Wreck seeker
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Take your students beneath the surface of Australia's past.
An online game where players take the role of a modern maritime archaeologist hunting for some of Australia’s most prized shipwrecks.
Wreck Seeker is a gamified learning platform that allows students to develop and hone their historical skills of enquiry, analysis, and source evaluation.
Players must sort facts from fiction in deciding where to focus their search. Speak to traditional owners, historians, local fishermen, eyewitnesses, and technical experts, as you investigate primary and secondary sources to decide which accounts provide the most reliable information.
Wreck Seeker - an online educational game for the classroom
Australian National Maritime Museum
Once you've pinpointed where to search, overlay your research onto the map before diving in 3D, on six beautifully recreated underwater environments to see if you've cracked the mystery.
Designed for middle-school students (10-15 years old), this game is the perfect tool for undertaking meaningful classroom conversations about historical enquiry, chronology, and source analysis.
Subject: HASS
Subject: History
Years: 5,6
Years: 7, 8, 9, 10
Please note: Players of Wreck Seeker have the option of creating a login in order to save their progress in the game. To do this players will need to enter a name, a valid email and a password. This will not be available to third parties or accessed by the museum. You do not need to create a login to play Wreck Seeker, but without a login you cannot save your progress.
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