Learning resources
Resources and activities for the classroom
The Opera House’s learning resources provide inspirational activities to watch, listen and read for students in the classroom or learning at home. Written with your classroom in mind, they’re packed with practical, creative activities designed to provoke ideas and enrich your students’ learning.
Explore 2024 Learning Resources or Stream, read & listen by subject.
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2024 Learning Resources
The Sydney Opera House Play Award
An annual award for a school, learning program, class or an individual student or teacher, who has made a remarkable and ongoing contribution to ‘play in learning’ with demonstrated positive impacts.
Stream, read & listen by subject
DanceRites Deadly Moments
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Outlines: Beyond Black - AI captures human motion data to make new choreography | Behind the Scenes
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Dancing to de-feet Parkinson’s
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The importance of rhythm as a storytelling tool in performance | INFUSION Cast Talk
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Gumboot Dancing
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Eternal History: the story of First Nations theatre at the Sydney Opera House.
Since its opening in 1973 the Opera House has carried a deeper legacy, one that embraces, challenges and celebrates Australian culture. But what of Australia’s First Peoples and First Nations culture?
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Using Creativity in the Classroom
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Liverpool Boys High rewrites the school curriculum with creativity
![Two boys studying a skeleton.](/sites/default/files/styles/16x9__375w/public/collaborodam_assets/liverpoolboys-1600x900.jpg.webp?itok=-b_xRlG9)
Lansvale Public School Boat of Dreams
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Learning Through Play
![A man and a woman doing hand gestures.](/sites/default/files/styles/16x9__375w/public/collaborodam_assets/learningthroughplay-web-1600x900.jpg.webp?itok=NPdCZ-tc)
Yarning Country | Curated by Rachael Hocking
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Meet Julie Vivas, illustrator of Possum Magic
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How to draw Possum Magic with illustrator Julie Vivas
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The importance of rhythm as a storytelling tool in performance | INFUSION Cast Talk
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Whispers: Megan Cope
![Megan Cope holding a piece of paper in front of the Opera House.](/sites/default/files/styles/16x9__375w/public/collaborodam_assets/whispers-megan-cope-documentary.jpeg.webp?itok=5sUOomXO)
Ziggy Ramo “Little Things” feat. Paul Kelly
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Yarning Country | Curated by Rachael Hocking
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DanceRites Deadly Moments
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Guwanyi Walama
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Learning from Country: An Indigenous design perspective
![A man in a black shirt and long hair standing underneath wooden construction work.](/sites/default/files/styles/16x9__375w/public/collaborodam_assets/jefa-16x9.jpg.webp?itok=JcZuZY5V)
Interesting facts about Sydney Opera House
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Conserving and celebrating our heritage
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Renewing an icon
Inside the Sydney Opera House’s ten-year plan to renew the building for future generations of artists, audience and visitors.
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50 years of extraordinary moments
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Guwanyi Walama
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Arty Farty
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Ziggy Ramo “Little Things” feat. Paul Kelly
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The importance of rhythm as a storytelling tool in performance | INFUSION Cast Talk
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George Meets the Orchestra - An Introduction to the Orchestra | Age 3+
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Karen meets the strings family | Age 5+
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Karen and the composers | Age 5+
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International Jazz Day at the Opera House, featuring Herbie Hancock and James Morrison
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The Artificial Reef Project
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Eddie Woo: Maths of the Sydney Opera House - Worksheets
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Acoustics – Mathematics to Make Your Ears Ring
![Two men standing looking over a table.](/sites/default/files/styles/16x9__375w/public/collaborodam_assets/eddie-woo-ep1-16x9.jpg.webp?itok=3FDhPwvQ)
The Purity of Geometry
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Calculating an Impossible Number
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Nature Inspiring Design
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Building creativity: Modding the Opera House with Minecraft
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The Artificial Reef Project
![A man in a white t-shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/16x9__375w/public/collaborodam_assets/the-reef-project-kamil-16x9.jpg.webp?itok=iznbgc5D)
Draw the House on Demand Modules
![A hand drawn picture of the Sydney Opera House on a clipboard](/sites/default/files/styles/16x9__375w/public/collaborodam_assets/cfc-drawthehouse-web-1600x900.jpg.webp?itok=3MLAIk3p)
The Coburn Tapestries
Discover the famous Coburn tapestries. Learn about the history behind this great Australian story, and get creative with our teacher resources inspired by these iconic works covering Art, Design and Technology, and Textiles curriculum.
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Art Assembly 2019 | Jason Phu ‘Procession in the warming light, Procession in the rising darkness
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Opera House posters: best of the decade, 1960s to now
![A collection of five colorful posters, framed against a white wall.](/sites/default/files/styles/16x9__375w/public/collaborodam_assets/web-1600x900-soh-poster2.jpeg.webp?itok=zPpPBgPP)
5 superb Sydney Opera House hats
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Meet Julie Vivas, illustrator of Possum Magic
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How to draw Possum Magic with illustrator Julie Vivas
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