Auckland Zoo offers a range of Secondary Education Sessions. These sessions involve interactive and hands on learning where students will come away with knowledge about our animals at the zoo and understand their importance in the world. 

Classes are age specific with clear learning outcomes for each age range. Learning outcomes and focuses differ depending on the student's age and prior knowledge.

  1. When applying please read our Zoo RAMS, and terms and conditions of entry.

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Education Sessions

Endangered species and global patterns and processes that are leading to wildlife being threatened with extinction.

Discover why NZ species are so unique.

Understand how animal adaptations provide advantages in relation to an animal’s ecological niche.

What makes us primates? What makes us human? Biological and cultural trends in human evolution.

 Working with a Zoo Educator students will explore sustainability issues and how they are impacting specific animals and their natural habitats.

This session will look at some of our unique species and their threats. We will discuss the impacts of introduced species and share examples of monitoring and pest control. 

Auckland Zoo is a modern Zoo - what does this actually mean?

Discover relationships and connections between animals, plants, people, the things we do, and our values... all from a Māori world view.

 

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