Go Orange at the ZooInformation and guidance for teachers for your visit

Last updated: June 2014

Young Orangutan – inquisitive minds at

Chester Zoo

Whether your school is already involved with

the Go Orange campaign, or you’d like

to find out how to get involved, our Go Orange activities and workshops are here to help you find the information you need.

Our Discovery and Learning team has been working hard to bring you the latest information about these amazing animals.

Zoo activitiesZoo Rangers in the Realm of the Red Ape

Our fun and lively Zoo Ranger team will be on hand every day over October with lots of Orangutan activities and animal talks out in the Zoo.

If you see them, make sure you stop and have a chat – they’re very friendly and they’re full of amazing facts.

Visit the website for daily updates of what’s on in the Zoo: http://www.chesterzoo.org/

Go Orange activities in the Realm of the Red Ape everyday between 10.30 and 11.30!

Zoo Workshops

Two of our Sumatran

Orangutans, Emma and

Inda

We offer a wide range of interactive, curriculum-linked workshops at the Zoo.

For the Go Orange Campaign we have developed these workshops with a special Orangutan focus:

• KS 2 – Conservation• KS 3 + 4 – Conservation• AS/A2 – Biodiversity, Conservation and

Sustainability

For more information about these special workshops please contact our education team on 01244 389 444 or 01244 650 205

Alternatively, you can e-mail: learning@chesterzoo.org

Pre-visit ideas

Two researchers collecting Orangutan

data in Borneo

The Orangutan story is great for curriculum-linked exploration. Whether you are a Key Stage 2 teacher or AS level there is something here for you.

Geography, art, conservation, human-wildlife conflict, tourism, ecosystems and habitats are just some of the more obvious links.

Before the visit, why not prep teams of students by giving them one aspect to research and share with the rest of the class, eg:

• Orangutan habitats and food• What is Palm Oil?• Orangutans in the pet trade• Conservation status of Orangutans• Amazing Orangutan facts

Post-visit ideas Example of deforestation

in Borneo

Here are some ideas for extending the learning potential of your visit a little further. When you get back to class…

• Why not find out what products you all buy that contain Palm Oil – start a school campaign (or make a display/write a play etc.), to raise more awareness of the everyday things that can make a difference.

• Using Google Earth, or similar programme, find some Palm Oil plantations and work out what area of forest is left in a given area.

• Using role-play, start a class debate. Roles could include Palm Oil plantation worker, plantation owner, conservationist, supermarket manager.

Post-visit ideas Palm Oil plantations and

fragmented forest in Borneo

• Organise a class picnic – but only use Palm Oil free (or sustainable) products. Use this to explore issues of global culture and human impact.

• Eco-tourism ideas: How can local communities use tourism to earn a living in a way that will help Orangutans and their habitats? Look at other examples worldwide and come up with some ideas. Write a business plan.

• Write and illustrate a story for younger pupils about the life of an Orangutan, or a Palm Oil plantation worker etc.

• Get your class to make a Go Orange assembly – What issues will they raise? How persuasive will they be?

“Being part of the Go Orange campaign became much more than just raising funds, it was the start of something new with our students! And they embraced it from head to toe with orange theme clothes, cake sales, 5k runs and the list goes on... The real impact has been on student’s awareness about endangered species and the change students have made in their attitudes to the food and products they consume!”

Una (Teacher, University Academy Warrington) UAW Students enjoying

their fundraising!