A learning adventure is a unique way of learning about a topic.

• students work in small groups, learning about a topic in a first person narrative way
• students work in cooperative competition
• develops collaboration, communication, creativity and critical thinking skills

The adventures

For all of them, these instructions should be handy.

• Year 10 Geography – Defenders of the Coast (coastal management unit)
• Year 8 History – Spanish Conquest of the Americas – Invasion of the conquistadores
• Year 8 Geography – Antarctica activity
• Year 9 History – WW1 – 11th battalion expedition

• Year 7 History – Ancient China -Xuanzang’s timeship adventure
• Year 6 History – AusQuest
  • this one has also been put online (online version)
  • The online version has some more detailed instructions for teachers and suggested questions to ask the students while playing the learning adventure here
  • And it even has a video game at the end of it!
• Year 7 Geography – Water in the World unit – “H2YOLO”
  • Student booklet
  • Resource booklet
  • Extension booklet
  • Score sheet

Year 9 History – “War Correspondents”

• this is a ‘choose your own adventure’ one where students take on the role of a journalist around the period of WW1
• made for the Defining Moments exhibit at the National Museum of Australia

Year 5 History – “The Spiritstone Saga”

• this is a ‘choose your own adventure’ one where students take on the role of a young person exploring Australia around the time of first contact
• made for the Defining Moments exhibit at the National Museum of Australia

Here is a map showing how students progress through the unit, and highlighting that the students all learn the compulsory curriculum material:

Year 5/6 Science – “Alien Alliance”

I made a mini science unit. The whole adventure is encompassed in this website: www.alienalliance.org

During their adventure they will learn facts about:

1. light
2. energy
3. electricity

They will also learn skills:

1. askinq questions
2. doing experiments
3. creating graphs
4. communicating visually (using photos, posters and videos).

PD

I’ve also made a “Learning Adventures 2.0” PD here. This contains the new updated and gamified version of the Year 8 History Learning adventure (way better, in my opinion…).

Drop me a line if you have a question about how to run these…