educational resource pack

The Waikato Coalfields Museum is a primary resource for learning opportunities in Social Sciences, Geography, Science and Technology, Levels 1 – 8 and Geography NCEA Levels 1 – 3.

The Museum is located in the former Mine Managers’ house of the Taupiri Coal Mining Company and its collections provide a unique learning experience focusing on coal mining in New Zealand. The Museum provides primary resources such as artefacts and machinery, archives, oral histories, music and DVDs. In addition, Solid Energy can be contacted about arranging visits to the open cast mine near Huntly, phone (07) 828 2500. Virtual tours through the LEARNZ educational programme are also available, see www.learnz.org.nz

To order an Educational Resource Pack -

Please phone 07 828 8128 or E-mail:

Please contact us if you would like further information on other aspects of the Waikato Coalfields and its mining communities.

free worksheets to download:

Primary School Activities

Secondary School Activities

Teachers' Unit

Excerpts from School Journals from early 1900s - free to download:

Across the Antarctic

Essay Competition

Fresh Air

Maui and the Swamphen

The School Journal 1910


 

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