A teen stands in front of a digital interactive projection of the Earth.

Our Wondrous Planet Gallery Visit

What: Self-directed
When: Term 4, Monday to Friday
Year level: Years F to 12
Cost: education service fee
Booking information: Bookings 13 11 02
School visit information

Step into Earth’s living wonders. Meet unique organisms, explore vibrant ecosystems and experience the incredible connections that unite all life on Earth.

Students will experience

Over 800 amazing animals from our collections
Four critically important global biomes: Ice, Soil, Forest and Reef
Hands-on interactives
Large-scale immersive projections and media
Stories from First Peoples around the world

Students will learn

About the wondrous diversity of life on Earth
The complex relationships between living things and their environments
How matter, energy and organisms flow, change and shift locally and globally
How entwined we are with nature and how it influences human culture, survival and experience.

Victorian Curriculum links

Science

Biological Science (Foundation to Year 10)
Science as a Human Endeavour (Foundation to Year 10)
Earth and Space Sciences (Foundation to Year 10)

Geography

Geographical Inquiry (Foundation to Year 10)
Places and our Connections to them (Foundation to Year 2)
Diversity of places and environments (Years 3 and 4)
Management of Places (Years 5 and 6)
Water in the world; Place and liveability; Landforms and landscapes (Years 7 and 8)
Biomes and food security; Environmental change and management (Years 9 and 10)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures

Country and Place (Foundation to Year 10)

Related programs and resources

Aerial image of icebergs floating in a blue sea. Tiny boats are seen motoring past.

Museum Staff-led Years 9 to 10

Biomes and Climate Change – Impacts and Mitigation

New from October, students are immersed in a rich diversity of global biomes, and consider how changing atmospheric conditions could impact Earth’s environmental systems.

A wide variety of tropical marine fish swim around a coral colony.

Museum Staff-led Years 7 to 8

Classification: The Diversity of Life on Earth

New from October, how can we understand life on earth if we don’t know what is there? Explore the important role of taxonomy and classification, create and use keys and learn about biodiversity.

A frog sits peering through a hole in a large tropical rainforest leaf.

Museum Staff-led Years 5 to 6

Habitats, Human Impact and Management

New from October, explore habitats around the world, the physical conditions that define them, and how important places and environments are to people.

A penguin is captured mid-air as it dives from an iceberg into the ocean.

Museum Staff-led Years 3 to 4

Climate and Environmental Change

New from October, immerse your students in the environments of the world, and explore how human impacts can be managed.