EXPLORER
Name:
School:
Class: Look into my crystal ball Before your visit, predict what it will be like 285 meters above ground. What do you think you will be able to see? Write your guess below.
1 10 Remember when... Eureka!! I found it! What a great day! Before you leave or when you get back Watch the video at the entrance or teachers organise a free meet to school reflect on your day and think about what you are and greet and get as much info as you can bout the Eureka Tower! going to tell you friends and family when you get home. What was your favourite part of your day?
Write about it and then draw a picture on the next page. Eureka tower is ...... metres tall and has ...... levels.
That’s the same as 20 trams end to end!
The top 10 levels of the tower are coated in ......
The building was named after the ...... or the Gold Rush.
It cost over $ ...... MILLION to build and there are ...... windows.
Eureka Skydeck has two of the fastest lifts in the Southern Hemisphere,
traveling at ...... metres per second! You will reach level 88 in ......
The Edge Experience is the world’s only
glass ...... that moves 3 metres outside of the
building. The glass is ...... centimetres thick.
Now it’s time to enjoy level 88!!
9 2 I spy with my little eye Take a step outside Ask a teacher to take you out onto the terrace and get ready to something starting with…. stand outside 285m above the ground. What does it feel like? Look for something starting with the below letters in the view of Melbourne.
S I SEE...
T
C
D
Q
F
M
H
I FEEL... I HEAR... 3 8 Never Eat Soggy Wheatbix! Melbourne’s Treasures Find the directional arrows on the windows and draw what Use the viewfinders around the Skydeck and draw you see in each direction. a line to connect the viewfinder number with the correct landmark.
Viewfinder Landmark
27 National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
24 Westgate Bridge
NORTH EAST 20 Flinders Street Station
WEST SOUTH 29 Sandridge Bridge
5 Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
26 The Arts Centre
14 St Pauls Cathedral
7 I FEEL... I TOUCH... 4 Fact Finder How far!?! Use the viewfinders and the facts you see around the Use the stickers on the windows to discover how far Skydeck to answer these questions. away these places are from Melbourne.
Where would you go to remember our war soldiers? Sydney......
Name 4 bridges. Mt Dandenong...... 1 2
3 4 Great Ocean Road ...... When was the first Melbourne Cup race held?
Tasmania ...... Melbourne is a giant grid what is this called?
How long is the Yarra River? Williamstown ......
Where would you go to watch the footy? Ballarat ......
When was Flinders Street Station open? Tullamarine Airport ......
Melbourne is known for its Arts and Culture. List where you would go to see not only visual art, but performances and films? Macedon Ranges ......
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