Classrooms sessions

Our education team can visit your school and provide free activity based presentations.

Fantastic Forces

Fantastic forces

Students move through hands-on stations exploring different push and pull forces and learn how water and wind push turbines.

Year: K - 2
Timeframe: 1 hr
No. of students: 30
Education Coordinator Gina in a primary school class room with students discussing how Tasmania's water catchments work

The valley of change

Using a large magnetic board and magnets, students actively participate in constructing a community around a water catchment and how electricity has changed our way of life.

Year: 1 - 3
Timeframe: 40 minutes
No. of students: 30

Forces and magnetism

Through a visual and hands on activity students learn about forces and how they move water. Students are also introduced to the power of magnetism.
Year: 3 - 4
Timeframe: 1hr 15 minutes 
No. of students: 30
Generation technician in a primary school class room with students watching how a hydro power station works

What is hydropower

Students explore the different forms of energy, the history of hydropower in Tasmania and how energy is generated. Students engage in an engineering task to build a stand for a turbine and test it under a tap.
Year: 5 - 6
Timeframe: 1hr 15 minutes 
No. of students: 30
Energy In Motion

Energy in Motion (Yr 5-6)

An exciting engineering project for students to build a ball run using cardboard. They are tasked with the challenge to control the speed of the ball in their design.
Year: 5 - 6
Timeframe: 1hr 30 minutes 
No. of students: 30

Book a classroom session

Classroom sessions are offered most weekdays each Term. Please contact education@hydro.com.au

Lesson plans
Power station tours
Resources
Hydro Heroes
Education video playlist