Year 12 and 13: Predator Free New Zealand Workshop

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 ([email protected]). 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.

Info: 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.

Info: 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.

Info: Let’s investigate some of the data and research that has occurred to figure out if a Predator Free NZ is a possibility, what are the costs and benefits, and what we don't know about these species who have lived alongside us but have been largely been ignored rather than studied. This gives students a taste of university lecturers and invites discussion about what the future in New Zealand looks like.

Info: A presentation from our liaison team to introduce students to some of the study options at Lincoln University and what life could look like if they did come to Lincoln.

Info: - Finish the day with lunch on the Lincoln University campus and explore the student area and library. There are cafes on site for coffee and food, just note that they are cashless cafes.
- There will also be a display and Lincoln University staff in the Science foyer if students want to learn more about courses or have any questions. If you need to leave early to get back to school, you have the flexibility to do so.
- Please note if your Year 13’s are attending the viticulture workshop on the same day, they will be finishing at 2pm.

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Lincoln University, 85084 Ellesmere Junction Road, Lincoln, New Zealand

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