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Three school students hold clipboards as they stand in front of a Wipe For Wildlife sign.
VCE Geography Unit 2
Melbourne Zoo | VCE
Get a first-hand insight into how Zoos Victoria assesses and mitigates tourism’s impact with an opportunity to collect and analyse on-site data.
Links to VCE Geography Unit 2
Two students smile as one points into the air.
VCE Psychology Unit 1-4
Melbourne Zoo | VCE
Explore science-related ethical issues and conduct a scientific investigation related to animal welfare at Zoos Victoria.
Links to VCE Psychology Units 1-4 Key Science Skills
Two students in yellow school uniform smile as they watch a Meerkat, on an excursion at Melbourne Zoo.
Self-guided
Melbourne Zoo | EAL, Foundation, Early Childhood, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 6, Year 5, Year 7, Year 8, Year 10, Year 9, VCE, VCE Vocational Major, Tertiary
A unique, real-world learning experience exploring the wildlife of the grasslands of Africa and Australia.
Suitable for students of all ages
Two teen school girls dressed in blue chequered uniforms smile as they look at a lemur who is eating a piece of fruit on a platform.
VCE Biology Unit 4
Melbourne Zoo | VCE
Analyse, compare and contrast living primates to reveal humans’ closest living and extinct relatives, evolutionary trends and what it means to be classified as Homo sapiens.
Links to VCE Biology Unit 4
A secondary student smiles as she looks at a Butterfly on her shoulder.
VCE Biology Unit 2
Melbourne Zoo | VCE
Use real-world examples to explore how scientists are helping the conservation of threatened species. Collect data to determine how a species’ adaptations enable it to interact and survive within its ecosystem.
Links to VCE Biology Unit 2
VCE Psychology Unit 2
Melbourne Zoo | VCE
What factors influence the behaviour of visitors at the zoo? Students consider aspects of social cognition and factors that influence behaviour and how they are relevant in a conservation organisation.
Links to VCE Psychology Unit 2
Side view of two students as they look to the right through lookout binoculars.
Self-guided - Climate Watch
Werribee Open Range Zoo | Year 7, Year 8, Foundation, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 9, VCE, Year 10, VCE Vocational Major, Tertiary
Calling on citizen scientists of all ages. Help us reduce the threats facing wildlife through climate change.
Links to Victorian Curriculum Levels F-12 Science
Rear view of secondary students as they look into the Lion exhibit, as two Lionesses walk from left to right and one has their back to the glass
Self-guided
Werribee Open Range Zoo | EAL, Foundation, Early Childhood, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 6, Year 5, Year 7, Year 8, Year 10, Year 9, VCE, VCE Vocational Major, Tertiary
A unique, real-world learning experience exploring the wildlife of the grasslands of Africa and Australia.
Suitable for students of all ages
A school-aged boy looks at a Koala sitting in the fork in a tree.
VCE Environmental Science Unit 3
Werribee Open Range Zoo | VCE
Develop your students’ field scientist skills to assess the biodiversity of an ecosystem and explore human threats, as well as Zoos Victoria’s role in the conservation of endangered animals.
Links to VCE Environmental Science Unit 3
A view from behind of two school students looking at two Hippos, with one taking a photo on her phone.
VCE Biology Unit 2 - Africa
Werribee Open Range Zoo | VCE
Investigate the adaptations of an African animal, and the relationships between species that help them to survive in an ecosystem.
Links to VCE Biology Unit 2 - AOS 2