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Education > Sessions for Year
10 and 11, GCSE
Sessions for Year 10 and 11, GCSE at Twycross Zoo
45 minute Sessions:
- ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION (OCR,B2b)
How do we make sense of the living world? In this session we look at the differences between mammals,
reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish and invertebrates and then look at differences in the primate world
using examples from around the zoo.
- ADAPTIONS TO HABITATS (OCR,B2e. AQA Science, 11.5)
How do animals live in such a hostile world? Here we look at the ways in which animals can adapt to
their habitats and specific adaptations that animals have in order to survive in habitats around the world.
- BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION (OCR,B2h)
Why should we conserve and how do we do it? This session looks at specific threats to wildlife and what
zoos can do to help.
- EVOLUTION AND SELECTION (OCR,B2f. AQA Science, 11.7)
How have animals evolved over time? This session looks at the work of Charles Darwin and his theory of
natural selection.
- CUSTOMER SERVICES (AQA Leisure and Tourism)
How do we keep our customers happy? This session covers the need for good customer service, the benefits
of good customer service, customer complaints and monitoring customer service.
- MARKETING AT TWYCROSS ZOO (AQA Leisure and Tourism)
How do you market a zoo? This session looks at the need to effective marketing within charities and
specific marketing campaigns.
- CAREERS AT TWYCROSS ZOO (AQA Leisure and Tourism)
What do we do at the zoo? This session looks at the wide variety of different jobs at the zoo, what the
job entails and what qualifications are needed to do it.
Workshop Days
- ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION, EVOLUTION AND SELECTION
How do we make sense of the living world and how does it change
over time? In the first session we look at the differences
between mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish and
invertebrates and then look at differences in the primate world
using examples from around the zoo. The practical task asks
students to spot key animal adaptations to particular
environments. In the second session feedback is provided on the
task and then goes on to look at the work of Charles Darwin and
his theory of natural selection.
- ADAPTION TO HABITATS
How do animals live in such a hostile world? Here we look at the
different ways in which animals can adapt to their habitat. The
practical task asks students to find examples of adaptations in
animals around the zoo. In the second half we look at what the
students have found out and some specific zoo examples.
- BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
Why should we conserve and how do we do it? This session looks
at specific threats to wildlife and what is causing animals to
become endangered. In the practical task students are asked to
find an endangered animal at the zoo and find out about its
conservation. In the second half we look at what the students
have found out and then discuss what zoos can do to help.
- TWYCROSS ZOO – A LEISURE AND TOURISM DESTINATION
Why is Twycross Zoo a successful tourist attraction? This session
looks at the zoo as a built attraction and begins with our location
and the services we provide. We then look at our staff, our customers
and customer service as well as our impact on the surrounding
community and environment. The practical task asks the students
to come up with marketing ideas for a zoo event. The concluding
sessions provides feedback on these ideas and goes on to look at
how we market the zoo and concludes with specific health and safety
regulations adhered to on site.
- APPLIED SCIENCE - SCIENCE IN THE WORKPLACE
Twycross Zoo – A case study. This session supports the applied
science syllabus and covers the zoo as an organisation, our
staff and their job roles, how our staff use science, health and
safety and risk assessments. The practical task asks the
students to complete risk assessments for the zoo site and look
at health and safety aspects of the enclosures. In the second
sessions the students are asked to present their findings and
have the chance for a question and answer session. This second
sessions can include a conservation lecture on request.
- APPLIED SCIENCE - MONITORING LIVING ORGANISMS
How do we care for our animals? This session begins with an
overview of Twycross Zoo and what we do, looks at enrichment,
enclosure design, health and safety and primate behaviour. The
practical task involves students recording basic primate
behaviour and presenting their findings in the second session.
There is a chance for a question and answer session and this
second session can include a conservation lecture on request.
Future is Wild
This workshop combines resources at Twycross Zoo and the successful TV
programme ‘The Future Is Wild’ (shown on BBC2, Discovery Channel and
Channel 4).This session explains how animals adapt and evolve to live
in different habitats, how the world changes over time and what could
happen in the future. This workshop discusses what the world could be
like in 5 million and 100 million years time.
Before your visit why not download one of our talk templates and
reproduce it for your class to help them take structured notes
throughout the lecture?
Marketing
Customer Services
Applied Science - Science in the Workplace
Applied Science - Monitoring Living Organisms
Adaptations to Habitats
Animal Classification
Careers at Twycross Zoo
Evolution and Selection
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