Online PD workshops for Year 5 - 9 teachers

Join the Future Makers team online for free, 60-minute, online professional development workshops for Years 5–9 teachers and home educators.

Workshops are aligned with The Australian Curriculum, Version 9.0 and participating educators will receive CPD certificate on completion.

2025 Workshops

Epic Engineering — Junior Secondary Online PD

Wednesday 26 February, 3:30–4:15pm (Term 1)

In this Professional Development workshop, teachers and home educators will explore new, hands-on, real-world engineering activities to engage Years 7-10 students before and after seeing the Epic Engineering live show 26 March at the 2025 World Science Festival Brisbane, or via the video recording resource (available for download soon).

Maths at the Museum for Middle years — Online PD

Thursday 27 March, 3:30–4:30pm (Term 1)

Explore Queensland Museum stories, research and collections to discover a range of real-world hands-on activities to teach Years 5–9 maths concepts such as percentages, cartesian planes, density, aspect ratio, Fibonacci sequence and data collection.

Science at the Museum for Lower Primary — Online PD

Tuesday 17 June, 3:30–4:30pm (Term 2)

Join the Queensland Museum Future Makers team for an online Teacher Professional Development workshop showcasing a range of learning resources for Years P-4 Australian Science Curriculum.

Design & Technologies at the Museum — Online PD

Wednesday 10 September, 3:30–4:30pm (Term 3)

Discover a range of hands-on activities for your classroom, real-world Design & Tech museum jobs, as well as the amazing work that goes into the creation of exhibitions such as the ANZAC Legacy Gallery and Dinosaurs Unearthed.

First Nations Science with Queensland Museum — Online PD

Tuesday 2 December, 3:30–4:30pm (Term 4)

Explore Queensland Museum stories, research and collections to discover a range of real-world hands-on activities to teach First Nations Science knowledge, experiences, values and perspectives in your classroom.