How to help New Zealand species flourish.

All New Zealanders must be responsible for the guardianship (kaitiaki) of Aotearoa.

Learn how we can help our native species flourish in the unique environment we are home to.

We are all connected to nature and we can be responsible kaitiaki (guardians) of Aotearoa.

Students will learn how Aotearoa is home to unique animals which face modern day threats from introduced pests.

To protect our taonga (precious) species students will learn how to identify animal tracks and practical skills for monitoring their local spaces

Session duration: Sessions with a Zoo Educator will last for approx. 45 minutes. Outside this time you are free to explore the Zoo. Most schools plan to arrive for 9:30am opening and leave by 2:00pm.

Year 5-8

  1. Identify endemic, native, and introduced species
  2. Identify physical or behavioural adaptations in NZ species that enable them and other species to thrive in specific ecosystems
  3. Explain the different ways the environment has changed and the impact on our NZ species
  4. Understand the need for conservation action-taking to help our NZ wildlife
  5. Recognise one conservation project Auckland Zoo participates in which helps animals to thrive in their wild habitat

Years 9-10

  1. Identify endemic, native, and introduced species
  2. Identify physical or behavioural adaptations in NZ species that enable them and other species to thrive in specific ecosystems
  3. Explain the different ways the environment has changed and the impact on our NZ species
  4. Understand the need for conservation action-taking to help our NZ wildlife
  5. Explain one conservation project Auckland Zoo participates in which helps animals to thrive in the wild habitat.

Science – Living World

  1. Life Processes L1-2: Recognise that all living things have certain requirements so they can stay alive.
  2. Ecology Level 1-2 –Recognize that living things are suited to their particular habitat
  3. Ecology Level 3-4 - Explain how living things are suited to their particular habitat and how they respond to environmental changes, both natural and human-induced
  4. Ecology L5: Investigate the interdependence of living things (including humans) in an ecosystem.
  5. Evolution L1-2: Explain how we know that some that some living things from the past are now extinct.
  6. Evolution L3-4: Explore how groups of living things we have in the world have changed over a long period of time and appreciate that some living things in New Zealand are quite different from living things in other areas of the world.
  7. Nature of Science: Understanding about Science, Investigating in Science, Communicating in Science, Participating and Contributing.

Education for Sustainability

Responsibility for Action, Sustainability, Interdependence, Biodiversity

Year 9 & 10

Science - Living World

Life Processes: identify the key structural features and functions involved in the life processes of  plants and animals

Evolution L4: explore how groups of living things we have in the world have changed over long periods of time and appreciate that some living things in NZ are quite different from living things in other areas of the world

Ecology: investigate the interdependence of living things (including humans) in an ecosystem

Nature of Science: understanding about science

Education for Sustainability: Concepts - responsibility for action, sustainability, interdependence, biodiversity

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Email: conservationlearning@aucklandzoo.co.nz
(09) 360 3817
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