Learning resources

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WELCOME TO ZOO DISCOVERY!

Keep those little paws busy with our animal activity sheets for ages 3 all the way up to 16!

Check out our educational activities from animal art and bug hunting to brushing up on keeper counting skills.

Get those brains whirring, fascination flourishing, and young conservationists exploring even more about what makes the animal kingdom so totally, utterly WILD.

Who said learning can’t be fun?


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Ages 3-5 (EYFS)

Early Years Foundation Stage

ANIMAL ARTISTS

Calling all mini Pablo Pig-cassos and Andy Warthogs! Grab a pencil and let’s draw some furry friends!
Download Drawing activity

Rhyme time & colouring sheets

Match the picture to the rhyming description, then enjoy colouring in the animals.
Rhyme & colouring sheets

ZOO FRIENDS MATCHING & COLOURING

A simple matching and colouring activity featuring some of your favourite zoo friends!
Download colouring sheet

Ages 5-7 (Key Stage 1)

Key Stage 1

*NEW* EXPLORING ANIMAL GROUPS

Know your fur from your feathers? Sort animals into the correct vertebrate group with this worksheet.
Get sorting

*NEW* DESIGN A BUG

Get crafting with this worksheet to decorate your own bug, thinking about its habitat, colour and camouflage.
Bug outline

IT’S A BUG’S LIFE!

Get out and about exploring and identifying the amazing world of mini beasts – right on your doorstep.
Go on a bug hunt

MATHS: COUNTING KEEPERS

Can you help our zoo keepers care for their animals? See if your skills are up to scratch in this maths challenge.
Maths worksheet

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR BOOKLET

How do different animals behave? Watch an animal near you and complete your very own animal behaviour study.
Animal behaviour booklet

HABITATS WORKSHEET

Explore habitats and adaptations: draw animals into four different habitats.
Habitats worksheet

ANIMAL SURVEY

What’s your family’s favourite animal? Survey them to find out!
Animal survey

Ages 7-11 (Key Stage 2)

Key Stage 2

*NEW* ANIMAL GEOGRAPHY

Travel around the world from your living room exploring where animals are from!
Geography worksheet

*NEW* DESIGN AN ANIMAL ENCLOSURE

Get arts and crafting as you design a new enclosure for an animal at the zoo!
Design your enclosure

*NEW* INVESTIGATE THE WILD

Help ZSL scientists protect animals and explore real life habitats with Instant Wild.
Habitats worksheet

*NEW* RAINFOREST SURVIVAL SKILLS

Discover how different animals survive in their rainforest habitat.
Explore the rainforest

GARDEN BUG HUNT

Get outdoors and discover your molluscs from your myriapods with this invertebrate identification challenge.
I.D. activity

SOS: SAVE OUR SPECIES

Take part in real life conservation from your desktop and discover how to protect endangered animals in the wild.
Endangered animals

MATHS: FEEDING THE ANIMALS AT THE ZOO

Can you help the zoo keeper feed their snakes and rats? It’s going to take some sssssserious mathssssss!
Maths worksheet

DESIGN A ZOO PROJECT

Think you’ve got what it takes to create your own zoo? Take on the challenge - and show us what you’ve got!
Design your zoo

EXPLORE ANIMAL DIETS

Explore the diets of different animals and investigate food chains. Make a poster with your findings!
See the diets

INVERTEBRATE IDENTIFICATION

Introducing invertebrates!​ Learn how to identify these tiny animals and their fascinating features.​
SPOTTER GUIDE

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR STUDY

Carry out your very own animal behaviour study. Observe your pet, garden wildlife, or even your fellow humans!
Study booklet

Ages 11-14 (Key Stage 3)

Key Stage 3

*NEW* BECOME A CONSERVATIONIST

Help ZSL’s scientists study endangered animals around the world using our unique Instant Wild App.
Get tagging

*NEW* EXPLORE THE ARCTIC ECOSYSTEM

Discover how species in the arctic interact with this worksheet, perfect for revision.
ARCTIC ECOSYSTEMS

WHY DO ZOOS EXIST?

Explore the role of a modern zoo and what we can do to protect animals in the wild.
Endangered animals

PLAY OUR FREE ONLINE GAME

Explore habitats and dive into the topic of sustainable fishing with this interactive game.
Sustainable fishing game

ALL ABOUT ECOSYSTEMS

Explore ecosystems around the world and discover how weird and wonderful species thrive together.
Diversity and ecosystems

DESIGN AN ANIMAL STUDY

Animals display an amazing range of behaviours. Plan your own study using this guide.
Design your animal study

ECOSYSTEMS AND CHANGE

Explore the impacts of environmental changes on an ecosystem.
Ecosystems and change

INVESTIGATING SUSTAINABILITY

Discover the importance of sustainability and protecting our natural resources.
Investigating sustainability

ZOO KEEPER MATHEMATICS

Discover how zoo keepers use maths in their work at ZSL London and Whipsnade Zoos.
Zoo keeper mathematics

Ages 14-16 (Key Stage 4)

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INVESTIGATING SUSTAINABILITY

Use ZSL as a case study to evaluate how sustainable practices are used, and where they can be improved
Sustainability at ZSL worksheet

IN-SITU AND EX-SITU CONSERVATION

Critically compare the benefits and limitations of these different conservation methods
In-situ and ex-situ conservation comparison worksheet

Zoo Explorers magazine

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Download ZSL’s kids’ magazine, packed with animal activities, wild facts, puzzles, word searches and surprises from the animal kingdom. Keep your little ones excited by our weird and wonderful world of wildlife. Ages 3-10

2017 Spring edition

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2018 Spring edition

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2019 Spring edition

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2020 Spring edition

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More games and activities

Stranger Animal Things quiz
The animal kingdom is weird and wonderful – but how much do you know about it?
Click here to take the animal quiz now!
Take the quiz!
Animal Quiz Questions
Do you want to host a quiz with your friends? We’ve got you covered!
Use these animal quiz questions and answers!
Quiz questions
Instant Wild
Take part in real life conservation work from your desktop.
Spot animals and help conservationists around the world.
Take part

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