Education & Program Development
PO Box K346 Haymarket, Sydney NSW 1238, Australia.
For bookings and enquiries:
Phone: (02) 9217 0222
Fax: (02) 9217 0622
Email: edserv@phm.gov.au
These notes are for teachers planning to bring students to the Powerhouse Museum. They provide background and introduce some of the broader issues raised through the exhibitions. For a more comprehensive list of resources and programs available to you at the Powerhouse Museum go to the Teachers Guide Online.
We have made these teachers notes available in Adobe pdf format (these include images and illustrations) and will require Adobe Acrobat Reader plugin.
Permanent exhibitions
Cyberworlds - computers and connections
Ecologic: creating a sustainable future
Experimentations
Inspired! Design across time
Kings Cinema
Locomotive No 1 - the first train in NSW
Never done - women’s work in the home
Space
The curious economist: William Stanley Jevons in Sydney
The Strasburg Clock model
The steam revolution
Transport
Success and innovation - achieving for Australia
What's in store? Shopping in Australia 1880-1930
Temporary exhibitions
The 80s are back
From Earth to the Universe
Yinalung yenu: women’s journey
Discovery challenges, theme trails and activity sheets
Discovery challenge: Design a space station
Discovery challenge: Design an energy efficient car
Discovery challenge: Investigate the generation of electricity
Theme trail: Ecologic K-2 theme trail
Theme trail: Ecologic Primary (yrs 3-6) theme trail
Theme trail: Ecologic Geography (yrs 9-12) theme trail
Theme trail: Ecologic Design and technology (yrs 7-10)
Theme trail: Ecologic Science (yrs 7-10)
Activity sheet: Paper 'lace' workshop - activity for K-6
Activity sheet: Lace Study Centre - questions for secondary students
Education kits and Information sheets
How can the Powerhouse Museum help you with your major design project?
Education kit: Sharing a Wailwan story
Education kit: What are the odds? Understanding the risks
Information sheet: Ecologic footprint
Information sheet: Indicators of sustainability
Information sheet: Ecologic - Life cycle analysis
Information sheet: Design for the environment
Information sheet: Contemporary lacemakers - 3 case studies
Information sheet: Caring for your lace
Information sheet: Lace classification system
Information sheet: Glossary of general lace & lacemaking terms
Online Resources (web projects)
Design Hub A gateway to the worlds best design collections and online magazine with news, interviews, opinions and ideas.
Sydney designers unplugged: people, process, product Detailed case studies of seven industrial design groups with video interviews.
Gambling: calculating the risk An educational website which helps you learn about
mathematics and probability, as applied to common forms of gambling.
Australian designers at work Meet designers and learn about how they work.
Eco'tude: changing your school's ecological attitude
Australia Innovates: an online guide to innovation in Australia's industries
HSC technology syllabus support: case studies in design, technology and cultural
diversity