Year 4 to 13
Programme 1 – Museum & Hangar Tours
Explore the amazing displays that offer insight into Air Force life during World Wars One & Two and to the present day. Tour the Museum on your own or use the Museum Educators to provide information on specific topics during your tour of the Museum and Restoration Hangars. Sample topics which can be covered during this visit are World War Two, the RNZAF, Women in War, and ANZAC Day.
Make the most of your Museum Visit by booking a tour of our Restoration & Storage Hangars. A visit to the Storage Hangar not only provides viewing of 11 more aircraft but also allows students the opportunity to board an Andover aircraft and participate in a simulated parachute jump. Or add the option of a Pacific Room Simulator Experience where students are ‘enlisted’ to the Royal New Zealand Air Force during WWII in the Pacific; a learning experience where students are exposed to a simulated bombing raid and life in the Pacific Islands during WWII. Charges may apply.
- Technology; Technological Knowledge, Nature of Technology
- Science; Physical World
- Social Sciences; Identity, Culture, and Organisation, Place and Environment, Continuity and Change
- Key Competencies; Thinking, Using language, symbols, and text, Managing Self, Relating to others, Participating and contributing.
Cost: free. An additional charge of $1 per student may apply for Restoration/Reserve Collection Tours or Pacific Room Simulator Experience.
Allow at least 1 hour for the Museum visit, 30-60 minutes for a Restoration and/or Reserve Collection Tour, and 20 minutes for the Pacific Room Simulator Experience.
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Programme 5 – Exploring Flight
Through a series of activities, learn about the parts of an aircraft, how the control surfaces of an aircraft work, the four forces of flight, and what an aerofoil is. Make a kitset glider to take home, but not before using it to demonstrate new knowledge! An informative lesson that can be tailored to suit students’ prior knowledge and levels of learning.
Also available is a 15 minute slideshow on the History of Flight that can be incorporated into this lesson (by request).
- Science; Physical World
- Technology; Technological Knowledge, Nature of Technology
- English; Listening, Reading, and Viewing
- Key Competencies; All
Cost: free. Duration: 60-70 minutes.
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Programme 6 - Bombing Raid & Air Sea Rescue Simulation
Step back in time to 1943 and discover the Pacific during active WWII. Learn about the jobs that Royal New Zealand Air Force personnel undertook, and the risks they faced, before experiencing a simulated bombing raid. Then jump into a life raft and learn about the Air Force’s role in Search and Rescue. A very interactive programme that will have students so engrossed that they won’t even realise they’re learning!
- Social Sciences; Identity, Culture, and Organisation, Place and Environment, Continuity and Change
- Technology; Technological Knowledge
- English; Listening, Reading, and Viewing
- Key Competencies; All
Cost: free. Duration: 60 minutes.
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Programme 7 - Rations ChallengeLook at rationing and ration packs in World War Two and then split into teams to cook and eat a current Defence Force ration pack. During the scenario teams must work together to complete their mission within the given time-frame. A great decision-making and cooperative skills programme.
Cost: $7.50 per student. Duration: 70 - 80 minutes. |
Programme 9 - ANZAC
Discover the story behind ANZAC Day in a unique and relevant environment. Programme content is specific to the requirements of your group and can include the significance of the Museum's Roll of Honour, a classroom session on the events of Gallipoli, making poppies, discussing and handling real medals, and even a visit to our Pacific Simulator Romm to experience the conditions our ANZAC airmen and ground crew faced in the Pacific Theatre during World War II.
- Social Sciences; Identity, Culture, and Organisation, Place and Environment, Continuity and Change
- English; Listening, Reading, and Viewing
- Key Competencies; All
Cost: free. Duration: 60 minutes.
Programme 11 - Captured!
This exciting new Prisoner of War-themed exhibition space is due to open in Term 2 of 2013. The related Education Programme, tailored to the level of your students, will include time in our classroom before the students are given exclusive access to the exhibition space for that unique, hands-on learning experience. Topics covered can include real POW stories, POW camp life, interrogation, escape kits and the Geneva Convention.
- Social Sciences; Identity, Culture, and Organisation, Place and Environment, Continuity and Change
- English; Listening, Reading, and Viewing
- Key Competencies; All
Cost: free. Duration: 60 minutes.
Alternative Programme – History of Flight
See the history of flight through a series of slides, hear Richard Pearse's story (optional), then view the Museum displays of New Zealand aviation pioneers.
- Social Sciences – Identity, Culture, and Organisation
Place and Environment
Continuity and Change - Technology - Technological Knowledge
Nature of Technology
Times to suit. Can be incorporated with other programmes (e.g. Theory of Flight) or taught as a stand-alone programme. Enquiries to Education Officer for cost and availability.
Alternative Programme – World War Two Clothing
Come and look in ‘the trunk’. Students get to look at, touch, and try on a range of clothing that was used and is still used in the Air Force today.
- Technology – Materials
- Social Studies – Social Organisation, Culture & Heritage
Times to suit, can be incorporated with other programmes (e.g. History of Flight) or taught as a stand-alone programme. Enquiries to Education Officer for cost and availability.
Contact
For more information contact the Education Officer, Chris Davey, on (03) 343 9517 or email educ@airforcemuseum.co.nz
