Puffing Billy Railway offers a range of pre- and post-excursion curriculum-linked resources to support teaching and learning in the classroom and at home. Select from the year levels below to find suitable resources.
Early Years - Foundation to Year 2 | ALL ABOARD!
Do trains push or pull?
Our Community
Under Construction
Map my journey
The puff in Puffing Billy
Characters of the railway
Game changer
The Wonders of Wildlife
Teachers are welcome to download this workbook for the students to use while they are onsite at Puffing Billy Railway.
- All Aboard Workbook | Download
Year 3 - Year 4 | STEAM MACHINES
Where does Puffing billy get its energy from?
Our Community
The marble run
What's in the box?
Use the force
The time for technology
Material world
Protecting the Dandenong Creek
Teachers are welcome to download this workbook for the students to use while they are onsite at Puffing Billy Railway.
- Steam Machines Workbook | Download
Year 5 - Year 6 | STEAMING STEM
What's the source?
Tracks over time
Build a bridge
Where is the wild?
The power of steam
Tools from the past
Building the visitor centre
The biodiversity challenge
Teachers are welcome to download this workbook for the students to use while they are onsite at Puffing Billy Railway.
- Steaming STEM Workbook | Download
Year 7 - Year 8 | INNOVATION STATION
Gravity gurus
Tools in technology
Mobile magic
Save our species
Who's in charge?
The power of volunteers
Ideas and innovations
Conservation in action
Teachers are welcome to download this workbook for the students to use while they are onsite at Puffing Billy Railway.
- Innovation Station Workbook | Download
Year 7 - Year 8 | TRACKS OF SURVIVAL
Whistle for Wildlife
Tunnel of love
Nature's tracks
Tracking technology
Lights out on the line
Trackside taxonomy
Eco Express
Rail rescue
Teachers are welcome to download this workbook for the students to use while they are onsite at Puffing Billy Railway.
- Year 7 - 8 Tracks of Survival Workbook | Download
Year 5 - Year 8 maths | MATHS IN MOTION
TIme flies
Algebra games
Around in circles
Collecting and displaying data
Time zones
Patterns in Algebra
What's in the water tank
The adventures of infographics
Teachers are welcome to download this workbook for the students to use while they are onsite at Puffing Billy Railway.
- Year 5 - 8 Maths in Motion Workbook | Download
Year 9 - Year 10 | PUFFING BILLY PATHWAYS
Teachers are welcome to download this workbook for the students to use while they are onsite at Puffing Billy Railway.
- Puffing Billy Pathways Workbook | Download
VCE - GEOGRAPHY | SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AT THE RAILWAY
Changing Places
Maps in Motion
Train of Thoughts
Interpretation of Data at the Railway
Destination Design
Sus-train-ability
Socio-cultural signals
Fieldwork Investigations
Teachers are welcome to download this workbook for the students to use while they are onsite at Puffing Billy Railway.
- Sustainable Tourism at the Railway Workbook | Download
VCE - systems engineering | STEAMING SYSTEMS
Pulley power
Full steam ahead
Engine uity express
Tracks to safety
Loco motion
Steam mechanics
Cultural connection
Steaming schematics
Teachers are welcome to download this workbook for the students to use while they are onsite at Puffing Billy Railway.
- VCE Systems Engineering Workbook | Download
Use this social story to plan a visit to Puffing Billy Railway with students for the Steaming Systems Education Program.
- Steaming Systems Social Story | Download