Year 12 and 13: Predator Free New Zealand Workshop
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Year 12 and 13: Predator Free New Zealand Workshop

By Lauren Roberts, Farms Educational Facilitator, Lincoln University

Overview

Come join us for an interactive workshop exploring if predator free New Zealand is possible, & how technology & geography are helping.

Designed for Year 12 and 13 Geography and Science students, that offers plenty of interaction and activities throughout the day.

If you have any questions, please get in contact with Lauren Roberts (lauren.roberts@lincoln.ac.nz). Please make us aware of any relevant medical conditions, accessibility or learning needs that need to be considered, so students can have the best opportunity to learn and enjoy the day.

The following information will be provided...

  • Run sheet of the day with timings
  • Parking instructions
  • A safety plan for the event
  • Student handouts
  • Pre and post online survey link

Safety plan, parking instructions and event overview will be sent via email.

Includes activities at Zero Invasive Predators Research site which is 5 minute drive down the road from Lincoln University at (google map) Johnson Memorial Lab. Three 20 minute activities at Lincoln University and mini-lecture. See agenda below and please note order of the activites can change depending on which of the 2 streams students are in.

Category: Science & Tech, Science

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Highlights

  • 4 hours
  • In person

Location

Lincoln University

85084 Ellesmere Junction Road

Lincoln, Canterbury Region 7647 New Zealand

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Agenda
10:00 AM - 11:10 AM

Zero Invasive Predators (ZIP)

Come and join Zero Invasive Predators (ZIP) at Lincoln University's Johnson Memorial Lab to tour their research area. Learn about a truly inspirational organisation creating positive change and the projects that ZIP is currently working on. Discover new technologies and tools to help make large areas of New Zealand Predator Free. Then students will apply their knowledge and design a predator free plan around different land use, including dense bush, alpine, rolling farmland and high-country sheep stations. This is a mixture of tour, activities and presentations.

11:10 AM - 11:30 AM

Morning Tea (20 mins)

11:30 AM - 12:40 PM

On-campus activities: AI, animal behaviour and careers in conservation

Hosted in the new Lincoln University Science building, students will rotate around 3 quick fire modules. Each module is 20 minutes of engaging activities to get the brain thinking. Module 1: Looking at AI and how it is helping create Predator Free areas, but is AI better at identifying pests than humans? Module 2: How pest behaviour is relatable and what happens to pest behaviour over time. Module 3: A decision making game that puts students into the decision making seat and exposes to them to the community of careers that relate to conservation.

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Apr 2 · 10:00 AM GMT+13