Education outreach
If you can’t come to the us, let us come to you! RZSS can send a qualified member of our discovery and learning team to your location. We offer a range of sessions that can suit your setting, learning level and time available.
Pricing and distance covered
£40 per session, with discounts available for multiple bookings.
For Highland Wildlife Park: this rate covers schools within 45 minutes of travel time (roughly 25 miles) from PH21 1NL. For example, from Grantown on Spey to Dalwhinnie.
For Edinburgh Zoo: this rate covers schools within 30 minutes travel time from EH12 6TS, for example within the Edinburgh Bypass.
For schools out with these boundaries, a rate of 45p per mile applies in addition to the session cost. We do not travel beyond one hour for Edinburgh Zoo or one hour and 15 minutes for Highland Wildlife Park unless part of a larger event. Please contact education@rzss.org.uk with any questions.
Explore some of our education outreach offerings below.
Edinburgh Zoo
Budongo – Conservation in Action
Celebrating two decades of RZSS conservation, this lesson explores the delicate balance between local communities and rainforest wildlife. Through immersive VR exploration and an interactive team-based game, learners will tackle the challenges faced to discover what it really takes to save a species. This session requires a hall or large space.
*VR experience dependant on transport availability.
Duration: 60 minutes
Maximum Class Size: 33
Stage: P5-S4
Curriculum links:
SCN 2-01a/3-01a
SOC 2-18a/3-08a
SCN 4-01a/4-19b
Learning for sustainability goals:
4. Quality Education
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
12. Responsible Consumption and Production
15. Life on Land
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Edinburgh Zoo
Conservation Case Studies
Join us for an interactive exploration of global wildlife protection! Through engaging games and storytelling, we’ll dive into RZSS conservation projects spanning the globe - from giant armadillos in South America to snails in French Polynesia. Discover the science, meet the species and see how we’re making a difference from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Duration: 50 minutes
Maximum Class Size: 33
Stage: P5-7
Curriculum links:
SCN 2-01a
LIT 2-04a
LIT 2-07a
HWB 2-19a
HWB 2-20a
Numeracy MNU 2-11a
Edinburgh Zoo
Animal Skull Lab
Explore a wide range of animal adaptations, through exploring the features of their skulls and gather clues using problem solving to identify the animals.
Duration: 50 minutes
Maximum Class Size: 33
Stage: P5-7
Curriculum links:
SCN 2-01a
LIT 2-04a
LIT 2-07a
HWB 2-19a
HWB 2-20a
Numeracy MNU 2-11a
Learning for sustainability goals:
4. Quality Education
15. Life on Land
Highland Wildlife Park
Animal Skull Lab
Explore a wide range of animal adaptations, through exploring the features of their skulls and gather clues using problem solving to identify the animals.
Duration: 50 minutes
Maximum Class Size: 33
Curriculum links:
SCN 2-01a
LIT 2-04a
LIT 2-07a
HWB 2-19a
HWB 2-20a
Numeracy MNU 2-11a
Learning for sustainability goals:
4. Quality Education
15. Life on Land
Highland Wildlife Park
Developing the young workforce
We are often approached to discuss the world of work with a variety of learners, and where possible we seek to support such events.
This is often at a school cluster level, such as careers fairs and cross stage learning events where we can talk about the variety of roles at the zoo and pathways into the world of work.
Age suitability: S1 - S6
Curriculum links:
BGE:
HWB 3-20a
HWB 3-20a
LT 3-02a
LIT4-02a
CfE Career Education Standards 3-18
Learning for sustainability goals:
3. Good Health and Wellbeing
4. Quality Education
8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
15. Life on Land
17. Partnership for the Goals
