If you're looking for a fun and educational school trip for your pupils, look no further! Our zoo is home to a whole range of animals including penguins, meerkats, zebra, wolves and 4 species of big cat - Guaranteed to encourage your pupils to get involved and learn.
*Please note that unfortunately we no longer use live animals in our education sessions.
We deliver interactive educational experiences using resources such as biofacts and multimedia presentations. All education sessions are carefully linked to the National Curriculum. We offer fun presentations for primary school children with a maximum group limit of no more than 30.
Talks are priced at £30 per group of 30 students and last around 25 minutes.
Mini Meets are a new education option and can be an alternative to our classroom-based education sessions or also as an addition to our classroom based education sessions. Mini meets allow you to meet one of our zoo educators at an animal habitat where they will give an exciting and engaging talk about the animal using biofacts such as skulls. We offer mini meets at our Lion, Tiger, Penguin and Sun Bear habitats. Mini Meets are priced at £15 for a 10-15 minute talk and have a limit of 30 students.
How do you spot a snow leopard in the Himalayas? How do you track a pride of lions in the savannah? Can your students identify animals from their footprints? Animal trackers also shines a light on how animal crime is being tackled across the planet!
Animal Trackers meets the following areas of the National Curriculum:
Why are Arctic, Red and Fennec foxes so different? We take students on a journey to different habitats in order to find out why they are perfectly suited to survive there. Students will also shine a light on the forest floor of the Amazon Rainforest to discover amazing adaptations from some of its most renowned animals.
Amazing Adaptations meets the following areas of the National Curriculum:
• identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
• identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores
• recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things
What does it take to look after amazing and incredible animal species? In this session students will find out how we work at Hertfordshire Zoo to give some of our resident species the best homes possible. Students will generate their own ideas to create extraordinary exhibits!
Extraordinary Exhibits meets the following areas of the National Curriculum:
• find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air)
At Hertfordshire Zoo we have 4 different ‘Big Cat‘ species including Jaguars, Lions, Amur Tigers and Snow Leopards. How are they all different? What makes them successful predators? In this session students will take a whistle stop tour across the globe to explore cat species and their habitats.
Roars and Claws meets the following areas of the National Curriculum:
• identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment
• recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things
• identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
• identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores
What is the difference between a Lion’s diet and a Lion Tamarin’s diet? Why do some animals eat all vegetables and some animals only eat meat? These are some of the questions that students will be posed in our ‘All The Vores’ education session. Using resident animals from around Hertfordshire Zoo students will discover the dietary requirements of some of their favourite animals.
All the Vores meets the following areas of the National Curriculum:
· Identify and name common animals (birds, mammals, etc.).
· Describe how animals obtain their food.
· Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey.
In this education session students will explore the way in which animals use a range of camouflage to survive in the wild, including some of our resident animals at Hertfordshire Zoo.
Camouflage meets the following areas of the National Curriculum:
· Identify and name common animals (birds, mammals, etc.)
· Describe and compare animal body structures.
· Understand habitats, animal/plant interactions.
Ever wondered what makes a mammal a mammal? Or a bird a bird? Struggling to know the difference between a reptile and an amphibian? Students will come up close and personal with a number of artefacts, such as skins and furs, to show the difference between vertebrates such as mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians in this interactive and engaging session.
Fur, Feathers and Scales meets the following areas of the National Curriculum:
• Identify and name common animals (i.e. birds, mammals)
• Describe and compare animal body structures (i.e. fish, bird)
It is time to revisit the age of the Dinosaurs! Like animals we know and love today Dinosaurs had fascinating adaptations individual to each species. However, the mass extinction of these amazing creatures meant we were never able to see them in the flesh.
Back in Time meets the following National Curriculum:
· Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide evidence for millions of years.
· Identify how plants and animals adapt to an environment and how this may lead to evolution.
· Understand how changes in an environment can lead to extinction
Completed booking forms should be e-mailed to groupbookings@hertfordshirezoo.com.
A member of the Hertfordshire Zoo team will be in touch to confirm your booking.
Please note your booking is not confirmed until you receive a confirmation.
