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Field trip resources

Children on the beach, Omaui.

Information about field trips around the country. They can be used for conservation education both inside and outside the classroom.

Conservation education resources

DOC ranger talk to children.

Conservation education resources on fresh water, estuaries, marine reserves, mountains, native bush and seabirds.

Meet the Locals teaching resources

Cartoon image from the title sequence of Meet the Locals.

View teaching resources that incorporate Meet the Locals videos.

Outdoor and classroom activities

Adults and children looking in rock pools, Lottin Point, East Cape. Photo: Kim Westerskov. DOC USE ONLY.

Teaching resources on activities for conservation education both inside and outside the classroom.

Education projects and programmes

Find out about conservation education projects and programmes.

Curriculum

Students from St Cuthbert's School planting a tree for World Environment Day. Photo: Mike Jones.

Search DOC teaching resources by levels, learning areas, and assessment activities and standards.

Themes

A carved waharoa marks the entrance to Otatara Pa. Photo: J Hudson.

Find teaching resources by their themes: animals, geology, marine, native bush, people, plants, rivers and lakes.

Find out more

View and download all teaching resource publications

LEARNZ website Register for a conservation/biodiversity virtual field trip

Natural Heritage Collection website offers schools free images of NZ's native species

View the Wildtrack children's nature series on NZ on Screen

For more information:

Contact your local DOC office

Or email conservED@doc.govt.nz

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