Year 7 Biology Trip to Colchester Zoo

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On 21 May, students from Year 7 visited Colchester Zoo, to support their biology lessons on adaptation and classification. The day included a talk on animal adaptations, where the students also were shown stick insects and a cockroach up close.
 
The warm weather brought many of the animals out of their shelters and gave the opportunity for students to observe and compare animals they saw during their time there.

The new Pygmy Hippo and Orangutan Forest gave the opportunity to visit some of the newer arrivals at the zoo and to see the work the zoo are doing to develop their exhibits.

The students thoroughly enjoyed exploring the vast range of animals to see at the zoo and applying what they saw to their studies.