The Educational Centre of the Hodonín Zoo offers an opportunity for all nursery, primary, and secondary schools to participate in various educational programmes focused either on environmental protection or on the subject of natural science based on the school’s curriculum.

Nursery schools:

• Domestic and wild animals
  Which animals are wild and which domestic? In what way are they useful to us? What animals can we encounter in the backyard, in the shed, or in nature?
• The Zoo is my home
  We will get to know various species of animals and learn about the problem of endangered species.
• Animals on our planet
  The programme helps children to understand that Earth is a beautiful place to live. They will meet wild animals from all continents.

Lectures are delivered by a worker of the Centre for Ecological Education Dúbrava. The programme cost is CZK 30 per student.
The programme length is 60 – 90 minutes.
To make a reservation, contact Zdena Flajžíková at +420 518 321502 or +420 725 341596.

Primary school, Years 1 – 5:

• The ZOO is My Home (Year 1)
  Meet various species of animals and learn about the problem of endangered species.
  Course location: The Hodonín ZOO or the CEV Dúbrava classroom
• Wild and Domestic Animals (Years 1-3)
  Which animals are wild and which domestic? In what way are they useful to us? What animals can we encounter in the backyard, in the shed, or in nature?
  Course location: The Hodonín ZOO or the CEV Dúbrava classroom
• Animals on Our Planet (Years 1-5)
  This programme helps children to understand that Earth is a beautiful place to live. They will meet wild animals from all continents.
  Course location: The Hodonín ZOO or the CEV Dúbrava classroom
• Extinct or Endangered (Years 2-4)
  Why are some animals endangered and others extinct? The children will be given the opportunity to find answers through this programme.
  Course location: The Hodonín ZOO or the CEV Dúbrava classroom

Lectures are delivered by a worker of the Centre for Ecological Education Dúbrava. The programme cost is CZK 30 per student.
The programme length is 120 minutes.
To make a reservation, contact Zdena Flajžíková at +420 518 321502 or +420 725 341596.

Primary school, Years 5 – 9

• From Rainforest to Desert
  Why do different parts of the world have different plant and animal species and why are some species so alike despite the physical distance?
  Zoography – describing individual biomes and explaining terms such as biodiversity and endemism. In the next part of the programme, the students learn to arrange individual species into their appropriate categories.
• Domestic Animals
  Are you familiar with the process of domestication in the past century and do you know the ancestors of common domestic animals?
  The programme addresses native as well as exotic domestic animals, breeding methods, benefits to humans, domestication, “welfare”, and organic farming. Children will have an opportunity to interact with the animals in their enclosures.
• Animal Behaviour
  How does a zebra sleep? What does a whinny or a neigh mean in animal language? Why does the lynx yowl?
  The programme sheds some light on the types of communication and behaviour patterns of various species, their eating habits, and rearing of their young. Students are given a chance to make an attempt at carrying out their own ethological study, writing the information gathered in their worksheets. Results are then discussed at a group meeting.
• World of Birds
  Did you know that birds use the earth’s magnetic field to navigate?
  We will meet various species of water and exotic birds, birds of prey, and birds that live in the surrounding forests. Throughout the programme students are encouraged to fill in their worksheets and are introduced to a variety of products of nature while learning many interesting things about bird life.
• Animal Protection
  One animal species disappears every day. Why? The red list of endangered species contains over 5000 animals.
  The programme includes meeting endangered species of animals, learning about problems related to preserving biodiversity, getting to know organizations engaged in protecting endangered species, and finding out the true purpose behind Zoological Gardens. Children also reflect on the irresponsible behaviour of other people, such as hunting for profit, poaching and so on.

Lectures are delivered by a worker of the Centre for Ecological Education Dúbrava. The programme cost is CZK 35 per student. The programme length is 120 – 180 minutes.
To make a reservation, contact Iva Uhrová at +420 518 321502 or +420 725 341593.

Secondary schools

Programmes for primary schools (Years 5-9) are appropriate for secondary schools, too.
Lectures are delivered by a worker of the Centre for Ecological Education Dúbrava. The programme cost is CZK 35 per student.
The programme length is 120 – 180 minutes.
To make a reservation, contact Iva Uhrová at +420 518 321502 or +420 725 341593.

• Global Ecology
  Students learn basic facts about ecology no only as a term but primarily as a study of living relations of all organisms on Earth.
• Biodiversity
  Students become familiar with the world’s natural diversity.
• The Zoo
  Students learn more about what terms, such as zoological garden and zoo management stand for.

Lectures are delivered by a worker of the Zoological Garden. The lecture is free with a regular admission ticket.
The programme length is 120 minutes.
To make a reservation, the Zoo Hodonín at +420 724 298998 or +420 724 024096.

The Zoo Educational Centre works in association with The Centre for Ecological Education Dúbrava, offering additional educational and leisure activities at their website:
http://www.ekocentrum-dubrava.estranky.cz/.