Description

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A combination of stage magic and stunning optical and audio illusions that will have your students questioning everything. Help your students develop a healthy critical outlook on unusual claims, how we think and the tricks our own brains can play on us.

 

(To see something that you know is not real, try staring at the moving image below for 20 seconds without moving your eyes or head, then look closely at the back of your hand...)

 

Time

  • 90 minutes

Number of Students

  • 60

Year level

  • Year 4 - 7
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Requirements:

A table, access to electricity, access to water, space for the students to sit (preferably in chairs).

 

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Images:

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Curriculum Links:

National Curriculum

This curriculum expansion program can provide support to:

 

General Capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking; Personal and Social Competence

 

Science Understanding:
Biological Sciences: Yr 5 (ACSSU043)


Science as a Human Endeavour:

Nature and Development: Yr 4 (ACSHE061), Yr 5 (ACSHE081), Yr6 (ACSHE098),

Yr 7 (ACSHE119, ACSHE223)

Use and Influence: Yr 4 (ACSHE062), Yr 5 (ACSHE083, ACSHE217),

Yr 6 (ACSHE100, ACSHE220), Yr 7 (ACSHE224)

 

Science Enquiry Skills:

Questioning and Predicting: Yr 4 (ACSIS064), Yr 5 (ACSIS231), Yr 6 (ACSIS232), Yr 7 (ACSIS124)

 
 

To make a booking for your Class or Community Group, just call or email:

Phone: (08) 8395 9586
Mobile: 0430 588 757
Email: Click here
If you are emailing your booking request, please remember to include some alternative dates and times.

 

Cost:

Base Price:

$185 + GST per session

Travel costs may apply:
$25 + GST per hour, first hour free

 

Discounts:

3 sessions in one full day:

-$10 + GST per session

3 of the same session in one full day:

-$20 + GST per session

Disadvantaged Schools (Category 1- 4):

-$37 + GST per session, no other discounts apply, does not apply to travel costs.

 

Payments:

Your school will be invoiced prior to our visit. Payment is due via cash, cheque or bank transfer within 7 days of the first session listed on the invoice.

 

Terms and Conditions:

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