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Foundation–Year 6

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Animal Toolkits

Each Toolkit has been curated by the Zoos Victoria Education team in consultation with Threatened Species experts. They contain a wealth of information including: videos, scientific information, media links, actions you can take, and links to the Science curriculum.

A - E

African Lion Animal Toolkit

African Wild Dog Animal Toolkit

Alpine She-oak Skink Animal Toolkit

Asian Elephant Animal Toolkit

Australian Fur Seal Animal Toolkit

Baw Baw Frog Animal Toolkit

Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby Animal Toolkit

Corroboree Frog Animal Toolkit

Dingo Animal Toolkit

Eastern Barred Bandicoot Animal Toolkit

F - J

Giant Burrowing Frog Animal Toolkit

Golden-rayed Blue Butterfly Animal Toolkit

Grasslands Earless Dragon Animal Toolkit

Guthega Skink Animal Toolkit

Helmeted Honeyeater Animal Toolkit

Hippopotamus Animal Toolkit

K - O

Key's Matchstick Grasshopper Animal Toolkit

Large Brown Tree Frog Animal Toolkit

Leadbeater's Possum Animal Toolkit

Lord Howe Island Stick Insect Animal Toolkit

Mallee Emu-wren Animal Toolkit

Meerkat Animal Toolkit

Mountain Pygmy-possum Animal Toolkit

Orange-bellied Parrot Animal Toolkit

P - T

Philippine Crocodile Animal Toolkit

Plains-Wanderer Animal Toolkit

Platypus Animal Toolkit

Pookila - New Holland Mouse Animal Toolkit

Red Kangaroo Animal Toolkit

Regent Honeyeater Animal Toolkit

Rothschild's Giraffe Animal Toolkit

Short-beaked Echidna Animal Toolkit

Smoky Mouse Animal Toolkit

Southern Bent-wing Bat Animal Toolkit

Spotted Tree Frog Animal Toolkit

Stuttering Barred Frog Animal Toolkit

Sumatran Tiger Animal Toolkit

Swift Parrot Animal Toolkit

Tasmanian Devil Animal Toolkit

U - Z

Western Lowland Gorilla Animal Toolkit

 

School Readers

Foundation - Year 2 Science

Discover the science of Victoria’s wildlife through illustrated stories written for Foundation–Year 2.

Each of the five books will develop your students’ Science knowledge and Literacy skills through the stories of endangered animals and they come with a suite of teaching resources.

Browse School Readers

 

Ask a Zoo Expert

The Fighting Extinction Schools 'Ask a Zoo Expert' series takes you behind-the-scenes to meet the people working in wildlife conservation. The videos have been co-created with teachers and students to answer some of the most asked science questions. The accompanying teaching guides are exclusive to Teacher Tribe Members and come with time saving ideas and activities to support you in the classroom.

Foundation - Year 2 Science

Teach the science how living things grow, meet their basic living needs, and about external animal features.

Year 3 - 4 Science

Teach the science of life cycles, animal features and how they rely on their environment.

Year 5 - 6 Science

Teach the science of structural features and adaptations.

 

Additional resources

Video showcases

Search our Vimeo showcases to find videos on animal species. The videos cover a range of topics such as:

  • Keeper talks
  • Interviews with experts
  • Explaining the science behind Zoos Victoria's conservation efforts
  • Observational videos to allow your students to watch and wonder
  • Much more!
Watch video showcases

Teacher Membership

Teacher Members get access to even more teaching resources to support learning in the classroom and help teachers and students take action for wildlife.  These additional resources include:

Become a Member