VCE Geography
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Investigate the real impacts of tourism through a zoo-based conservation organisation.
This VCE Geography Unit 2 program uses Zoos Victoria as a case study to explore the environmental, economic and socio-cultural impacts of tourism at different locations and scales. Through on-site fieldwork and behind-the-scenes insights into organisational operations and strategy, students collect and analyse primary data to evaluate how tourism impacts are managed and how visitors can be influenced to support wildlife conservation.
Students will learn
- Tourism impacts at different locations and scales
- How to collect, sort, process and represent primary data and other information
- How to evaluate the effectiveness of management strategies in relation to environmental sustainability, economic viability and socio-cultural value
- How to meet fieldwork requirements by gathering and analysing real on-site data
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 zoo experience
This program is delivered at Melbourne Zoo.
VCE teaching guides are password protected, with access details sent to you before your excursion or on request at booking. To ensure students get the most out of their zoo experience, please bring printed copies of the workbook.
Melbourne Zoo
- Focus on collecting and analysing on-site tourism data at Melbourne Zoo, including visitor heat-mapping and interaction surveys, to evaluate environmental, economic and socio-cultural impacts and assess how organisational strategies influence visitor behaviour and conservation outcomes
- Introduction for groups arriving 9:40-10:00am
- Workshop (80 minutes)
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.
Book your education experience
Use the online form to book your visit.
Make booking nowWhen you book, please include:
- Name of program
- Preferred date/s
- School name and address
- Contact details of organising teacher
- Number of students/classes and year level