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    • This learning module contains a range of activities building on students learning following the 'Endangered species' education session at Auckland Zoo. This module revisits the terminology for the session and the five main threats to endangered species in Aotearoa New Zealand and the rest of the world.

      Audience: Aimed at students years 5 to 8

      Pre-requisites: Access these activities after  the 'Endangered species' education session at Auckland Zoo.

      Science – Living World

      • Ecology Level 3-4 - Explain how living things are suited to their particular habitat and how they respond to environmental changes, both natural and human-induced
      • Ecology L5: Investigate the interdependence of living things (including humans) in an ecosystem.
      • Nature of Science: Understanding about Science, Investigating in Science, Communicating in Science, Participating and Contributing.

      Science – Living World

      • L3: Understand how people view and use places differently.
      • L3: Understand how people make decisions about access to and use of resources.
      • L4: Understand how exploration and innovation create opportunities and challenges for people, places and environments.
      • L5: Understand how people’s management of resources impacts on environmental and social sustainability.

      Education for Sustainability

      Responsibility for Action, Sustainability, Interdependence, Biodiversity

      For more information on the onsite education session linked to this online module: Endangered Species | Education Session | Auckland Zoo

  • Threats to endangered species

  • Matching actions to threats to endangered species