Education
Educational Resources and Literature
Mobile Museum: It is a panel van containing material from all the departments at the Museum. To arrange a visit to your school, contact Ancilia or Andries. (Please note that the Mobile Museum does not go out on Fridays).
Traveling showcases: These are available on loan to local pre-primary schools and play groups for a period of three weeks.
Educational activities brochure: Distributed annually to all primary and secondary schools in the Free State.
Circulars about “Special Lessons”: Distributed to all local schools.
Pre-primary brochure: Distributed quarterly to pre-primary schools and play groups in the greater Bloemfontein area.
Downloadable resources
Your guide to the Universe – an astronomy information resource for primary schools. Provided by SAASTA. PDF
Workbooks and information booklets
R3-00 each (if ordering by post, please add R2-50 per book for postage)
Earth and beyond
Rocks under our feet at Oliewenhuis / Klippe onder ons voete by Oliewenhuis (Grades 4-7)
Rocks of the Earth’s crust / Gesteentes van die Aardkors (workbook) (Grades 5-11)
Rocks of the Earth’s crust / Gesteentes van die Aardkors (practical worksheet for workshop at Museum) (Grades 9-11)
Rocks of our area, continental drift, volcanoes, fossils & dinosaurs (information booklet, only in English)
Solar System / Sonnestelsel (Grades 4-6)
Solar System / Sonnestelsel (Grades 7-10)
Stars / Sterre (Grades 7-10)
Star Gazing (information booklet @ R10-00 each) / Sterrekyk (inligtingsboekie @ R10-00 elk)
Water / Water / Metsi (Grades 1-3)
Water / Water / Metsi (Grades 4-7)
Palaeontology Hall (fossils and prehistory) / Paleontologiesaal (fossiele en voorgeskiedenis) (Grades 4-8)
Dinosaurs / Dinosourusse (Grades 1-3)
Dinosaurs / Dinosourusse (Grades 4-7)
Animals / Diere
Amphibians / Amfibieë (Grades 4-7)
Fish / Visse (Grades 4-7)
Reptiles / Reptiele (Grades 4-7)
Birds / Voëls / Dinonyana (Grades 4-7
Birds at Oliewenhuis (20 garden birds) / Voëls by Oliewenhuis (20 tuinvoëls) (Grades 1-7)
Antelope / Wildsbokke (Grades 4-7)
Cats / Katte / Dikatse (Grades 4-7)
Dog Family / Hondfamilie (Grades 4-7)
Rodents / Knaagdiere / Diphuri (Grades 1-4)
Animal Treasure Hunt (10 small mammals) / Diereskattejag / Ho tsoma diphoofolo (Grades 1-5)
Animals without backbones Part 1: Arthropods / Ongewerwelde diere Deel 1: Geleedpotiges (Grades 7)
Animals without backbones Part 2: Molluscs / Ongewerwelde diere Deel 2: Weekdiere (Grades 7)
Honey-bee / Heuningby / Dinotshi (Grades 1-3)
Honey-bee / Heuningby (Grades 4-7)
Spiders / Spinnekoppe (Grades 4-7)
Feeding Habits (herbivores, carnivores, omnivores) / Eetgewoontes (herbivore, karnivore, omnivore) (Grades 3-7)
Food Chains / Voedselkettings / Diketane tsa dijo (Grades 3-7) (only a worksheet @ R1-00 each)
Footprints / Voetspore (Grades 1-4)
Metamorphosis (frog and silkworm) / Metamorfose (padda en sywurm) (Grades 4-7)
Parental Care / Ouersorg (Grades 5-7)
Plants / Plante
Flowering Plants / Blomplante (Grades 3-7)
Plants without flowers Part 1: algae, fungi, lichens, mosses and ferns / Blomlose plante Deel 1: wiere, swamme, korsmos, mosse en varings (Grades 5-10)
Plants without flowers Part 2: Gymnosperms (cone-bearing plants) / Blomlose plante Deel 2: Gimnosperme (keëldraende plante) (Grades 5-10)
Trees on Oliewenhuis Koppie (15 indigenous trees) / Bome op Oliewenhuiskoppie (Grades 4-7)
Trees in the Garden at Oliewenhuis / Bome in die tuin by Oliewenhuis (Grades 4-7)
Humankind and History
Ancient Egypt / Antieke Egipte (Grades 5-7)
Ancient Egypt / Antieke Egipte (information booklet)
Stone Age / Steentydperk (Grades 4-9)
Stone Age (information booklet, only in English)
Florisbad / Florisbad (Grades 5-10)
San hunter-gatherers / San-jagterversamelaars (Grades 4-9)
San hunter-gatherers (information booklet, only in English)
Farmers of the Iron Age / Landbouers van die Ystertydperk (Grades 5-7)
Basotho (workbook only in English) (Grades 3-5)
Basotho (information booklet)
Rolong of Thaba Nchu – a brief history (information booklet only, available only in English)
Museum Fun Guides
A trip through the Museum / Kom stap deur die Museum / Leeto ka hare ho Musiamo (Grades 1-4)
A trip through the Museum / Kom stap deur die Museum (Grades 5-7)
Praktikums
(assistance in the biology classroom)
Available in English and Afrikaans
Price: R20,00 each
Praktikum 1: Basic techniques in the biology classroom: Fixing and preserving agents and documentation
Praktikum 2: How to collect invertebrates (other than insects)
Praktikum 3: How to collect insects
Praktikum 4: An identification key for the phyla and subphyla of invertebrates
Praktikum 5: How to collect vertebrates
Praktikum 6: The use of resin and latex rubber in the embedding, display and study of biological material
Praktikum 7: How to prepare animal and birds study skins and how to clean skulls and skeletons
Praktikum 8: Basic taxidermy: How to mount birds
Praktikum 9: How to collect plants
Contact us with any queries or suggestions:
Hours
Monday-Friday: 9:00am – 16:30pm
Saturday: 10:00am – 15:00pm
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Sunday and Public Holidays:
Closed until further notice
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