Conservation in Action

Bring the world of applied conservation into the classroom with our Conservation in Action program. Highlighting conservation goals, and exploring in-situ and ex-situ conservation, students identify the challenges, concepts and theories of Protected Areas, and make decisions that impact the environment, achieve conservation goals, and consider stakeholder values. Through an interactive practical activity, students challenge their understanding of environmental decision-making, and develop the tools, knowledge, and critical thinking to make evidence-based conservation decisions.

This program provides assessment opportunities for students, with all assessment data provided to teachers upon completion of the practical activity.

*This program is suited for Level 5-6, Level 7-8, Level 9-10

*This program is suitable for delivery as

• Classroom incursion

• Online webinar

• Define and develop an understanding of conservation, threats to conservation, and the challenges and limitations of evidence-based conservation action.

• Identify and describe in-situ and ex-situ conservation strategies, and the best application of both.

• Identify and understand the structure of protected areas.

• Work collaboratively or independently to identify and solve conservation related issues, collecting, recording and interpret data.

• Develop critical thinking skills by interpreting data and making conclusions about the collated data.

• Communicate and present findings on conservation solutions, using scientific language.

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MMF’s Conservation in Action program is a classroom incursion delivered as an interactive lecture-style presentation with hands-on practical activity. Following an approx. 30-minute introductory presentation, students will be tasked with completing a practical activity where they will be provided with a conservation issues which need to be solved. Students will work collaboratively to complete the practical activity, and once completed a closing consolidation will allow students to share findings and demonstrate knowledge.

A practical assessment activity is included in this program, and can be completed during the incursion session, or as a follow-up activity.

This incursion can be delivered in a classroom or presentation space. MMF requires an interactive SmartBoard or projector/screen to deliver this incursion.

MMF can tailor program content to meet your curriculum learning needs, so please speak with an MMF Educator if you require specific content development.

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Additional learning resources are available for purchase for this program to enhance your student learning experience.

Please contact MMF to purchase.