Species Survival: More than just sustainability
Join the Taronga Education team to celebrate National Science Week this year.
Taronga’s crucial work in securing a shared future for wildlife and people is completely focused on this year’s National Science Week theme of Species Survival: more than just sustainability.
Whether you’re at the Zoo or in your classroom, learn about Taronga’s role in supporting species survival and promoting biodiversity. Your students will hear firsthand from experts working on the frontline of conservation, meet animals up close and build an understanding of their features that support survival, the threats they face in environments around us, and most importantly learn how we can all act for the wild to support them.
Taronga’s crucial work in securing a shared future for wildlife and people is completely focused on this year’s National Science Week theme of Species Survival: more than just sustainability.
Whether you’re at the Zoo or in your classroom, learn about Taronga’s role in supporting species survival and promoting biodiversity. Your students will hear firsthand from experts working on the frontline of conservation, meet animals up close and build an understanding of their features that support survival, the threats they face in environments around us, and most importantly learn how we can all act for the wild to support them.
What’s happening at Taronga Zoo Sydney during Science Week:
Staying Alive for Schools Exclusive Presentations
Join Taronga expert education team for daily interactive presentations exclusively for schools in the Taronga Centenary Theatre. Staying Alive for Schools is an immersive, engaging session where your students will meet experts and animals, learning all about species survival, what Taronga is doing to support wildlife, and actions we can all take away and get involved in. The session is brought to life by with the 270-degree curved widescreen in the Centenary Theatre and is included for free with school entry during Science Week. Sessions run daily from Tuesday to Friday at 10:15am and 1:15pm, with an approximate duration of 30 minutes, at map reference 12J near Giraffes.
What’s happening online during Science Week:
Staying Alive for Schools Virtual Incursion
Join the Taronga Education team online, from the comfort and convenience of your classroom for a virtual presentation of Staying Alive for Schools, broadcast live on Microsoft Teams from Taronga’s Woodland Immersive Habitat Classroom on Thursday 15 August at 11:30am. The Taronga Education team will engage your students in an online incursion version of the Staying Alive for Schools presentation from one of our most spectacular teaching spaces in the Taronga Institute of Science and Learning. Registration is essential and the recorded session will be available to schools until Friday 23 August.
Eco Detectives on Minecraft: Bringing Back Biodiversity One Adventure at a Time
To celebrate National Science Week, Taronga Education is putting the spotlight on Eco Detectives, and exciting new educational game available for schools on Minecraft Education. A collaborative effort from ten zoo education teams across Australia and New Zealand, Eco Detectives is an innovative way for your students to connect with factors impacting biodiversity, learning how to restore the balance, and applying this learning to the real world.
Eco Detectives in the classroom is supported by rich teaching and learning resources developed by teachers, for teachers, and aligned to curriculum.
Find out how to get your students involved in immersive learning during National Science Week with Eco Detectives now.
