Werribee Open Range Zoo VCE

Werribee Open Range Zoo offers a broad range of VCE programs aligned with the VCE study designs in Biology and Psychology.
With natural grasslands teeming with wildlife, up close animal encounters, and expert zoo staff, Werribee Open Range Zoo is an ideal venue for VCE students.

  • The Social Savannah (Psychology)

    Our Vervet Monkey troupe will engage students as the intricacies of their social hierarchy are discussed. Students will collect, compare and analyse quantitative and qualitative data and gain an understanding of ethics in relation to research on animals.

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  • Reproduction

    Discover the amazing adaptations animals utilise to reproduce, care for young and further develop. Find out about the strategies and technology used in the Zoo to encourage some animals to breed and others not to breed. Determine the merits of the Zoos captive breeding programs.

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  • Keeping the Balance (Homeostasis)

    It can get hot in the savannah. How do the animals cool down and conserve their water loss? This program provides students with many opportunities to observe, analyse and hypothesise about how the adaptations animals have may be used to control temperature and regulate water balance.

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  • Herbivores Carnivores Constrictor Jaws (Diet and Dentition)

    Explore the ways in which some animals get their food fix and avoid becoming food themselves.

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  • Investigating the Grassland Ecosystem

    Discover the wonder of grasslands through a field investigation.

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