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KS2 Conservation
Information and guidance for teachers
Contents
Learning Objectives
Lesson plan
Plan a route
Suggested activities to link with session
Things to arrange prior to visit
The day of your trip: arriving at the Zoo
Your teaching session
Harvest mouse reintroduction at Chester Zoo
KS2 Conservation
Learning Objectives
After attending this session, pupils will be able to:
▪ Discuss the meaning of extinction
▪ Explain ways in which animals and plants are endangered in this
country and abroad and how everyone can help protect them
▪ Explain how Chester Zoo is working to conserve endangered
species
Lesson Plan
▪ Introduction
Whole class discussion to define conservation and extinction.
▪ Main lesson
Whole class exploration of artefacts identifying reasons why
animals are hunted followed by a group investigation.
Whole class discussion about other reasons why animals and
plants are endangered.
Brainstorm what ordinary people can do to help. Discuss some of
Chester Zoo’s conservation work.
▪ Plenary
Recap including, if time permits, outdoor visit to highlight
conservation work of Chester Zoo.
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One of our Discovery sessions
in action!
Plan a route
Click here to download a Zoo Map
Animals discussed during session
Many different animals are discussed during this session including Water
Voles, tortoises, turtles, Jaguar, tigers, elephants, snakes, caiman,
rhinoceros, chimpanzees, macaques, Przewalskis Horse and orang-utans.
Animals to visit before session (or after session if at 10.30
Przewalskis Horse (in West Zoo near Rhinoceros) - We have been involved
in a re-introduction programme for this species which had been recorded
by the IUCN Red List as Extinct in the Wild.
Black Rhinoceros (in West Zoo not far from the main entrance) - The Tsavo
Rhino experience has lots of interesting interactive signs. Black Rhino’s are
Critically Endangered.
Asian Elephant (in West Zoo not far from the main entrance) - Asian
Elephants are on the IUCN red list as Endangered.
Sulawesi Crested Macaque (in West Zoo in the Monkeys exhibit) – These
macaques are on the IUCN red list as Endangered. They are the Christmas
dinner of choice in Sulawesi!
Orang-Utan (in East Zoo near to Aquarium) - Chester Zoo has been
successfully breeding orang-utan for over 20 years. They helped set up a
rehabilitation centre for orphaned orang-utans in Borneo. Sumatran
Orang-utans are Critically Endangered and Bornean Orang-utans are
Endangered.
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We have a group of over 30
chimpanzees here at Chester Zoo
One of our young Sumatran
Orang-utans born in 2004
Suggested activities to link with session
Before Visit (recommended prior learning-useful but not essential)
Vocabulary – conservation, extinction, endangered
Any activities that increase pupil’s awareness of the problems facing us
and all living things on the earth and brainstorm ways in which we all can
Help.
During Visit
How many endangered species can you visit? Most of our animals have
identification signs which include the conservation status (according to
the IUCN Red List) of the animal. These can be checked back in school
by consulting the Zoo Annual Review on the internet (click here). Over
56% of Chester Zoo’s collections are species that are threatened in the
wild. Those most seriously threatened include several species that are
Extinct in the Wild, those that are Critically Endangered and those that
are classified as Endangered.
At each enclosure find out what habitat the animal is from. Is it a habitat
that is being destroyed and why?
Breeding is a very important part of our work in the zoo. How many
babies can you spot around the Zoo?
Conservation is needed right around the world and we have animals
from many different countries. How many countries do our animals
represent? In school you could flag these on a world map.
Ask your pupils to imagine they are Noah! Which five species of animals
would they choose to save and why?
Visit Zoo Information Centre and collect perhaps one or two sets of
leaflets for your class describing the Zoo’s conservation work.
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Cross curricular activities
Follow the Zoo map-pupils lead the way following the Zoo map
downloadable from the internet (click here).
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Record the ‘sounds of the Zoo’ for example the visitors, the
monorail, the Chimpanzees or Sealions at feeding time.
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Draw and photograph the animals.
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Collect data such as the number of animals with spots, stripes, four
legs, wings etc.
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After Visit
Animal A-Z Games (on the coach?!)
Think of an animal beginning with each letter of the alphabet.
Think of as many animals as possible beginning with…
Something beginning with for example ‘z a lion might eat’, or ‘a meat
eating animal beginning with J’
An animal that flies/hops/swims beginning with …
Chester Zoo Conservation wall display - This might include a world map
with the places marked where animals can be found in the wild, photos
and pictures of the animals and information about the IUCN
conservation status. It could also include information about Chester Zoos
role collected from Zoo Information Centre leaflets
How can we help – Reminder list of things children can do to help
protect the world and its living things.
Letter writing – Write and tell us about your day at the Zoo.
Sign writing – Make an identification sign for an imaginary animal. Give it
a name, draw it and describe its food, habits, predators and number of
babies etc.
ICT – Use computers to present mathematical information you have
Collected.
RE – Noah’s Ark story can be linked to the logo of the zoo and its mission
to save animals from extinction.
Art – Display photos and drawings made at the zoo.
Drama – Turn your sounds and experiences of visiting the zoo into a play
or assembly.
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Asoka – Chester Zoo’s male
Asiatic Lion
Chester Zoo supports Black Rhino
conservation in Kenya
Things to arrange prior to visit
Please check details on confirmation letter, any queries please call
01244 650205.
Arrange a pre-visit to the Zoo, contact us 01244 650205 for details
Arrange appropriate number of group leaders and collate contact
details.
Assign pupils to a group leader, ensure pupils and leaders know the
running plan for the day, have staff contact details and map of the Zoo
(these can be downloaded from the website at www.chesterzoo.org).
Ensure group leaders have a plan for the day including; pupil 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. Identification wrist bands are available for 5p each,
and can be sent to you in advance. For more information please
contact 01244 650205.
Running plan for the day
•Time and location of teaching session
•Time and location to meet for teaching session
•Time and location to meet for lunch
•Time to visit Twilight Zone (all pupils under 16 must be
accompanied through the Twilight Zone)
•Time for pupils to visit the gift shop (the shop at the entrance is
open all year round, opening times of the other 2 shops vary
throughout the year) All pupils under 16 should be accompanied
in the gift shops
•Time and location to meet when leaving the Zoo
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Sheba is our oldest Asian Elephant at
over 50 years of age!
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 over 30
minutes to enter the Zoo and reach the Education Centre,
particularly at busy times of year.
On arrival the group leader only should approach the main gate with
the confirmation letter. Pupils and other staff should remain on the
coach.
This provides an ideal opportunity for another member of staff to run
through itinerary for the day with pupils 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 plan: indoor enclosures
Snakes, insects, birds and other reptiles are in the Tropical Realm. The
Tropical Realm is situated near to the Education Centre in the East
Zoo.
The Twilight Zone contains free flying bats as well as insects, fish and
mammals. The Twilight Zone is situated just past Monkeys in the West
Zoo.
Monkeys, Chimpanzees and Jaguars all have good indoor viewing
Other enclosures with indoor viewing include; Rhinos, Elephants,
Orang-utans, the Aquarium and Islands in Danger.
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Your teaching session
Sessions are run in 3 classrooms all located in the Education Centre
next to the Spirit of the Jaguar exhibit.
Please be aware that it can take 30+ minutes to cross the zoo
particularly at busy times of year.
On arrival at the Education Centre please wait outside the
appropriate room (Cook, Columbus or Cousteau), as stated on your
booking confirmation for an Education Officer to greet you.
Please don’t block doorways to education classrooms as there may
be classes about to leave.
Each teaching session will last approximately 50 minutes.
There is plenty of open space for lunches outside the Education
Centre. On rainy days there is an indoor picnic area (Arara Picnic
Lodge) past the Spirit of the Jaguar exhibit.
There are toilets opposite the Spirit of the Jaguar house just past the
Education Centre.
If you are delayed for any reason and may be late for your
teaching session please contact 01244 650205, 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]
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Meeting ‘Beaky’ the quail
during a Discovery session