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Outline of the Day
Session 1 Presentations Marquee
Morning Tea Marquee
Session 2 Race around the Asian Rainforest Rainforest!
Lunch Marquee
Session 3 WORKSHOPS Various (see maps)
Session 4 WORKSHOPS Various (see maps)
Session 5 Prizes, evaluations and certificates Marquee
Asian Education in 2011Connections to Forests, Biodiversity and
Asian Studies at Melbourne Zoo
Shelley Waldon
Education Officer, Melbourne Zoo
CECV Placed Teacher
16th March 2011
How can Melbourne Zoo Learning Experiences help? VISION
To be the world's leading zoo-based conservation organisation. MISSION
To galvanise communities to commit to the conservation of wildlife and wild places by connecting people and wildlife in the following ways:
• Opening the door by providing exceptional wildlife encounters that reach beyond the boundaries of our campuses;
• Leading the way by communicating and demonstrating the role of conservation and research in all we do;
• Catalysing action through inspiring experiences that motivate participation leading to conservation and sustainability outcomes.
Learning at Melbourne Zoo
Leads beyond ‘Best’ to ‘NEXT’ practice education for student centred learning outcomes
C-U-A
Threatening Process
Species
Target audience
ACTION
Select appropriate tools.
UNDERSTAND
Select appropriate tools
CONNECT
Select appropriate tools
Measure U + A
What is Wildlife and Conservation Education?
Zoos Victoria’s 3 phased approach to sustainability, conservation and wildlife education:
• Connect
• Understand and
• Act (with Hope)
• This approach mirrors DEECD priorities in the Victorian Essential Learning Standards to develop in students the capacities to:
• Manage themselves as individuals and in relation to others Physical, Personal and Social
• Understand the world in which they live Disciplinary
• Act effectively in that world Interdisciplinary
Zoo Based Conservation Organisation
Zoo Program Design What is different in the students
after the program – outcomes? How are we going to measure the
learning outcomes? What actions/tasks have we
identified that the students can do? (Real tasks and real actions)
What are the connecting experiences?
How are we going to develop understandings?
Zoo Programs and Partnerships
What’s in it for schools? Flexible - recognise & respond to diverse learners needs
Provide ownership of learning
Promote wonder & inquiry
Connect to local & global communities
Real life & meaningful tasks
Access to expert, passionate staff
Focus on the big questions
Engage the disengaged
How can Melbourne Zoo Learning Experiences help? Endangered Species Programs
– Threatening Processes– Asian Rainforest
Student Conferences– Gifted – Operation Guardian– VCE Genetics – Tiger Tales
LOTE Programs– Indonesian Cultural Trail– Conservation Connections SE Asia
Partnership Programs Professional Learning Opportunities
Asian animals and Learning at Melbourne Zoo
"It is better to have lived one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep." Tibetan Proverb
The Endangered Challenge
Tigers and Learning at Melbourne Zoo
• Understand the threatening processes and big issues
• Connect to the endangered species of the Asian Rainforest
The Endangered ChallengeMake a Difference and Take Action
School and Community Action Initiatives
PNG: Tenkile, Rabbits and Education
Congo: Save Gorillas with JGI
Indonesia – Conservation Projects for Orang-utans, Tigers and Elephants with FFI
Tiger Facts They are critically
endangered with less than 3200 left in the wild
At the turn of the 20th Century there were an estimated 300,000 tigers in the world
Apex predators are always lowest in numbers in the food chain
Tigers need over 200 major prey species per year each to survive
Amazing Tigers
Amazing Orang-utan Facts Orang-utans are found in
only 2 areas in the world – Borneo and Sumatra
They live in rainforests which are millions of years old, and within 10 hectares there may be more than 700 different tree species
They are critically endangered
Amazing Orang-utans
Extraordinary Tree Kangaroos Tree roos are only found in
Northern Australia and PNG They live in rainforests
which are millions of years old, and within 10 hectares there may be more than 700 different tree species
They are critically endangered
The Tenkile have recovered from as low as 100 to up to 300 in a decade through TCA
They are now under threat from Palm Oil plantations
Amazing Orang-utans
So what is the problem with Palm Oil?It grows in tropical climates in the same location as tropical rainforest habitats
Palm Oil and the Endangered Challenge
• Palm Oil is a type of vegetable oil
• Unlike other vegetable oils, it contains no trans fats.
• Processed-food manufacturers prefer palm oil because it’s cheap and ideal for deep frying.
What is Palm Oil?
Palm Oil and the Endangered Challenge
Palm oil is found in 1 in 10 products in your supermarket – including chocolate, bread, margarine, ice cream, crisps, detergents, lipsticks and toiletries.
Victims of the Industry
Palm Oil Plantations
Elephants, tigers & orang-utans killed:
• Because villagers feel threatened
• As competition for food
• To eat as 'bushmeat'
• As a result of pollution
• Revenge for loss of food or animals
What can you do?
Solutions
•Check product labels and don’t buy anything that contains palm oil unless it says it comes from a sustainable source•Campaign for better labelling of products so we know if they have palm oil in them – often its just labelled as vegetable oil•Campaign for your supermarket and other companies to only sell products
which have palm oil from sustainable sources
Solutions
What can your students do?
Write a letter to their favourite food manufacturer – Persuasive text
YES – IT REALLY WORKS
Eg Cadbury
Changed their chocolate formula to cocoa Butter
Eg Nestle
Agreed to only use Palm Oil from sustainable sources
Solutions
What can communities do?
Operation Guardian - Species Protection teams
Gifted Program
The zoo is under threat of theft!
What is the Zoo’s most valuable asset?
Which animals do we protect?
Zoos Victoria School Partnership Objectives
• To facilitate opportunities that encourage change in beliefs, attitudes and behaviour, thus empowering students and their communities to take action and make a difference in their world;
• To encourage schools engaged with zoo projects to explore local biodiversity issues and leverage off their students’ skills and enthusiasm to participate in local community environmental and conservation programs;
• To encourage schools to explore and take action for global biodiversity issues.
Zoo/School Partnership Programs
To yield tangible conservation outcomes both locally and globally
To create genuine projects supporting zoo needs which can’t be met onsite or without external assistance
Banyak BinatangIndonesian LOTE and Melbourne Zoo
Banyak Binatang focuses on aspects of
Intercultural knowledge at;
Pathways 1 – Level 4-6 and Pathways 2 – Level 5-6
…identify a cultural icon, geographic feature…
…name objects and places associated with a country…
…explore a topic of interest through the language…
Binatang yang mana dari Indonesia?
Animals Encountered
Sumatran Tigers
Orangutans
Snakes
Frogs
Tortoise
Lizards
Culture Explored
Sumatran Culture
Traditional stories of Orangutans
Issues Investigated
Rainforest Destruction
Habitat Loss
Human-Animal Conflicts
Wildlife Poaching
Population Growth
Education
Call to Action
Conservation Connections – Sumatra
MZ Conservation Connections Sabah Project
Solutions
Partnership between schools and Zoos Victoria conservation projects.Schools and Students can choose how they will help.
You can create and make resources to be sent to Sabah to assist with the in-situ conservation education programs Create posters to promote community awareness of the biodiversity of the Indonesian rainforest Make laminated pictures or photos of Indonesian animals Create durable wildlife games, puzzles and food web cards Research and prepare Indonesian animal fact sheets Write and illustrate picture story books with simple wildlife conservation messages Create puppets of Indonesian animals and characters to perform plays