Tuesday 11 October
A ‘Museum in a Box’ treasure chest recently arrived from the Australian Museum containing a wealth of information, resources and ‘interest generating materials’ for the Preschool children to explore. This was a wonderful surprise for the Preschool room and particularly for the children who were thrilled to learn that inside laid a veritable cornucopia of Dinosaur based experiences. This particular subject matter has long been an interest of many of the children within the Pre-school and we are sure that the ‘Museum in a Box’ will great talking point and evoke yet further interest in this fascinating topic over the next few weeks.

What is ‘Museum in a Box?’

‘Museum in a Box’ is an exciting outreach program for educational institutions and students in New South Wales. There are over 25 different boxes containing a treasure trove of real museum specimens, casts, artefacts, images, DVDs, CDs, games, books and web resources. The fun activities for children are explained in the Teachers' notes and information about the topic is given on large panels. Each box has a theme and the activities are linked to the school syllabus.