Bookings for digital experiences can be made via phone +61 3 59512802 or email: schoolbookings@penguins.org.au
Ranger Bytes! (Primary & Secondary Levels 3-10)
Bite sized ranger facilitated video conferences, focused on the biology and conservation of Millowl's (Phillip Island's) key native species. Choose a learning theme for your students: Little Penguins, Koalas, Seals or Threatened Species.
Learning Resoucres (Available as Google Slides, PowerPoint or PDF)
Penguins (3 - 6) |
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Penguins (7 - 10) |
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Koalas (3-6) |
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Koalas (7-8) |
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Koalas (9-10) |
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Seals (3-6) |
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Seals (7-10) |
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Threatened Species (3 - 6) |
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Threatened Species (7 - 10) |
Cameras & Conservation Digital (Secondary)
This interactive learning session provides students an understanding of how science and technology contribute to the conservation of threatened species. Students are supported to identify native species and their threats through a wildlife camera trap image sequencing activity. They consider conservation decisions made in relation to data gathered from wildlife cameras and discuss ethical considerations when using technology.
Balancing Tourism and the Environment (VCE)
Tourists have been coming to see our Little Penguins since the 1920s. Over the years the Penguin Parade has evolved to become a world leading ecotourism destination that relies on conservation research to inform our decision-making. Join our rangers to find out how this research allows us to create a balance between the environmental outcomes, the economic value, and the social impacts.
This virtual fieldwork session enables students to complete Geography Unit 2: Tourism. The program is delivered in 2 x 40minute digital sessions and includes a presentation, student work book and downloadable resources and a virtual tour of the Penguin Parade Visitor Centre. Students are provided content and engaged in analysing and explaining the impacts of tourism on people, places and environments to evaluate the effectiveness of strategies for managing tourism.
Balancing Tourism and the Environment Additional Resources:
Seal Spotter – Citizen Science Program
Join our rangers, researchers and global community as we work together to identify population status and entanglments through the SealSpotter portal.
Seal Secrets
What makes a seal swim? This easy to use resource prompts students to explore the world of our Australian fur seals through a variety of media. Students explore how seals' features make them particularly suited to their environment and how human activities are impacting their ability to survive.
Download Seal Secrets Resource (recommended for years 3 - 6)
Google Slides PowerPoint Interactive PDF
Design for Nature
Climate change is predicted to make Phillip Island hotter and drier, so Nature Parks in collaboration with La Trobe University, is testing 50 artificial burrows, in five different designs, to better protect penguins during extreme hot weather. How would you design a penguin burrow to protect our little feathered friends? Explore the challenges little penguins face in a changing climate, the concepts of passive design, and create a little penguin burrow that can extend the deadline on saving this iconic animal.
This resource is available to download as Google Slides, PowerPoint or interactive PDF.