Snap! Croc secondary resources
The Croc! – Lost giants to living legends exhibition is currently on display at Queensland Museum Kurilpa from 24 October 2025 – 5 October 2026.
Pre-visit activity: Personal connections
Whether you love them or hate them, crocodiles bring up strong reactions for many people.
Discuss:
- Have you ever seen a crocodile?
- How do crocodiles make you feel?
- What do you know about crocodiles?
Activity:
Choose one word to represent your overall feelings about crocodiles. Explain the significance of your word with other students.
Excursion resources
Free curriculum-linked worksheets are available for students to complete during your exhibition visit. Download and print these free resources for your self-guided visit.
Additional information
- Student worksheets are designed to be printed double-sided on A3 paper.
- Please bring your own pencils for completing the student worksheets.
- Teacher resources include exhibition information, Australian Curriculum links, wayfinding and answers for student activities.
Classroom activity: Research report
We should fear crocs.
We should fear for crocs.
In your opinion, which of these two statements is the most true?
Use a selection of the resources below, in addition to your own research, to create a research report justifying your answer. Your report can be in any format (e.g. essay, website, podcast, slideshow), and must:
- answer the question: should we fear crocs or fear for crocs?
- use specific examples and/or statistics from one or more of these sources
- provide your advice on actions to protect crocodiles and/or humans.
Resources
- Be Crocwise (ICTV Play)
- Crocodile tracking (Australia Zoo)
- Crocodile attack database (Croc Attack)
- Crocodiles in Kowanyama hold an important cultural place, despite being feared (ABC News)
- Saltwater Crocodile harvest and trade in Australia (CITES)
- Fashion victims: The trade in Australian saltwater crocodile skins (World Animal Protection)
- Exploiting Africa’s wildlife – the ‘Big 5’ and ‘Little 5’ (World Animal Protection) (page 11 – Nile Crocodile)
- Australian Crocodile Industry RD&E Plan 2024-2029 (AgrifFutures Australia)
- Crocodile management (Queensland Government)
- Crocodile management program (Northern Territory Government)
- Search for recent news articles about crocodiles and/or crocodile attacks from sources such as ABC News, NT News, and others.
For each source, consider:
- What type of source is this (e.g. news report, opinion piece, scientific research)?
- What is the key message of this source?
- Who created this source and what is their point of view on crocodiles?
- When was this source created? Is it still relevant?
- Is this a reliable source of information? Why/why not?
Post-visit activity: Reflection
Australian National Maritime Museum
Write a narration for the video with drone footage of crocodiles in Western Australia .
Explain how your view on crocodiles has changed or stayed the same after visiting the exhibition, and address at least one of the key themes of the exhibition:
- Human relationships with crocs across the world
- First Nations knowledge of crocs
- How to stay safe around crocs
- Scientific knowledge about crocs
- How crocs are portrayed in pop culture
- The threats facing crocs and how we can protect them
- Sustainability and conservation
