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Explore Our Discovery Sessions & Curriculum Links
Kindy Sessions
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Stimulating the senses is the focus of our customised Kindy session as we explore colours, textures, smells and sounds of Australia’s unique animal kingdom. These 30-minute sessions will bring your Early Learners up close and personal with some of their favourite Australian animals. Sessions can also be customised to focus on specific topics of your choosing.
Prep - Year 3 Discovery Sessions
Backyard Explorers:
Main theme: habitats, adaptations & problem solving
Lone Pine’s ‘Backyard Explorer’ creates a journey of discovery while introducing habitats, diets, adaptations and plenty of problem-solving. Students are challenged to use their new Backyard Explorer knowledge to piece together animal clues like scale sheds, footprints and food sources to learn which animals may be living in their backyards before meeting some of these animals face-to-face!
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Hatchers & Growers
Main theme: life cycles
Explore the birth, growth and development of Australian wildlife by meeting a mixture of egg layers, marsupials and other live birth animals. How do these animals grow and change to survive in the wild? Let’s discover the answers by exploring their life cycles through hands-on experiences and animal encounters guided by Lone Pine’s resident ‘Hatcher and Grower’!
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Wildlife Scientists:
Main theme: adaptations & early classification
Join a Lone Pine ‘Wildlife Scientist’ to explore early level classification using body coverings. From skin to scales, feathers and fur, students will investigate similarities and differences between animal groups and consider how their coverings help them adapt and survive. Through hands-on matching of animal pictures to real biofacts, and meeting some of Lone Pine’s special wildlife up close, students will discover the fascinating ways body coverings help animals thrive and be inducted as Lone Pine’s newest Wildlife Scientists!
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Year 4 - 6 Discovery Sessions
Backyard Explorers:
Main theme: habitats, adaptations & problem solving
Solve the mystery of what’s living in our backyards by piecing together clues that animals leave behind and coming face-to-face with some of these animals. Students work together in teams to investigate clues involving diets, habitats and adaptations to discover which animals may live in our backyards and how we can ensure our yards and surroundings remain a safe haven for these species.
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Guardians of the Endangered:
Main theme: threats to wildlife, conservation & actions
Students are introduced to threatening issues facing Australian wildlife and tasked with uncovering ‘danger zones’. After exploring relevant artefacts and meeting ambassador animals, students are challenged to identify and share practical solutions to dangers in the form of daily actions.
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Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Biomes!:
Main theme: Australian biomes & adaptations
This game show-style session investigates the main biomes of Australia, introduces the fragile ecological links within these complex zones and considers how animals use adaptations to survive in their environments. Led by their education game show host, students work in teams to match native animals to the correct Australian biome before meeting some of these animals up close.
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Web of Life:
Main theme: food webs, interactions & impacts
Students will discover how every creature plays a part in keeping nature in balance by exploring the roles within a food web and working together to create their own food web. Using their creation, students investigate what happens when natural or human impacts disturb the system. By meeting real animals and considering their roles, students will gain a deeper understanding of the web of life.
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Year 7 - 9 Discovery Sessions
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Australian Terrestrial Vertebrates- Classified!:
Main theme: animal classification & taxonomy
Students dive into the world of animal classification by examining and grouping species based on shared characteristics. They’ll explore how and why scientists use taxonomy, and work together using their classification knowledge and dichotomous keys to identify native animal species. Their learning is brought to life by meeting an amphibian, bird, reptile and mammal face-to-face.
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Guardians of the Endangered:
Main theme: threats to wildlife, conservation & actions
Students are introduced to threatening issues facing Australian wildlife and tasked with uncovering ‘danger zones’. After exploring relevant artefacts and meeting ambassador animals, students are challenged to identify and share practical solutions to dangers in the form of daily actions.
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Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Biomes!:
Main themes: Australian biomes & adaptations
This game show-style session investigates the main biomes of Australia, introduces the fragile ecological links within these complex zones and considers how animals use adaptations to survive in their environments. Led by their education game show host, students work in teams to match native animals to the correct Australian biome before meeting some of these animals up close.
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Web Life:
Main theme: food webs, interactions & impacts
Unravel the complexities of the food web and discover how every organism — and the environment around it — plays a role in keeping nature in balance. Students will make their own food web by investigating the roles of each organism in a food web, while also considering the influence of abiotic and biotic factors. Through hands-on learning and the chance to meet some of Lone Pine’s wildlife, students will explore how natural or human impacts can ripple through an entire ecosystem.
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Year 10 - 12 Discovery Sessions
Australian Terrestrial Vertebrates- Classified!:
Main theme: animal classification & taxonomy
Students extend their understanding of classification by analysing how organisms are grouped and named based on shared characteristics and evolutionary relationships. They will explore the scientific principles and importance of taxonomy in organising biodiversity and meet representatives from key animal groups, providing authentic examples to connect theory with practice.
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Web of Life:
Main theme: food webs, interactions & impacts
Examine ecosystems through a scientific lens in Web of Life. Senior students will analyse the structure and dynamics of food webs, exploring energy flow and the roles of each organism in the web. By considering both biotic and abiotic influences, students investigate how disturbances can cascade through an ecosystem and experience encounters with live animals to provide real-world examples.
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Working with Wildlife:
Main theme: wildlife careers, pathways & applied science
Students explore the wide range of career pathways within the wildlife industry, gaining insight into roles such as wildlife keepers, veterinarians, education officers and horticultural staff. Through examples from actual Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary professionals and encounters with live animals, students learn how scientific knowledge, practical skills and personal interests combine to shape careers working with wildlife, helping them understand the steps and pathways into this industry.
