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Sustainable Living
Available Term One
Investigate and compare common domestic items from the early 1900s to the present. Students can also consider domestic practices that could better meet sustainability objectives in the future. The Kit includes 20 artefacts including butter pats, a billy, chamber pot, egg beater, hair rollers, iron, milk jug cover, rolling pin, tea cosy, hair curling tongs, washboard, candle holder, doyley and more.
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Submitted by chloe on Mon, 19/12/2011 - 13:36.
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Gold
Available Term One
Engage with artefacts used by gold miners in colonial Queensland. Consider factors that have contributed to people migrating to Australia. Artefacts include a billy with lid, British Imperial and Chinese coins, small gold pan, pick head and cover, stirrup, canvas water bag and gold flakes and alluvial deposit.
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Submitted by chloe on Mon, 19/12/2011 - 13:35.
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Torres Strait Islands, Bipo Taim
Available Term One
Students can explore and engage with Torres Strait Islander cultural material, tools and customs. Artefacts include a drum, dress, bamboo clapper, woven bag, fabric panel, head dress, jewellery, flag and more. Printed resources include maps and stimulus pictures.
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Submitted by chloe on Mon, 19/12/2011 - 13:34.
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Rocks & Minerals
Available Term One
A fascinating collection of identified rocks and minerals that borrowers can handle, sort and classify according to types, locations and physical characteristics. The Kit includes 18 specimens such as Gypsum, marble, pumice, quartz, calcite, granite and more as well as a hand lens.
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Submitted by chloe on Mon, 19/12/2011 - 13:33.
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Minibeasts
Available Term One
Explore common features including the head, legs and wings of giant insects and other invertebrates. Specimens include a butterfly, cicada, Giant Burrowing Cockroach, insect wings, snail, stick insect and more. Kit also comes with 4 insect finger puppets and arthropod activities.
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Submitted by chloe on Mon, 19/12/2011 - 13:29.
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Gliders
Available Term One
Explore 3 specimens including a Feathertail Glider, Squirrel Glider and a Glider inside a tree hollow, as well as casts of a Sugar Glider skull and foot. The Kit is also supported with an assortment of books and posters.
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Submitted by chloe on Mon, 19/12/2011 - 13:44.
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Photography
Available Term Two
A great opportunity to look at how technology has changed over time. Users will be able to explore and engage with vintage cameras, photographs and negatives. Artefacts include a box brownie camera, Kodak Instamatic camera, Kodak with bellows, Polaroid Super 8, Polaroid Zip, developing tray, film plate holders, negatives, photographs and postcards.
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Submitted by chloe on Mon, 19/12/2011 - 13:44.
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School History
Available Term Two
Children will be able to see and handle school books and equipment from the past in this kit. Artefacts include a homework sheet, milk bottle and cover, school port, slate, textbooks, writing equipment, good manners chart, Queensland school paper, Queensland school readers and more.
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Submitted by chloe on Mon, 19/12/2011 - 13:43.
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Cultural Celebrations
Available Term Two
This Kit is a great springboard to explore and compare the origins of diverse cultural celebrations. Artefacts include a Christmas cracker, Indian floral garland, Lion Mask, Muslim prayer mat, Ghana rattle, maraca from Peru, Chinese New Year decoration and more.
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Submitted by chloe on Mon, 19/12/2011 - 13:41.
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Jurassic
Available Term Two
The Jurassic period was approximately 210 million years ago. It is a period of time also known as the age of reptiles. Discover the Jurassic through a fern fossil specimen, a model of an Ichthyosaur and casts of an Allosaurus (large bipedal dinosaur) claw, Ichthyosaur (marine reptile) skeleton, snout, vertebrae, eye socket and a Pterosaur (flying reptile) fossil.
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