Further education (16-18) and higher education

Discover how we prevent extinction, focusing on communication and how to share the message at the zoo and around the world.

Join us for an exciting opportunity for your students to understand the complexities of feeding zoo animals to ensure animal health is optimised.

In this 90 minute session we’ll share why a good knowledge of our animals’ behaviour is vital to maintaining the best animal wellbeing. 

Discover how we design animal exhibits at Chester Zoo, and give your students the opportunity to design their own exhibit.

How does Chester Zoo meet the five key principles of animal wellbeing?

Join us for a walking tour of our amazing new area, Heart of Africa. This workshop is aimed at students that are 16-18. 

Chester Zoo’s six regional field programs operate in over 30 different countries worldwide. 

In this workshop we’ll tell you about how we evaluate the effectiveness of conservation breeding programmes, educational interventions and in-situ conservation measures.

This walking tour workshop will explore species in the zoo which form interesting evolution case studies.

Scientists have been classifying the natural world for hundreds of years. In this workshop, students will investigate the 3 domain system.

We can learn a lot about our own behaviours by looking at our close relatives.