Stage 2 – Stage 3 Zoo Workshops

Taronga Zoo’s Stage 2 – Stage 3 workshops combine live animal encounters, sustainability themes and curriculum-rich content that helps students connect what they’re learning in class to the world around them. Delivered by expert Zoo Educators, each 90-minute workshop supports outcomes from Science & Technology, Geography, History, English, Mathematics and STEM.

Whether you’re exploring animal adaptations, Indigenous land connections, life cycles or enclosure design, these workshops offer meaningful, immersive learning. Once your workshop wraps up, students enjoy time to roam the zoo and reinforce what they’ve learned.

💡 How it works: When submitting your enquiry via EdTripper, just tell us which workshop you’d like to book in the comments. Each visit includes a workshop session and time to explore the zoo independently.

🗓 Workshop Availability:
Workshops run Tuesday to Friday, with sessions at 10:30am, 11:30am, or 12:30pm.

Workshop Options in this Program:

🧵 Food and Fibre on the Farm (Stage 1 – Stage 2 – Science & Technology)

Outcomes: ST1-4LW-S, ST1-5LW-T, ST2-4LW-S, ST2-5LW-T
From bees to fashion, students explore how animals and plants support food and fibre production – in both Indigenous cultures and today’s farming systems.

🐣 Life Cycles (Stage 2 – Science & Technology)

Outcomes: ST2-1WS-S, ST2-4LW-S
Learn how animals grow and change, meet species with unique lifecycles, and discover how habitat design can support their survival.

🌏 The Earth’s Environment (Stage 2 – Geography)

Outcomes: GE2-1, GE2-2, GE2-3
Investigate environments in Australia and Sumatra and how humans, including Indigenous Australians, value and impact them. Includes optional Tiger Trek visit.

🐾 Cammeraigal Connections (Stage 2 – English, History & Geography)

Outcomes: GE2-1, GE2-2, GE2-3, EN2-6B, EN2-11D, HT2-1 to HT2-5
Unique to Taronga Sydney, this program explores local Indigenous stories, animals and cultural knowledge of the Cammeraigal people.

🔬 Through the Eyes of a Scientist (Stage 2 – Stage 3 – Science & Technology)

Outcomes: ST2-1WS, ST2-4LW, ST3-1WS, ST3-4LW-S
Students become scientists, applying observation, prediction and analysis skills inside themed zoo classrooms.

🌿 Surviving in a Changing World (Stage 3 – Science & Technology)

Outcomes: ST3-4LW-S, ST3-11DI-T
Discover animal adaptations and the challenges caused by climate and habitat change. Students explore Taronga’s Wildlife Hospital as a case study in conservation.

🏗 Enclosure Design (Stage 3 – Science & Tech, Maths, STEM; also Stages 4–5 cross-over)

Outcomes (Stage 3): Science & Mathematics, Technology
Design a new zoo enclosure! Students research animal needs and develop their own designs with welfare, enrichment, safety, sustainability and budget in mind.

🕵️ Zoo Clues (Stage 3 – Stage 4 – Science and Mathematics)

Outcomes:
Stage 3 – ST3-1WS-S, ST3-4LW-S, MA3-1WM to MA3-3WM
Stage 4 – SC4-6WS to SC4-14LW, MA4-1WM to MA4-3WM
Students work in teams to solve a zoo mystery using observation, data collection, reasoning and critical thinking. A perfect blend of science, maths and teamwork.