Biological Diversity Study Days - Stage 6

Educator-led program

Students spend two one-hour sessions at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney and another half a day (two one-hour sessions) at the Australian Museum. You will be advised on booking which venue to start the day. It is a short walk between the two venues and there is time for a lunch break in the middle of the day.

At the Garden:

• Botanic Garden educator-led session. Students will engage in primary and secondary investigations using the Garden’s native Australian flora to discover cutting edge botanic science developments. Collaborative inquiry based projects using critical and creative thinking will develop students understanding of biological diversity and the theory of evolution.
• Zoo educator-led session. Taronga Zoomobile provides students the opportunity to engage with live animals while learning about the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection. They will explore the impacts that selection pressures have on population dynamics. Students will discover how adaptations increase an organism’s chance of survival while interacting with a selection of Australian animals.

At the Museum:

• Theory of Evolution: a museum educator-led session. Students perform first-hand investigations of fossils, skeletons and genetic data from Australian animals to learn how comparative anatomy and genetics support the Theory of Evolution.
• Evolution on our Wild Planet: a museum self-guided session. Students gather and analyse information from displays in the Wild Planet exhibition to learn how the Theory of Evolution by natural selection explains the diversity of life on Earth

Other venues

• This program is also offered at other venues including the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah, the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan, Dubbo and Coffs Harbour.