Aim to reinforce concepts learnt in schools. The Good News - teachers can now choose the dates for certain programmes to be conducted to tie in with their lesson plans.
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Learning Objectives |
Living Things – What are They?
Duration: 30min
Date: Open |
The Zoo is one of the best places to learn about living things. Set in the heart of a rainforest, we have over 3,000 animals representing some 450 species and thousands of plant species to fascinate and engage. |
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Identify characteristics of living things and non-living things.
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Differentiate the different types of living things – animals, plants, fungi and microorganisms.
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Animals, Animals, Animals
Duration: 30min
Date: Open |
This programme talks about the diverse variety of Zoo animals and how are they different from those in Night Safari. Touches briefly on mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and invertebrates. |
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Differentiate vertebrates and invertebrates, mammals, reptiles, fish, birds and amphibians and insects, arachnids and myriapods.
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Identify the characteristics of different groups of animals.
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Jobs in the Zoo
Duration: 30min
Date: Open |
There are many different kinds of jobs in the Zoo. Apart from zookeepers, the horticulturists, ticketing officers, tram drivers and etc. work together to ensure smooth running of the Zoo.
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Identify the jobs people do in the Zoo
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Understand that people in different jobs work together.
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Farm Animals
Duration: 30min
Date: Open |
Human domesticate animals for different uses – milk, leather, wool or as beasts of burden and etc. This programme looks at some domestic animals and their uses. |
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Identify farm animals
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Understand the uses of farm animals.
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Animal Homes
Duration: 30min
Date: Open |
Some animals build nests while others live in dens or under rotting logs. The interesting facts about the architects of the animal kingdom. |
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To know the different types of homes animals live in.
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Understand how animals make use of different materials to build their homes.
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Families and Friends
Duration: 30min
Date: Open |
The lions live in prides while the tigers prefer to live in solitude. The hamadryas baboons travel in groups ranging from 50 – 100 members. This programme shares with the students the advantages and disadvantages of living together and alone. |
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Understand the concept that some animals live alone while others live in big groups.
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Know how different family units or social structures help them in survival.
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Endangered Animals 
Duration:
30 mins
Date: Open |
Today, many species are facing a bleak future. Extinction is the consequence if nothing is done to save them. Be introduced to some of these endangered animals and find out the threats to their survival in the wild. |
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Learn some of the species of endangered animals.
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Understand what cause animals to become endangered.
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- What can we do to help the endangered animals?
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Synopsis |
Learning Objectives |
Classification of Animals
Duration: 45min
Date: Open |
Students turn scientists for a day as they try their hands at classifying animals. Aims to sharpen process and observational skills as they seek similarities and differences among various groups of animals. |
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Learn how animals are classified in a logical manner.
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Observe and classify an animal according to the characteristics.
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Greens
Duration: 45min
Date:
12 - 16 May
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How are plants different? How do some aquatic plants stay afloat in the water? Includes a mini-exhibition of a variety of plant. |
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Understand the characteristics of trees, mosses, ferns and aquatic plants.
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Understand how plants adapt in the different environment that they live in.
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Life Cycles
Duration: 45min
Date:
14 - 18 July
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Takes a look at the various types of life cycles of different animals. Some animals spend part of their life cycle on land and the other part in water or underground. Examines how do such complicated life cycles help animal species in their survival. |
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Understand the concept of complete and incomplete metamorphosis. Understand how animals make use of different stages in their life cycles to maximize survival chances.
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Learn that some animals do not need to mate in order to reproduce.
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Understand how animals make use of different stages in their life cycles to maximize survival chances |
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Sense Organs and Digestive Systems
Duration: 45min
Date: Open |
We use our nose to smell while the snakes use their tongue to smell. How did they do that? Do the cows really have four stomachs? Why does the rabbit eat its own poo? Find out more in this programme. |
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Know what the sense organs can do and how different animals use their sense organs.
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Understand how the digestive system works in human and some animals.
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Relate the different types of digestive system in animals to their different diet.
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Body Coverings
Duration: 45min
Date: Open
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Animals have different body coverings and they serve different functions. Be enthralled by the diverse types of body coverings including that of a jaguar, tiger, sunbear, porcupine, turtle, crocodile, hedgehog, polar bear, pangolin and flying lemur. |
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Ability to understand how animals use body coverings to help them adapt to the environment for survival.
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To classify the animals using the different types of body coverings.
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Animals on the Brink
Duration:
30 mins
Date: Open |
As we destroy forests to build more homes and farms, we are also driving wild animals out of their habitat. Find out Singapore Zoo's effort in preserving endangered species for future generations. |
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Understand how conservation organizations categorize animals that are endangered.
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- Understand what cause these animals to be endangered and how one can help them.
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