HASS

In this fun, interesting and interactive workshop, students will be exposed to the basics of the mathematical model known as Game Theory. This science of logical decision-making is an important part of Economics and social sciences.

Through interaction and technology, students will learn and gain an understanding of concepts of Zero-sum games, The Nash Equilibrium, and Homo Economicus and see versions of this theory in popular culture and the real world.

Year group: Years 7–12

Delivery location: Murdoch University Perth campus or at your school

Duration: 1 hour

Number of students: 30 active participants

Study areas: HASS, Economics, Law, Psychology

Marketers are the people who make us ‘Just do it’, ‘Think Different’ and know that M&Ms melt in your mouth not in your hand. As a marketer your job could involve understanding consumers and how they behave, developing new products or deciding the best way to distribute a product and how much to sell it for.

Our fun, interactive marketing workshops give students a taste of the typical activities undertaken by marketers. By the end, students will have a better understanding of why they might choose Apple over Samsung. They will never look at an advertisement, Facebook promotion or supermarket in the same way!

Year group: Years 8–11

Delivery location: Murdoch University Perth campus or at your school

Duration: 45 minutes

Number of students: Maximum of 24 students

Study areas: HASS, Economics, English and Media

Have you ever wondered how a business works? What decisions can be made in regard to cash flow and investments that can make or break a business?

In this interactive activity, students will divide into four groups and act as the higher-ups in a business and compete with rival groups to make the best profit for their company, all while making sure their business stays afloat in a volatile world filled with dips, peaks and conflicts! Students will learn and put into action the basics of accounting, along with small business management and decision-making, to become the most profitable business in the classroom.

Year group: Years 7–11

Delivery location: Murdoch University Perth campus or at your school

Duration: 1 hour

Number of students: Maximum of 30 students

Study areas: HASS, Accounting and Economics

In the future, we may be called to lead others. This activity will show students the basics of leadership from a Human resources Perspective. Students will look and learn about individual characteristics and how HR can help them become better, how HR makes certain decisions all the while showing how they would react in these positions in the real world.

Year group: Years 8–10

Delivery location: Murdoch University Perth campus or at your school

Duration: 50 minutes

Number of students: Maximum of 30 students

Study areas: HASS, Economics, Human Resources, Entrepreneurship, Psychology

In this brief introduction to Criminology and Profiling, students will dive head-first into the world of serial killers and repeat offenders to sort the facts from the fiction. Learning how a profiler would approach a crime, what the tell-tale signs to look for can be and what certain features of crimes can tell us. Students will then be introduced to a real-world case and see what they can learn and infer, using their newly learned skill set.

Year group: Years 8–12

Delivery location: Murdoch University Perth campus or at your school

Duration: 60 minutes

Number of students: Maximum of 30 students

Study areas: Psychology/Criminology, HASS, Science

A suspicious package has been found outside the local primary school. Using their wits, intelligence and criminology profiling skills, students are tasked to solve a series of codes, puzzles and profiling activities to collect the clues and find the suspect!

This activity is delivered across Murdoch University’s Perth campus. Students are given a map and directions. Each clue station will provide a new clue and direction to help them in their investigation of the truth!

Year group: Years 9–11

Delivery location: Murdoch University Perth campus

Duration: 60 minutes

Number of students: Maximum of 30 students

Study areas: HASS, Criminology, Psychology, Science

Have you ever wanted to win an election? What is actually needed for you to step up and work in the Lower House of Australia? In this workshop, we will run a series of elections to discover who will be “Murdoch Class Champion”, all while seeing what goes on behind the ballot boxes. Students will learn the differences between Australian and US systems, including First Past the Post, Preferential voting, Compulsory Voting and how the use of demographics can help you win!

Year group: Years 7–9

Delivery location: Murdoch University Perth campus or at your school

Duration: 1 hour

Number of students: Maximum of 30 students

Study areas: Law and HASS

The Angklung is a musical instrument that originated in today’s Indonesia but is popular throughout South-East Asia. Made from bamboo tubes carved to have a resonant pitch and tuned to octaves, the Angklung is played in ensembles of three or more players. In this workshop, students will learn the history of the Angklung and how to play it, then play together to create melodies.

Year group: Years 7–12

Delivery location: Murdoch University Perth campus

Duration: 1 hour

Number of students: Maximum of 25 students

Study areas: Indonesian

Gamelan is a traditional musical ensemble from Indonesia, typically from the islands of Java and Bali. Gamelans have a long history in Indonesia and feature a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, kendang (drums) and gongs, bamboo flutes, and bowed and plucked strings.

In May 1993, the Provincial Government and people of East Java presented a handcrafted, 80-piece Gamelan orchestra to the government and people of Western Australia. The Gamelan Orchestra is housed at Murdoch University in the Peace Pavilion. This workshop provides students with a unique opportunity to learn about the music of the Gamelan and play the instruments together as an orchestra.

Year group: Years 7–12

Delivery location: Murdoch University Perth campus

Duration: 1 hour

Number of students: Maximum of 17 active participants

Study areas: Indonesian

Mediation is a structured legal negotiation process that aims to assist people to resolve their legal disputes before heading to court. In this activity, students will act as mediators and explore different types of conflict and responses through a series of interactive activities. Students will be able to work collaboratively, debate, and reflect on their personal conflict responses and how they can best navigate their way to a positive resolution.

Year group: 9–11

Delivery location: Murdoch University Perth Campus or at your school

Duration: 1 Hour

Number of students: Maximum of 30 students

Study areas: HASS (Civics & Citizenship), Politics & Law ATAR

In this activity, we run through a simple mock trial situation. Students will learn about the onus of prosecution and defence, the types of issues that can and cannot be brought before a jury and the issues and knowledge needed to take part in our legal system.

Students will fill the roles of jury members as they watch Murdoch Law students take part in a simulation of a legal trial. Students will also then be asked to pass their verdict on the trial.

Year group: Years 8–10

Delivery location: Murdoch University Perth campus or at your school

Duration: 1 hour

Number of students: Maximum of 30 students

Study areas: Law and HASS

Street Law is a global, nonpartisan, non-profit program with more than 40 years of experience developing classroom and community programs that educate young people about law and government. Street Law programs and materials help advance justice by empowering people with the legal and civic knowledge, skills, and confidence to bring about positive change for themselves and others.

Murdoch’s Street Law program trains up our law students to come into your classrooms and provide information and legal education (both curriculum and other) to your students in a fun way.

Bookings are essential and each program runs from the start of each semester.

Year group: Years 7–12

Delivery location: At your school

Duration: 2 periods in your school, starting Semester 1 and 2

Number of students: 1 class

Study areas: HASS (Civics & Citizenship), Politics and Law ATAR