Aboriginal Cultures and Country Years 3-4

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Year levels

Year 3, Year 4

Cost

See Plan Your Visit

Availability

Monday to Friday (during school term)

Themes

Aboriginal Cultures, Animal Features, Australian Animals, Ecosystems / Habitats, Life Cycles, Human Impact

Explore Australia’s living cultures and discover deep connections between people and wildlife.

This Level 3-4 Science and Geography program explores Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, knowledge systems and relationships with Country, alongside scientific understandings of living things and environments. Your students will be immersed in Australian habitats, hear Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories and observe Australian animals up close as they investigate how wildlife survives in diverse environments. 

Students will learn
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories, traditions and their connection to Country and wildlife 
  • Australian animal features and behaviours 
  • How living things depend on each other and their environment 
  • Features of Australian animals 
  • Impact of humans and seasonal changes on the environment 
  • Actions that help to care for local wildlife 
Support for teachers
  • Great day at the zoo - access to trails and scheduled keeper talks 
  • Teacher resources with classroom and excursion activities
  • Pre-visit information to support planning and preparation
  • Opportunity to celebrate learning and become a Fighting Extinction School
Choose your experience

Each teaching guide includes curriculum links and unique activities for each zoo.

Healesville (Sanctuary logo in eucalyptus teal).
Healesville Sanctuary

- Focus on Australian animals, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures
- Introduction for groups arriving 9:45-10:00am
- Workshop (40 minutes)
- Spirits of the Sky experience (30 minutes)

Teaching guide  
Healesville Sanctuary map 

Want to know more? Join an online Teacher Information Session.

Planning your visit

The Plan Your Visit page has costings, risk assessments, payment information, travel details, sensory maps and social stories.
Your excursion will be outdoors. Please ask your students to dress for the weather.