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STEM Year 5-6
Melbourne Zoo | Year 5, Year 6
Students use design thinking to develop solutions to the challenges our scientist face when working with threatened species in the wild.
Links to Victorian Curriculum Levels 5-6 Science and Design & Technologies
Conditions for Survival Year 5-6
Melbourne Zoo | Year 5, Year 6
Students will investigate how the physical conditions of the environment affect the growth and survival of living things and how they are interconnected. They will develop an understanding of how to create positive change in their local community.
Links to the Victorian Curriculum Levels 5-6 Science and Geography
Classification and Adaptations Year 7-8
Melbourne Zoo | Year 7, Year 8
Students will develop their understanding of animal adaptations and classification by examining skull specimens, biological artefacts and zoo animals.
Links to Victorian Curriculum Levels 7-8 Science and Geography
STEM Year 7-8
Melbourne Zoo | Year 7, Year 8
Students use design thinking to develop solutions to the challenges our scientists face when working with threatened species in the wild
Links to Victorian Curriculum Levels 7-8 Science and Design & Technologies
Food Chains and Food Webs Year 7-8
Melbourne Zoo | Year 7, Year 8
Explore the concepts of ecosystems, food webs, and how humans might positively impact the living world.
Links to the Victorian Curriculum Levels 7-8 Science
Evolution and Natural Selection Year 9-10
Melbourne Zoo | Year 9, Year 10
Explore evolution through natural selection by building an understanding of how animal adaptations, variation in a population and selection pressures can lead to a new species.
Links to Victorian Curriculum Levels 9-10 Science
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
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
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
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