We aim to deliver interactive educational experiences using resources such as live animals, biofacts and multimedia all linking to the National Curriculum. We offer fun presentations for all ages. Unfortunately, we do not offer general visits for secondary schools but can accommodate KS5 groups with a maximum of 24 students, if an Education session is booked as part of the visit.
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.
Learn all about conservation issues in the 21st century and get closer to some seized artefacts (courtesy of HM customs). We will also put our heads together and see what we could be doing to help animals ourselves!
Conservation meets the following National Curriculum:
· Understand how organisms are affected by their environment and their ecosystems.
· Understand how changes in an environment can lead to extinction.
· Understand how human processes can change landscapes, environments and climate.
· Identify that Earth has limited resources, and the importance of recycling.
· Understand effective management of the conflict between human needs and conservation to maintain sustainability.
Follow your presenter on a journey through the past, present and future of planet Earth and its creatures. We will look at how climate has changed in history, how humans are impacting it, and most importantly – how we can help!
Climate change and Us meets the following National Curriculum:
· Understand how landforms and landscapes evolve as a process of past, present and future climate changes.
· Understand how human processes change landscapes, environments and climate; and how human activity relies on effective functioning of natural systems.
· Understand how changes in an environment can lead to extinction (natural selection).
· Understand how organisms are affected by their environment, including accumulation of toxic materials.
· Identify how Earth has limited resources, and the importance of recycling.
· Understand the carbon cycle and how the production of CO2 by humans is having an impact on the climate.
Explore the concepts of animal training, from target training and positive reinforcement, to what happens when it goes wrong. You will even gain experience in training… your other class mates!
Learn what it takes to design an appropriate enclosure for a captive exotic animal. We will look into animal needs, natural behaviour and financial limitations of zoo enclosure design, and give you the chance to design one of your own! This talk ends with a walk to look at real-life enclosure design examples in the zoo.
Discover the “ins and outs” of marketing within a zoo setting, from marketing procedures and upcoming projects, to reaching target markets and our goals as a company. Discover Hertfordshire Zoo’s place within a regional, national and international market.
Using a non-invasive observational study, learn how to evaluate an animals’ behaviour when presented with a stimulus.
Understand how humans have impacted the natural world through tourism activities. Learn to identify pitfalls of false ecotourism activities and discover how to help us spread the message of responsible tourism!
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.
