Download Key Stage 3 Education sessions

Key Stage 3
Education sessions
Please click on the links below to find out more information on our Key
Stage 3 sessions. All our sessions aim to enhance and consolidate
aspects of the new curriculum by enriching students’ learning
experience with hands-on activities relating to the natural world. All
sessions include biofacts (skulls, skins and stuffed specimens) and
three live animals.
If you want to know more or would like to book a session, please call
01179 747 369 or email [email protected]
Adaptation to habitat
African savannah
Animal behaviour
Antarctic experience
Art alive!
Careers with animals
Classification
Feeding relationships
Extreme ecosystems
Humans Vs habitats
M.A.D. for Madagascar
Maths in the workplace
Plants and pollination
Rainforests
Role of zoos
Wildlife conservation
Adaptation to habitat
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Environmental factors in habitats that influence adaptation
Adaptations to daily and seasonal changes
Adaptations to avoid predation and to use food sources
African savannah
(Easter to October half-term)
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Distribution and features of the savannah biome
Adaptations of savannah organisms
Tourism in and conservation of the savannah
Animal behaviour
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Innate behaviours
Types of learning
Animal learning and behaviour in the Zoo
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Antarctic experience (October half-term to Easter)
Please not this session only contains one live animal.
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Distribution and features of the polar biome
Adaptations of polar organisms
Sustainable development and its effect on the people and the
environment
Art alive!
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Use of art and design in the Zoo
The work of the Zoo's wildlife illustrator
Texture, shape, structure, colour and pattern in nature
NB. Don’t forget to bring along your dry drawing materials and
cameras.
Careers with animals
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The range of specialisms, and the skills and qualifications required
Competition and doing research
Pros and cons of working with animals
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Classification
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Why classifying animals is important, and the different methods
employed
The similarities within and between species
The differences between a number of vertebrate and invertebrate
groups
The five classes of vertebrates
Feeding relationships
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Adaptations for using a food source or against predators
Features of predator and prey animals
Trophic levels, food chains and webs
Toxins in food chains
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Extreme Ecosystems
Discover how species are adapted to survive in the world’s most
extreme environments. Choose from three of the following regions; the
Russian Arctic, African savannah, Indian rainforest or deserts of the
Middle East.
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Geographical similarities and differences between regions,
including key physical characteristics.
How animals and plants are specifically adapted for survival in
these regions
Limitations of adaptations to extreme environments.
Humans vs Habitats
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Three key examples of human impact on the environment
How organisms affect, and are affected by, their environment
Limitations of adaptation
Solutions to minimising human impact on the environment.
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M.A.D. for Madagascar
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Features of Madagascar including habitats and culture
How animals are suited to Madagascan habitats
Conservation of habitats and animals of Madagascar
Maths in the workplace
Whether you’re designing an enclosure or a diet, looking after our
animals involves working with precise measurements. In this session
find out how essential maths is, to a variety of roles in the Zoo.
Subjects covered may include:
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Ratios and percentages
Calculating areas
Interpreting data
Constructing tables and charts
Plants and pollination
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How plants are adapted for photosynthesis
The importance of insect pollination for human food supply.
Interactions and interdependencies between plants, animals
and humans.
Rainforests
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Distribution and features of the rainforest biome
Rainforest organisms and their distribution within a rainforest
Adaptations of rainforest organisms
Human use of the rainforest, conservation and easy ways to help
Role of zoos
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How Bristol Zoo has changed as a visitor attraction
The roles of a modern zoo
Example of conservation, research and education programmes
Wildlife conservation
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Reasons for protecting wildlife
Environmental protection and sustainable development
Bristol Zoo's involvement in wildlife conservation and how
consumers can help
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