Antarctica: Governing the Ice – Senior Secondary

Debate, analyse and decide – explore Antarctica as a global space shaped by science, politics and cooperation.

In this Museum educator-led experience, students journey into Antarctica to uncover stories of exploration, science and international cooperation.

Surrounded by powerful objects and immersive environments, they’ll uncover what it takes to live and work on the coldest, driest and windiest continent on Earth – and why Antarctica matters to us all.

This student-driven experience supports self-directed inquiry in the exhibition and brings learners together for scenario-based round-table activities to analyse, debate and negotiate real-world challenges facing Antarctica today and into the future.

Students:

• evaluate Antarctica as a site of global importance shaped by international scientific collaboration and competing interests
• analyse how science, data and technology deepen understanding of climate systems and environmental change
• investigate contemporary challenges such as climate change impacts, resource management and tourism
• engage in scenario-based learning to explore diplomacy, policy, governance and sustainability

Curriculum links include:

• Climate systems and Earth’s interconnected spheres and environmental change (Earth and Environmental Science)
• The role of science, data and technology in modelling and shaping global futures (Science)
• Global governance, international law, treaties and cooperation in shared spaces (Global Politics/Civics and Citizenship)
• Environmental sustainability, human impacts and global interconnections (Geography)