Perth Cultural Centre
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This is your Perth Cultural Centre Nature Passport!
Use it to explore nature at the Perth Cultural Centre, play, create, imagine, look closer and have some fun with your friends and family.
Try new nature activities; Journal your escapades; Record the wildlife you come across; and, Tick off our list of ‘15 things to do’
Flip forward to your Perth Cultural Centre Activity Map to see the six activity locations, then find the corresponding activity page and get stuck in!
Each of the activities can be done using the international app and there are over one hundred more to choose from. Visit www.naturepassport.org to get started! Perth Cultural Centre Activity Map
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1 Perth Cultural Centre Bug Hunt
S A A Y A The Urban Orchard N M S M 2 What’s That Scent?
3 The Wetlands Swamp Wildlife Safari 4 Museum Plaza Make a Moustache 5 The State Library of WA Colour Wonderful
6 The State Theatre P C A C N SC N Centre of WA
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A A Y Perth Cultural Centre visit: A www.ptt.wa.gov.au/venues/ perth-cultural-centre/ Activity 1: Perth Cultural Centre Northbridge
Beginner 15 mins or less Observe
Bug Hunt
Hunt for bugs of all sizes at the the Perth Cultural Centre. Some bugs are very small and well camouflaged, so look carefully at plants, under rocks, or in the cracks in the sidewalk. When you come across a bug, record your discovery. Do you know the names of the bugs you’ve found?
Safety first! Most bugs are harmless, but some are poisonous and bite if they feel threatened. So look but don’t touch. Journal Draw, take notes and fill in the blank space!
Bugs I found: Attach sticker Ant Butterfly here!
Dragonfly Fly
Something else...
Visit app.naturepassport.org (“Launch pack”) to complete this activity and many more! Activity 2: The Urban Orchard Perth Cultural Centre
Beginner 30-45 minutes Collaborate
What’s That Scent?
Get ready to sniff and test your sense of smell! Take a ‘scent walk’ around the Urban Orchard with a partner - try to find and sniff some of the plants pictured and talk about their scents. Now, ask your partner to close their eyes and lead them to a plant in the garden for them to sniff. Can they guess which plant they sniffed? Repeat and try to tick off all the plants pictured! Journal Draw, take notes and fill in the blank space!
Attach sticker here!
Yarrow Lemon Balm
Variegated Wormwood Feverfew Purpletop Society Vervain Garlic
Salvia Comfrey Lemongrass Lemon ‘Hotlips’ Scented Geranium
Visit app.naturepassport.org (“Launch pack”) to complete this activity and many more! Activity 3: The Wetlands Perth Cultural Centre
Adventurous 15 mins or less Observe
Swamp Wildlife Safari
Did you know that this part of Perth used to be swamp land and a campground for Whadjuk communities prior to settlement? Now, we have this man-made freshwater ecology wetlands. Muddy and swampy areas provide important habitats and breeding grounds for wildlife, including fish, insects, amphibians and birds. Watch, listen and observe as you go on safari at the Urban Wetlands. Journal Draw, take notes and fill in the blank space!
Attach Record any fish, frogs, insects or sticker birds you discover: here!
Visit app.naturepassport.org (“Mission Mud” pack) to complete this activity and many more! Activity 4: Museum Plaza Perth Cultural Centre
Beginner 15 mins or less Create
Make a Moustache
Become a distinguished gentleperson, sprouting your very own moustache. Search around Museum Plaza for your natural moustache material. You could make your moustache out of twigs, grass or other things you can find. Now balance it on your upper lip, and show off your new “all natural” facial hair!
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S i w r a fa M he m Sa a ac p Wildlife ke a Moust
C l ol rfu our Wonde Stories in the Sky Avatars
Journal Draw, take notes and fill in the blank space!
What sort of moustache did you Attach sticker make? here! Fluffy Curled
Fuzzy Rugged
Straight
Visit app.naturepassport.org (“My Outdoor Classroom” pack) to complete this activity and many more! Activity 5: The State Library of WA Perth Cultural Centre
Beginner 30-45 mins Think
Colour Wonderful
There are so many colours in the natural world - let’s find some! Wander the area outside the State Library. As you walk, look for each colour of the rainbow in nature and record your findings.
Challenge! Can you find and draw something with more than four colours of the rainbow? Journal Draw, take notes and fill in the blank space!
Attach I found: sticker Red here!
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Purple
Visit app.naturepassport.org (“Hone Your Senses” pack) to complete this activity and many more! Activity 6: The State Theatre Centre of WA Perth Cultural Centre
Medium 15 mins or less Create
Stories in the Sky
Cloud-gazing with a twist! Find a comfy spot to watch cloud shapes and make up a collaborative story...
1. Notice shapes: What interesting cloud shapes do you see? What do they remind you of? Journal Draw, take notes and fill in the blank space!
Attach 2. Create characters: Come up with sticker some cloudy characters to star in here! your story. Name them!
3. Start Your Sky Story: Take turns telling a piece of the story. Always begin your part with, “Yes, and then…”
Visit app.naturepassport.org (“Everyday Explorer” pack) to complete this activity and many more! Perth Cultural Centre Highlights
The Art Gallery of Western Australia Explore the world through art for free! See paintings, sculptures and videos telling stories in many voices. Contribute to an artist’s work in the Imagination Room or make your own, and visit AGWA Botanical outdoors.
State Library of WA There’s lots of fun to be had by kids at the State Library and it’s all free! So grab a book, find mum or dad, put a lead on your dog or cat and go outside to read.
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts PICA is a contemporary art gallery and performance space where you can experience exhibitions, theatre and dance performances, talks, events and workshops. Try a free activity in the PICA Reading Room. The Blue Room Theatre The Blue Room Theatre, Western Australia’s home of independent theatre. A place where plays, contemporary performance and dance come to life on stage and tantalize people of all ages and walks of life. © Pixel Poetry
State Theatre Centre of Western Australia An inspiring venue for performers and their audiences, the State Theatre Centre has an incredible programme of shows year-round, including plenty for the whole family to enjoy.
Further information available at www.ptt.wa.gov.au/venues/perth-cultural-centre/ Let’s go on a Nature Safari!
Nature is all around you. How many species of plants, animals, or fungi can you spot and record? Start your safari!
Give it a name!
What is it doing?
Why do you think it likes this spot?
Draw your species
Create a digital record of your nature safari! Develop observation and stealth skills as you go “hunting” for new species in the wild. In addition to this booklet, use the ‘Safari’ section of app.naturepassport.org to record your Safari animal sightings. Give it a name!
What is it doing?
Why do you think it likes this spot?
Draw your species
Give it a name!
What is it doing?
Why do you think it likes this spot?
Draw your species Let’s go on a Nature Safari!
Give it a name!
What is it doing?
Why do you think it likes this spot?
Draw your species
Give it a name!
What is it doing?
Why do you think it likes this spot? Draw your species Things to Do in the Perth Cultural Centre
1. Count the art sculptures ...... 2. Make up a game in the State Theatre Centre courtyard ...... 3. Find the tallest tree at the Perth Cultural Centre...... 4. Find something ripe at the Urban Orchard...... 5. Try the stepping stones at the Wetlands...... 6. Find a grassy patch and have a picnic ...... 7. Do some inner city bird watching...... 8. Learn the Aboriginal names for 3 places/things ...... 9. Listen for frogs at the Wetlands ...... 10. Test your balance at the play space...... 11. Make up a dance (use the Wetlands stage!)...... 12. Visit the Discovery Lounge in the State Library ...... 13. Find a feather and guess which bird it belonged to. 14. Play “will it float?” with natural items at the Wetlands...... 15. Count the big leafy ‘plane’ trees in the space...... Play, explore and learn outdoors!
At The Perth Theatre Trust we support play because it makes kids happier and healthier and communities more vibrant. We also believe every child is born creative and that play is the soil where art grows. So please join us here, at the Perth Cultural Centre, in free outdoor play (nature play) and enjoy this Nature Passport to help get you going
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The development of this booklet is proudly sponsored by the Perth Theatre Trust.