~ Qantas Founders Outback Museum ~



	Qantas Founders' Outback Museum Curriculum Package

	This curriculum package will enable students to explore the early history of Qantas and its importance to the development of remote and rural Australia. Students will learn about the science of flight through hands-on activities.

	Site Objectives To gain an appreciation of the importance of the development of an aerial service in the Central West. To understand how the founders of QANTAS represent what is possible with application and commitment to the set task.

	The Teacher Information, Tour Activities and the School Based Activities for this curriculum package are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To view these PDF files, you will need to download a free copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader. (Get Acrobat Reader). The teacher information and each activity can be viewed as single files. There is also a *combined PDF* file containing the teacher information and all the activities you may wish to download. Please note, the size of the combined file is 252 kb.

	Teacher Information The *teacher information* document contains: Key Learning Area linkages for each activity skills, knowledge and processes lists reference lists Please view this section to assist in planning appropriate units of study.

	Tour Activities *Circle of Knowledge* This simple group-based brainstorming activity allows students to collate their ideas on the early days of Qantas. It is suitable to use immediately after your tour of the Museum. *Principles of Flight* Using the activities from the 1997 Science Week booklet on flight, students complete hands-on tasks that explore the fundamentals of flight. *Six Hat Thinking* Aviation in Western Queensland has been greatly valued since the early days of the 20th century. Here students will review its importance from six different perspectives.

	School Based Activities *Bloom's Taxonomy* Mechanised flight has changed the world immensely. In this activity students study some of the fundamental elements of flight and flying using Bloom's critical thinking levels *Jigsaw* An innovative group activity which allows students to gather and relate the main points of a passage. In this activity students will study the adventures of Hudson Fysh and Paul McGinness as they made the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service a reality. *Smart Pizza* As our national airline, Qantas is part of the important transport and tourism industries. Students are required to use different learning styles to consider some aspects of these industries.