VCE / VCE VM
Curriculum-aligned animal resources for your teaching.

Local Species Map
Meet the animals we're fighting to protect in Victoria and learn how you can play a part in their conservation. This interactive helps you find your closest Zoos Victoria priority species. Search different locations, uncover fascinating animals, and find out how people can help protect the places they call home.

VCE Biology Key Science Skills
Units 1-4
Show your students how Key Science Skills relate to real conservation science projects with Ask a Zoo Expert - Victorian Grassland Earless Dragon.

VCE Biology Unit 1
Area of Study 2, Outcome 2: Functioning systems
Teach about components, functions and interactions of functioning body systems with Ask a Zoo Expert - Mountain Pygmy-possum.

VCE Biology Unit 1
Area of Study 2, Outcome 2: Functioning systems
Teach about the stimulus-response mechanisms that are used to maintain homeostasis with Ask a Zoo Expert - Platypus.

VCE Biology Unit 2
Area of Study 2, Outcome 2: Adaptations and diversity
Teach about structural, physiological and behavioural adaptations with Ask a Zoo Expert - Southern Corroboree Frog.

VCE Biology Unit 2
Area of Study 2, Outcome 2: Adaptations and diversity
Teach about ecosystems and the interdependencies between species with Ask a Zoo Expert - Tasmanian Devil.

Animal Toolkits
Each Toolkit includes the latest science and has been curated in consultation with Threatened Species experts.

Latest research
Zoos Victoria and its partners publish a range of scientific research papers each year. We keep an updated list on our website.

VCE VM
Workplace Skills
Teach what it takes to work at a zoo.

