Education resources

These education resources support a teacher-guided visit to the exhibition. They have been developed for both primary schools and secondary schools.

The education pages:

provide background information about whales (you'll find more detailed information about the exhibition on the main part of this website)
guide you through the exhibition and suggest questions for your students to help them interpret the content
offer activities for back at school.

A modern interpretation of an ancient story about people and whales.

A modern interpretation of a storehouse for treasures.

Māori traditions, customs, and ways of relating to the land.

Whaling, from early harvesting by Māori to whaling today.

A modern interpretation of the biology and science of whales.

The evolution of whales.

Bones give a sense of the whale’s size.

The reasons for whale strandings and human responses to them.