Conservation Connection - Years 3-4
Year 0 - 8 | Conservation & Sustainability
Conservation is at the heart of everything we do! Discover how our everyday actions can affect animals, and how we can help protect animals in Aotearoa and around the world.
Activities on this day
Why are some animals endangered? Discover how special these animals are and discuss some actions we can take to help them. Explore the ways Wellington Zoo supports conservation in Aotearoa and around the world.
Learning Outcomes
• Recognise that some animals are endangered and describe the reasons why.
• Understand the role of Zoos in conservation around the world
• Recognise conservation actions we can take to help protect animals.
NZ Curriculum
Health and Physical Education:
- Healthy communities and environments Level 1. Take individual and collective action to contribute to environments that can be enjoyed by all.
Social Sciences:
- Social Studies Level 1: Understand how places in New Zealand are significant for individuals and groups.
- Social Studies Level 2: Understand how places influences people and people influence places.
Science: Living World
- Ecology Level 1-2: Recognise that living things are suited to their particular habitat.
Science: Nature of Science
- Participating and contributing Level 1-2: Explore and act on issues and questions that link their science learning to their daily living.
Conservation Connection - Years 5-6
Year 0 - 8 | Conservation & Sustainability
Conservation is at the heart of everything we do! Discover how our everyday actions can affect animals, and how we can help protect animals in Aotearoa and around the world.
Activities on this day
It is important to protect endangered animals so their ecosystem can thrive, but how can we help? Discover the many ways conservation organisations help animals in Aotearoa and around the world, and find ways you can help too.
Learning Outcomes
• Explain why some animals are endangered and why it is important to protect them
• Describe the role of Zoos in conservation around the world
• Identify conservation actions we can take to help protect animals.
NZ Curriculum
Science: Nature of Science
• Participating and contributing Level 3-4: Explore various aspects of an issue and make decisions about possible actions
Science: Living World
• Ecology Level 3-4: Explain how living things are suited to their particular habitat and how they respond to environmental changes, both natural and human-induced.
• Evolution Level 3-4: Explore how the groups of living things we have in the world have changed over long periods of time and appreciate that some living things in New Zealand are quite different from living things in other areas of the world.
Social Sciences:
• Social Studies Level 3: Understand how people view and use places differently
• Social Studies Level 4: Understand how exploration and innovation create opportunities and challenges for people, places and environments.
• Social Studies Level 4: Understand that events have causes and effects
Conservation Connections - Years 7-8
Year 0 - 8 | Conservation & Sustainability
Conservation is at the heart of everything we do! Discover how our everyday actions can affect animals, and how we can help protect animals in Aotearoa and around the world.
Activities on this day
How can we help endangered animals survive and thrive? Learn how we can all work together and take action to protect animals and nature.
Learning Outcomes
- Explain the demands on natural resources, and the consequences for animals.
- Discuss some of the ethical dilemmas around conservation actions.
- Describe conservation actions they can take to make a difference in protecting wild animals.
NZ Curriculum
Science: Nature of Science
• Participating and contributing Level 3-4: Explore various aspects of an issue and make decisions about possible actions
Science: Living World
• Ecology Level 3-4: Explain how living things are suited to their particular habitat and how they respond to environmental changes, both natural and human-induced.
• Evolution Level 3-4: Explore how the groups of living things we have in the world have changed over long periods of time and appreciate that some living things in New Zealand are quite different from living things in other areas of the world.
Social Sciences:
• Social Studies Level 3: Understand how people view and use places differently
• Social Studies Level 4: Understand how exploration and innovation create opportunities and challenges for people, places and environments.
• Social Studies Level 4: Understand that events have causes and effects
Animal Adaptations - Year 11
Year 9 - 13 | Animals and Welfare
How do animals’ adaptations help them survive? Discover and observe how different adaptations help animals maintain their way of life.
Activities on this day
How do mammals find, process and digest their food? Students will examine adaptations of mammal consumers, whether they are herbivores, carnivores or omnivores, and find out how these adaptations help them survive in the wild.
Learning Outcomes
• Identify mammal consumers as herbivore, carnivore or omnivore and explore differences in digestion.
• Relate mammals’ structural features to their way of life and ability to survive.
NZ Curriculum
Science: Living World
• Life processes Level 6: Relate key structural features and functions to the life processes of plants, animals, and micro-organisms and investigate environmental factors that affect these processes.
Related NCEA Standards:
Biology 1.5: AS90929: Demonstrate understanding of biological ideas relating to a mammal(s) as a consumer(s). (3 credits, External)
Animal Adaptations - Year 12
Year 9 - 13 | Animals and Welfare
How do animals’ adaptations help them survive? Discover and observe how different adaptations help animals maintain their way of life.
Activities on this day
Observe how animals adapt their way of life in relation to their life processes, habitat and relationship with other organisms.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify and explain structural, physiological and behavioural adaptations in response to life processes.
- Understand how adaptations relate to physical habitat, reproductive strategies and relationships with other organisms.
NZ Curriculum
Science: Living World
• Life processes Level 7: Explore the diverse ways in which animals and plants carry out the life processes.
• Ecology and evolution Level 7: Explain how the interaction between ecological factors and natural selection leads to genetic changes within populations.
Related NCEA Standards:
Biology 2.3: AS91155: Demonstrate understanding of adaptation of plants or animals to their way of life. (3 credits, Internal)
Animal Adaptations - Years 9-10
Year 9 - 13 | Animals and Welfare
How do animals’ adaptations help them survive? Discover and observe how different adaptations help animals maintain their way of life
Activities on this day
How do animals survive? What features help them find food, avoid predators, and reproduce? Explore the relationship between animals’ habitats and the different types of adaptations, and discover how natural variation and habitat change can encourage or discourage particular adaptations.
Learning Outcomes
• Identify and explain structural, physiological and behavioural adaptations in response to life processes.
• Understand how adaptations relate to physical habitat, reproductive strategies and relationships with other organisms.
• Describe the importance of variation in a changing environment
NZ Curriculum
Science: Living World
• Ecology Level 3-4: Explain how living things are suited to their particular habitat and how they respond to environmental changes, both natural and human-induced.
• Ecology Level 5: Investigate the interdependence of living things (including humans) in an ecosystem.
• Evolution Level 3-4: Explore how the groups of living things we have in the world have changed over long periods of time and appreciate that some living things in New Zealand are quite different from living things in other areas of the world.
• Evolution Level 5: Describe the basic processes by which genetic information is passed from one generation to the next.
