Age Suitability: S1 - S6
Availability: Edinburgh Zoo, Highland Wildlife Park
Lesson Duration: 110 minutes
Maximum Class Size: 180 (Edinburgh Zoo), 33 (Highland Wildlife Park)
What to expect:
A blended discussion and tour-based session. An extended introduction to the behaviour of primates examining their diversity, evolution, social groupings, and unique behavioural adaptations. Following an indoor session, the group will head out into the zoo and discover how various behavioural adaptations are aiding species survival in a changing world.
Curriculum links:
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BGE:
SCN 4-01a
SCN 4-12b
SCN 4-14a
LIT 4-04a
SOC 3-08a -
NAT 4/5 Biology:
Nat 4: Unit 3, Area 5
Nat 5: Unit 3, Area 2.e & Area 6.d; Unit 3, Area 3 a,b,d. -
Higher/Advanced Higher Biology:
Higher Unit 1, Area 7.b & c, Area 8b.
Higher Unit 3, Area 4 and Area 6.b & d
Adv. Higher Unit 2, Key area 1.e -
Tour Specific:
Nat 4 Biology: 2.1, 2.4 & 3.6
Higher Biology 3.6b
Adv. Higher Biology 2.2.c.ii
Learning for sustainability goals:
- 3. Good Health and Wellbeing
- 4. Quaility Education
- 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
- 15. Life on land.
