Yr 9, Yr 10 and VCE Vocational Major programs at Melbourne Museum
Road to Zero offers innovative road safety education programs for secondary school students
Designed for Year 9, 10 and VCE VM students, the world-first Road to Zero Education Complex at Melbourne Museum offers students an immersive and engaging experience exploring the science behind road safety.
Using large-scale projections, interactive touchscreens and virtual reality, the experience highlights why human bodies cannot withstand major collisions and emphasises the importance of vehicle safety features and road design.
An education visit to Road to Zero comprises two experiences:
- Curriculum-linked programs in the purpose-built Learning Studio.
- An immersive and exploratory Experience Space showcasing the latest multi-sensory interactive technologies.
The programs are delivered by trained facilitators who have the skills and tools to modify program messages and activities, based on the learning needs of your student group. When you book a session, you can request to talk to the facilitator before the visit so that they can modify the session, if required, to meet your students' needs.
Delivered in two parts, with a total duration of two hours, Road to Zero can also cater to students participating in wellbeing or city camp programs.
Learning Studio (75 minutes)
In the purpose-built learning hub, students undertake one of three curriculum-linked programs.
Getting the Message - Health & PE (Years 9 and 10) and VCE VM
Students respond to the Road to Zero exhibition content by creating a collaborative health campaign video. The program begins with a facilitated introduction covering the key features of successful behaviour change campaigns. In small groups, students use a range of information sources to research and reflect on road safety behaviours of 14 –17 year-old road user groups (either pedestrians or cyclists). Students then apply their findings to create a brief video campaign that reinforces positive road use among their peers.
Teachers receive all student videos created.
Getting the message curriculum links PDF, 0.18MB
Physics Challenge - Science (Years 9 and 10) and VCE VM
Students gain a first-hand understanding of the science of motion and apply this knowledge to a real-world challenge: setting speed limits for safety. Following a facilitator led introduction, students participate in a virtual reality physics experiment to explore the relationships between speed and friction on car stopping distances. They then apply their learning to a team-based challenge using touchtable technology.
Teachers receive full class data sets.
Physics Challenge curriculum links PDF, 0.18MB
My First Car – VCE VM Program - Literacy and PDS
This facilitator-led excursion equips students with the knowledge, skills and resources they need to make safer decisions when considering their first car. Students explore key vehicle safety features and learn how to use trusted TAC resources and information in navigating this important milestone.
Through collaborative, hands-on learning, students will create a video that highlights what makes a car safe and guides others on how to choose the safest car they can afford.
Teachers receive all student videos created.
Learn more here.
Experience Space (45 minutes)
An exploratory exhibition featuring 13 immersive experiences that showcase the latest in multi-sensory interactive technology. Highlights include:
- A 3-minute virtual reality journey where students travel in a car from 1970 to 2055
- A thrilling elevator simulation that recreates a dramatic drop from the 11th floor of the Royal Exhibition Building
- A digital exploration of the TAC’s iconic Graham sculpture, demonstrating the human bodies vulnerability to crash forces.
The Road to Zero Experience Space allows students to explore a range of interactive exhibits at their own pace. A Zerocard enables students to interact with the exhibits and record their experiences.
As students discover Victoria’s vision to eliminate all road deaths by 2050, they're encouraged to consider a future free of deaths and serious injury on our roads, and how we might achieve this.
Learn more about the experience spaces.
Pre and post visit resources
Research shows that best practice road safety education requires continuous, age-appropriate and sequential education be delivered to students in every year level, every school year (Harris, 2014).
Curriculum-linked school resources have been designed to support and extend the Road to Zero experience for students and teachers.
You can access the range of resources available here: