Resources for teachers

All education programs are written with reference to the Victorian Education Learning Standards.

The program caters for all ages of students, from primary to tertiary and covers a huge range of topics. See the Port Education Brochure (PDF, 970kb)

On this page:

General resources
Lessons at the Port Education Centre
Lesson plans
Channel deepening
Feedback
Contact

General resources

Shipping background (PDF, 237kb)

A brief history of the Port of Melbourne (PDF, 467kb)

Economic background of the Port of Melbourne* (PDF, 60kb)

Information on the Channel Deepening Project* (PDF, 825 kb)

Careers fact sheet (PDF, 187kb)

* First published in Compak: The Journal of the Victorian Commercial Teachers Association

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Lessons at the Port Education Centre

Classes at Port Ed are free and can cover a vast array of subjects and are usually planned in consultation with the booking teacher. This process ensures that schools receive lessons tailored to their needs, whatever the topics being studied.

All lessons fit into the VELS Civics and Citizenship Domain of the Physical, Personal and Social Learning Strand.

Examples of lessons available at the Port Education Centre:

Primary
Grade 1 and 2: What a port does.
Grade 3 and 4: Water transport in Port Phillip Bay.
Grade 5 and 6: Buoyancy, cargo ships and the Plimsoll Line .

Secondary
Year 7 and 8: History of the Port of Melbourne.
Year 9 and 10: Port economics and the port and its natural environment.
VCE Economics and Geography classes can also be catered for.

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Lesson plans

Easily adaptable for any age of student.

Primary students
Surface-tension driven boat (PDF, 129kb)
Balloon boat (PDF, 136kb)
Spice geography (PDF, 52kb)

Secondary students
Locating a port (PDF, 157kb)
Ship's wake (PDF, 51kb)
Ballast water (PDF, 51kb)
Longitude and latitude (PDF, 52kb)

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