Schools are welcome to book a self-guided visit to Perth Zoo. This means that a group will spend the day in the Zoo under their teacher’s direction, without booking a 45 minute education experience with an Education Officer. The following trails are available for self-guided groups.
Please note: Groups who wish to join one of our Education Officers for an education experience should click on one of the phases of development under ‘education experiences’ on the left side of this page for further details.
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Students investigate actions involving likely events, collect and organise animal data by listing items in categoris and use the Zoo map to describe paths.
Through observation of the different features of animals, students collect and organise data, use the Zoo map to draw a path or route and make sensible direct and indirect estimates.
An opportunity for students to practice listening, reading and writing in Indonesian as they study some of the Indonesian animals in the Zoo’s collection. The experience includes making observations about animal structure, behaviour and habitat.
Students calculate probabilities based on observation of animal behaviours; use estimation in circumstances where direct measurement is impossible; and use translation, reflection and rotation to navigate the Zoo.
An opportunity for students to practice their language skills as they study Zoo animals.
Discrete Mathematics: Investigate data collected during the 2002 Great Australian Marsupial Night Stalk. The statistics are used to construct and interpret box plots, Venn diagrams, and to conduct further data analysis. This data is available online and can be used in the classroom or incorporated into a Zoo visit.