamp birds or sea birds.
Y6 – Y10 Beyond the Roaring 40°S (1.5 hours)
This programme sends students on an interactive explorative mission to the sub-antarctic islands of New Zealand. Here they will learn about the geography of the islands, the flora and fauna unique to the islands, the history of shipwrecks, whaling, sealing, farming, and wartime on the islands, as well as the sub-antarctic islands today.
Y6 – Y10 Archaeology (2 hours)
What can we tell about the way people lived by the things that they left behind? This programme explores this question by investigating galleries in the museum and other artefacts.
Y6 – Y10 Beyond the Roaring 40°S (1.5 hours)
This programme sends students on an interactive explorative mission to the sub-antarctic islands of New Zealand. Here they will learn about the geography of the islands, the flora and fauna unique to the islands, the history of shipwrecks, whaling, sealing, farming, and wartime on the islands, as well as the sub-antarctic islands today.
Y6 – Y10 Our Culture (1.5 hours)
In this programme, students explore the topics of migration, personal identity, our culture and ‘Kiwiana’ by completing activities to do with a talk about immigration to Southland and early Southland, Momento gift shop, the Maori gallery, Victoriana, Beyond the Roaring 40°S, Sport in Southland and the Tuatarium.
Y6 – 10 Technology and Change (1.5 hours)
With a focus on technology and how it has changed, students explore the Maori gallery, Victoriana, Beyond the Roaring 40°S, Sport in Southland and Early Southland.
Y9-13 Our Endemic Life (1 hour)
In this lesson, students learn about the New Zealand Moa family and its connection to other ratites in the world. Then they study some of the birds on display and analyse features of each bird’s anatomy which have contributed to their rate of survival. They look at why some of our birds are extinct, endangered, threatened, declining or rare, and what can be done to help protect them. Finally, we visit the Tuatarium to learn about the behaviour, anatomy, environment, history and future of tuatara.
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