Taronga Zoo is celebrating Biodiversity Month by bringing schools a series of videoconferences focussing on reptiles and creating habitat.

Taronga Zoo is featuring amazing Australian Reptiles to celebrate the Chinese Year of the Snake and Biodiversity Month in 2013.

Students will meet a variety of live reptiles each Friday during the month: including snakes, lizards, turtles and crocodiles that live in Australia’s many different habitats. We will look at reptile characteristics, their predators and prey, their special features for survival and the role reptiles play in maintaining biodiversity.  Students will also participate in discussions around the role humans play in protecting these amazing, ancient animals.

These video conference sessions will feature live animals, interviews with reptile keepers and interactive whiteboard visual display.

George the Loggerhead Turtle

 Stage/Age Targeted

Sessions are targeted at S2 – S3

Videoconference Topics

Australian Reptiles and Biodiversity

Dates Available

• Week One:  Snakes, 6th September 2013 (National Threatened Species Day)
• Week Two:  Lizards, 13th September, 2013
• Week Three:  Turtles, 20th September, 2013

Blue Tongue Lizard

Cost

Video Conference: Session - $60.  Recommended class size 30 students

Bookings

Click here to book through DART Connections. Hint: select 'Taronga Zoo Sydney' in the 'Filter Excursions by Provider' drop down menu.