Learning for the future!
The educational offer of the Landau goes far beyond the mere signs on the enclosures zoos.
A particular focus is the educational work of the Zoo school Landau. The establishment of guided since 1992 in cooperation with the Institute of education in childhood and Adolescence of the University of Landau ensures an intensive training with up to 15,000 school and kindergarten children in the year. The Zoo school sees itself today as a institution of education for sustainable development. She want to merge "green" environmental education with development education. Topics related to environment, species and animal welfare but still have a high priority in the classroom. Students (future teachers, graduate educators and environmental scientists) get a sound training in the above areas within their Zoo-pedagogical work and find a wide-ranging practice field for the future profession.
Zoo school Landau - an excellent location!
> The nationwide unique conception of the Zoo school Landau was awarded several times. Awards as an official UN Decade project specific successes include 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2011-12, as well as in the context of the Federal competition "365 landmarks in the land of ideas" (patron: Federal President Horst Köhler). She is also awarded and recognized by the Ministry of education, women and youth as Schulnahe environmental education facility in Rhineland-Palatinate (short shearing station) with the environmental award of the city of Landau.
Exciting classes at the Zoo...
The Zoo school Landau offers a special education schools and kindergartens: children are not alternative led by the Zoo, but taught in small groups. While they learn about selected species more precisely. Learning with all senses, experience-bound and action-oriented, playful learning have a high priority. In many cases, direct contact with the animal ensures the children. For example, predators in the center of the Zoo education, children Zoo school ferrets at close range may consider and stroke. Within the framework of the lesson "Keep and maintain a dog 's" the kinderlieben hybrid males possibility to crawl Felix and brush. From 21 different lessons, teachers and educators can select an appropriate topic. In addition, the Zoo school offers year-round adventure tour for families and carries out animal-based workshops and exciting "Zoo Safari" . An Adventure Camp at Zoo school takes place at least once in the year. The model project "foreign language encounter in the Zoo" makes a visit not only in the context of biology teaching. Under http://www.zooschule-landau.de there is more information about the Zoo school
... not just for children
In addition to the numerous educational opportunities for children are conducted in the Landauer Zoo also separate events for adults, seniors and people with disabilities. Will receive the interested Zoo visitors about various topics on changing information stands and exhibitions. Over 100 pupils and students a year, who are interested in our work, an internship here. Furthermore, it offers the Zoo Landau in der Pfalz of biology students the possibility to customize thesis or theses on a topic in the Zoo.
The Zoo school Landau is a partner of the regional environmental education initiative "Network environment education southern Palatinate".
NEW! -Learning from and with animals: Zoo school Landau presents itself in a new book on the topic of environmental education
Zoos can impart not only knowledge about animals, but also warned of other environmental issues. This concerns also the Zoo School of the Zoo Landau in der Pfalz with his project "Institution of education for sustainable development" has taken and is therefore in the book "environmental education - tierisch gut! A practical guide to school, Zoo & co."is presented.