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Interactive Adaptation Trail is a new way for your key stage 1 group to visit as much of the zoo as possible whilst still engaging in an interactive learning experience with our Learning team.

As a class teacher, you will be provided with a map route around the zoo that will allow your class to see as much of the zoo as possible. At three predetermined animal enclosures, you will meet your Learning officer for a short interactive activity.  Join us for demonstrations, obstacle courses and the chance to investigate objects from the natural world!

Each of these activities will last about 10 minutes and will be run just for your class when you arrive. So that you can make your way around at your own pace, the interactive activities are designed to be drop-ins so there is no set time for you to arrive, just a time frame when the activities will be running. If another group is already with the Learning Officer, your group can use this time to watch the animals in the enclosure—there won’t be long to wait.

Learning Space: Outdoors at the Asian Elephant, African wild dog and penguin enclosures

Age group: KS1 (5-7 years) Duration: 3 separate 10 minute activities throughout your day Capacity: 35 pupils Outdoor Sessions
Two African wild dogs at Whipsnade Zoo
Key Stage 1 Science
Working Scientifically
  • Using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions
  • Asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways
  • Identifying and classifying
Living things and their habitats
  • Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other
  • Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals
Animals, including humans
  • Find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air)
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    Supporting SEND students

    Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) at Whipsnade Zoo

    We aim to ensure that our education sessions are as inclusive as possible and that they meet the diverse needs of all learners.

  • Aardvark in the savannah
    Animal adaptions at the Zoo

    Habitats & adaptations key stage 2 learning

    Through hands-on activities, students will explore the adaptations of different species and will discover how closely-related species differ due to the habitat they've evolved to live in.

  • Two ring-tailed lemurs at Whipsnade Zoo

    Ring-tailed lemur

    Where do ring-tailed lemurs live in the wild? What do they like to eat? What do they look like? Find out everything you need to know about ring-tailed lemurs.

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