Australian endangered species

This program delivers a powerful, active learning experience through challenge-based learning and real life conservation action.

Did you know that Zoos Victoria is committed to Fighting Extinction and that Healesville Sanctuary is where most of our endangered animal breeding programs take place? Come and join us in the fight to save our precious wildlife. In this 45 minute session students meet some of our most endangered animals, learn about our recovery programs and find out what they can do to help.

This program can be extended to 90 minutes to include a behind the scenes tour of our captive breeding programs. Students will have the unique opportunity to see real life conservation action including close up encounters with endangered species.

Pre visit

• Check out Actwild.org.au and register as a new user.

Post visit

1. Upload a photo with a caption to our Act Wild Photo Gallery showing what you are doing at school to help endangered local wildlife. Easy!

2. Get creative and mashup your own video! Create your own video about the Love your Locals campaign and share it with classmates, friends, family and the rest of the world!

Australian Endangered Species addresses AusVELS levels 5-10 standards.  It supports the cross-curriculum priorities of Sustainability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures and addresses achievements in the domains of Science, Interpersonal Development, Personal Learning, Civics and Citizenship, English, Humanities, Communication and Thinking Processes.