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Animal Care and Management
Limited time only (1st December 2010 – 15th April 2011)
Information and guidance for teachers
Contents
Learning objectives
Curriculum links
Lesson plan
Plan a route
Things to arrange prior to visit
The day of your trip: arriving at the Zoo
Your teaching session
BTEC Animal Care and Animal Management
Learning objectives
Students will be able to explain:
• the need for keeping accurate animal records and explore
how the animals’ records are accessed and stored
• how we use new technology, such as thermography, as a
diagnostic technique, to monitor animal health and to observe
clinical signs
• the importance of quarantine and prevention of diseases
when new animals join the collection
• physiological signs of animal health and welfare through the
reproductive health of a herd of elephants
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Lesson Plan
This lesson takes place in the Joseph Banks Room where students can explore our
new display, ‘Zoo Vets – The Inside Story’. They will discover more about the role of
the vets in maintaining the animal health and welfare of the collection at Chester Zoo.
Introduction
Students will have the opportunity to discover the extensive role of the vets in the
animal health division and the aspects of animal health and management that they
are involved with on a daily basis.
Main lesson
Group work. Activities will encourage discussion and teamwork.
These will focus on:
• accessing and storing medical records
• the role of thermography as a non-invasive diagnostic technique
• quarantine and prevention of diseases when animals enter the collection
• using physiological signs as a breeding tool in elephants
Plenary
A chance to summarise all of the key themes and explore the exhibit.
Curriculum links
Links to BTEC Diploma in Animal Care
The following units will be touched on during this session:
Unit 3: Animal Accommodation, Handling and Care
Unit 7: Animal Health, Welfare and Behaviour
Links to BTEC Higher National in Animal Management
Unit 4: Animal Husbandry
Unit 5: Animal Health and Welfare
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Plan a route
This session focuses very much on Chester Zoo and the species that
are housed here. A variety of animals are discussed during this
session, but there is a focus on Chimpanzees, Elephants, Black
Rhino, Dalmatian Pelican, Flamingo and Cheetahs.
Some of our animal interpretation has strong links to this subject:
• Film clips of elephant husbandry, training and birth at Elephants of
the Asian Forest.
• Cheetah transportation and arrival at Chester Zoo in the Cheetah
Yurt area.
There are also several animal enclosures with interpretation on
enclosure design:
• Realm of the Red Ape
• Asian Plains (Greater One-horned Rhino)
• Flamingo Lagoon
See map on the next page for location of exhibits
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Animal Care and Management : Exhibits to Visit
Joseph Banks Room
Flamingos
Cheetahs
Realm of the
Red Ape
Greater Onehorned Rhino
Pelicans
Chimpanzees
Elephants
of the Asian
Forest
Black
Rhinos
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Suggested activities to link with session
Before visit
• Some background knowledge of the above concepts would be useful,
but not essential.
• Visit the BIAZA (British & Irish Association of Zoos and Aquaria)
website
at http://www.biaza.org.uk/
• The Secretary of State’s Standards of Modern Zoo Practice can be
downloaded from the Defra (Department for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs) website at http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlifepets/zoos/standards.htm Information on other zoo legislation can also
be found here.
During visit
• Try and allow some time for students to fully explore ‘Zoo Vets – The
Inside Story’.
• Visit some of the enclosures in the Zoo and have a look at aspects of
animal health and welfare.
After visit
• For more information on the importance of high animal welfare
standards in the Zoo, Chester Zoo’s Annual Report can be
downloaded from the Zoo website at
http://www.chesterzoo.org/Home/About/Annual%20Reports.aspx
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Things to arrange prior to visit
• Please check the details on your confirmation letter. If you have any
queries please call us on 01244 650205 / 389444.
• To arrange a pre-visit to the Zoo, contact us on 01244 650205 /
389444 for details.
• Arrange appropriate number of group leaders and collate contact
details.
• Assign students to a group leader, ensure students and leaders
know the running plan for the day, have staff contact details and
map of the Zoo
• Ensure group leaders have a plan for the day including student
names, time and location of teaching session (e.g. a copy of the
confirmation letter) and where to meet, if necessary, after the
session as well as a map of the Zoo.
Special Educational Needs
We welcome pupils with special needs. Please notify us of their
requirements in advance, so that we can tailor our programmes to
your pupils' needs.
Additionally, please inform us of any wheelchair users in the group or
any specific allergies that we should be aware of.
For more information on disabled access please refer to the Zoo
website at
http://www.chesterzoo.org/Visit/GettingAround/Access%20facilities.aspx
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The day of your trip: arriving at the Zoo
• Please help us to make your entrance to the Zoo as smooth as possible
• Allow plenty of time to get to and into the Zoo. It can take 30 minutes to
enter the Zoo and reach the Joseph Banks Room.
• On arrival the group leader only should approach the Main Gate with the
confirmation letter. Students and other staff should remain on the coach.
• This provides an ideal opportunity for another member of staff to run
through the itinerary for the day with students and helpers, to hand out
work sheets, information, maps, talk times etc.
• Once the paperwork has been completed the group leader can collect the
group from the coach to be counted into the Zoo by Gate Staff.
• There are toilets at the main entrance both inside and outside the Zoo.
Rainy day – indoor enclosures
The Aquarium, Tropical Realm,
Fruit Bat Forest*, Spirit of the Jaguar,
Islands in Danger, Realm of the Red Ape
and Butterfly Journey are all heated, indoor exhibits.
Additionally, Macaws, Chimpanzees, Giraffes Elephants of the Asian
Forests, Tsavo Black Rhino Reserve, Monkeys, Tsavo Bird Safari and
Miniature Monkeys all have undercover viewing.
See map on next page for location of exhibits
* Please note that pupils must be accompanied by an adult when
visiting Fruit Bat Forest.
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One of our Discovery sessions
in action!
Rainy Day Visits
Aquarium
Islands in
Danger
Grow Zone
Cheetah
Fruit Bat
Forest
Realm of the
Red Ape
Tsavo Black
Rhino Reserve
Tropical
Realm
Spirit of the
Jaguar
Chimpanzees
Secret
World of
the Okapi
Butterfly
Journey
Elephants
of the Asian
Forest
Monkeys
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Your teaching session
• Sessions are run in the Joseph Banks Room opposite the Fountain
Shop.
• Please be aware that it can take 30 minutes to enter the Zoo and
reach the Joseph Banks Room.
• Each teaching session will last 45 minutes. There is plenty of open
space for lunches outside on lawns around the zoo. On rainy days
there is an indoor picnic area next door to the Arara Café near the
Education Centre.
• The nearest toilets are next to Glorious Grasses, just in front of
Islands in Danger.
If you are delayed for any reason and may be late for your
teaching session please contact 01244 650205/ 389444. We may
be able to help!
If you have found this information useful or think there is something
that we could add to help your day run smoothly please let us know at
[email protected]
Enjoy your visit!
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