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Education
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A visit to Bristol
Zoo Gardens is an enjoyable and educational day out
for children of all ages, even if you do not book
one of the award-winning education sessions on offer
(we offer over 40 different sessions, all featuring
live animals).
However, we understand that the Zoo visit starts and
ends in the classroom – to this end, we have a range
of teacher resources which are downloadable – these
have been specifically-designed for use before,
during and after your visit. Use them to support
your visit, or after taking part in one of our
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Topic Information Sheets
The following resources have been designed to provide ideas
and information for you to use before, during and after a
Zoo visit.
African Experience:
Africa is a huge continent and contains most of
the world’s major habitats, from dry deserts to wet
rainforests, snow-capped mountains to tropical coral reefs.
Minibeasts: Find out
all about the marvellous world of minibeasts; from spiders
to phasmids and butterflies
Adaptation: Why do
leopards have spots and zebras have stripes? How does a
penguin avoid frostbite in its toes? The answer is the
remarkable adaptation of animals to their habitats.
Colour and Pattern: How
and why do animals use colour and pattern?
Conservation: What is conservation? What are the threats and
what can we do?
Rainforest: Find out
all about the variety and diversity of animal and plant
species that make their home in the world’s rainforests.
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Zoo Trails
Check out our trails: an exciting way to visit the
Zoo, or an extra resource for teachers. The trails
are all downloadable, so you can print them off.
PLEASE print out on environmentally friendly paper.
Helping endangered plants and animals: Follow our
trail to learn how to help endangered plants and
animals. Please print on
environmentally-friendly paper.
Conservation Quest:
Follow our trail and find yourself on a
conservation quest.
Hot and Cold:
Explores how animals survive in extreme temperatures
What’s in a Name?:
Describes why we classify animals and how they are
grouped.
Out of Africa:
Explores the special habitat of the African Savannah
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Rainforest Journey:
Takes you on a multi-storey journey through
rainforest canopy, understorey and on to the forest
floor.
Endangered Species
1 &2:
Explains why some species are under particular
threat of extinction.
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