Teacher resources

The Australian National Maritime Museum provides free teacher resources for some of our exhibitions. You can download and print them to use in the classroom and to prepare for a school visit to the museum.

Current exhibition

Quest for the South Magnetic Pole

• Teacher resources coming soon
• The museum is offering teacher guided tours ($6.00 per student) of the exhibition. These tours will include time to explore the activity space.

Current travelling exhibitions

Exposed! The story of swimwear

• Resources & activities part 1 (PDF, 1.5mb)
• Resources & activities part 2 (PDF, 779kb)

Joseph Banks & the flora of the Australian east coast

• Fact sheets & Classroom activities (PDF, 1.5mb)

Past exhibitions

 Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns and Mermaids

•  Primary resources & activities
• Secondary resources & activities
  

 Antarctic Views by Hurley & Ponting

• Visual arts and cross-curriculum - all states (PDF, 756kb)
• Physical Journeys - the Antarctic experience (PDF, 495kb)

Charles Darwin - voyages and ideas that shoook the world

• Fact sheets & Classroom activities (PDF, 2.7mb)

Patriotism Persuasion Propoganda - American war posters

• War Poster Education Kit (PDF, 385kb)

Steel Beach - shipbreaking in Bangladesh

• Fact Sheet: Indicators of Development (PDF, 12kb)
• Geography Stage 4: Global Change (PDF, 14kb)
• Classroom Activity: Global Inequality (PDF, 10kb)
• Steel Beach: The Photographer's Account (PDF, 11kb)
• Ship Recycling in India: Letter to the Editor (PDF, 262kb)
• Signals magazine article: Steel Beach (PDF, 343kb)

The River - Life on the Murray-Darling 

• River Educational Resource Kit (PDF, 2.7mb)

Vikings exhibition

• Make a Viking Longship (PDF, 100kb)
• Write Your Name in Runes (PDF, 50kb)
• Vikings Teacher Resource Material (PDF, 1.5mb)

Stay informed of our latest student programs, school events and teaching resources with the Teacher Friends quarterly email. Help plan your school year and term activities with information on current events and special offers, sneak previews of exhibitions and events, and the chance to join our occasional focus groups.

Past Special events

Polar Palooza - polar science for planet earth

• Fact sheet and school event details (PDF, 352kb)