2010 - 2011 Annual Report - Zoos South Australia

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CONTENTSYear In ReviewPresident and CEO’s ReportPresident ReportCEO’s ReportConservation ProgramsConservation ArkVeterinary Conservation ProgramsAssets & InfrastructureAdelaide Zoo, Monarto ZooAnd Warrawong Wildlife SanctuaryGreen TeamWild AfricaOverseas Conservation ToursConservation EducationLibraryInterpretationHistoryThe Animals & HorticultureOverviewLiving CollectionsStatus Of CollectionAppendicesHorticultureWild TimesFinalsConservation EducationThe Zoos SA Education team has again had a busy 12 monthperiod. As well as providing amazing animal experiences,each site has a range of education programs and resourceswhich connect students with nature using passionate staff,interactive learning activities and accurate information aboutanimals, the environment and conservation.This year Monarto Education has created some newprograms, including ‘Rangers’. The team is developingthe building at the Rhino bus stop to become the RangerStation, modelled on ranger stations found in Africanwildlife reserves and conservancies. Activities undertakenby students also reflect those of real rangers, with animalidentification, behaviour observations, record keeping andhabitat maintenance and rehabilitation work.The MAD (Make A Difference) for Wildlife action programhas also been taken up by many schools, resulting in asurge of mobile phone recycling, bead sales and drink canrecycling to support conservation organisations in Africa.At Adelaide Zoo, the International Year of the Foresttriggered the team to develop ‘Forest Trails’ for teachers touse with their classes. The main focii of these trails are therainforests of SE Asia, the temperate deciduous forests ofChina and the mallee shrubland of SA.With the gradual introduction of the new AustralianCurriculum, we have begun a review of our current programsand resources to identify links with the new curriculumand any relevant areas of the curriculum that we do notcurrently support.The Australian Science curriculum is now complete and ispart of the process. Next year the new Geography curriculumwill be finished and will also be involved in the review.The Department of Education and Children’s Servicestransported a pair of surplus classrooms to MonartoEducation last November, and these are located near theVisitor Centre, awaiting renovation. It is possible that theywill be relocated to a more suitable position with respect toservice connection before they are refurbished. As there iscurrently no indoor education area at Monarto, this buildingwill be a valuable asset for Education in the future.During June this year, Zoos SA, in collaboration with theJane Goodall Institute, hosted a Youth Forum for SAschool children.Because numbers were limited by the availability of shelteredpresentation areas around Adelaide Zoo, 30 South Australianschools, all of whom have a history of active environmentalor conservation work amongst their student bodies, wereinvited to send eight student representatives to the Forum.Twenty two schools were involved at relatively short notice.Conservation Education – 1 of 3
CONTENTSYear In ReviewPresident and CEO’s ReportPresident ReportCEO’s ReportConservation ProgramsConservation ArkVeterinary Conservation ProgramsAssets & InfrastructureAdelaide Zoo, Monarto ZooAnd Warrawong Wildlife SanctuaryGreen TeamWild AfricaOverseas Conservation ToursConservation EducationLibraryInterpretationHistoryThe Animals & HorticultureOverviewLiving CollectionsStatus Of CollectionAppendicesHorticultureWild TimesFinalsDuring the morning, pairs of students from each schoolattended two workshops, which were different to those ofthe other three pairs from their school. The eight workshopsfeatured a range of interactive sessions, run by experts intheir fields, which covered conservation issues with local andoverseas themes. These environmentally-active studentsparticipated enthusiastically in the workshops; their inputwas greatly appreciated.Later in the day, the students all shared their workshopexperiences with the rest of their school’s representatives.Back at school, each group also reported back to theirschool communities.After lunch, the Forum was addressed by Dr Jane Goodall,DBE, who clearly inspired the audience with her storiesand perceptions about conservation and the difference thatindividuals can make.The day was facilitated by Ian Walton whose experience inworking with students in a forum setting and using the ‘KidsTeaching Kids’ philosophy was invaluable in contributing toa very successful and motivational day for all concerned.Curriculum change in the senior years has seen a new SACEsubject, ‘Research Project’, created at Year 12 in SA. This hasincreased the number of students approaching Educationstaff at Adelaide and Monarto Zoos for interviews aboutthe animal or conservation based topics they have chosen.We already have many of these requests from Tourismstudents and others each year. Processes have beendeveloped at both zoos to ensure that these requestsare managed fairly and efficiently.The Zoomobile has been flourishing under sponsorshipfrom McDonald’s. Further sponsorship was obtainedfrom the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges NaturalResources Management Board. This was specifically toprovide free presentations, with a focus on local species andenvironmental action, to schools and kindergartens in thisNRM region. The Zoomobile was based at Monarto Zoo forthree weeks of the year, and this enabled visits to schools,kindergartens and aged care facilities in the Murraylandsand Eastern Fleurieu region. The other country visit whichis becoming a regular part of the Zoomobile calendar wasto Appila for the annual Appila Springs Environmental Day,which serves many schools in the mid-North area. Boththese ‘tours’ were possible because they included suitableovernight accommodation for the animal team.This year, Zoos SA has been invited to several ScienceTeachers Expos; we are supporting these, wherever possible,with our attendance. It is a chance to make contact withover 100 Science teachers at once and as these events aregenerally held after the school day is over, most of the on-siteteaching commitments at the Zoos are not affected.Last October Emma Still, from Monarto Education, attendedthe International Zoo Educators Conference in USA. Afterthe conference she spent several weeks, in her own time,visiting some amazing environmental education places inUSA, and in particular spent a lot of time working withthe team at Earth Education Institute in Pennsylvania.She picked up a lot of ideas for activities, games, programsand processes there, and some of these are already beingincorporated into the Monarto programs.Conservation Education – 2 of 3
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