Presentations and Recordings
Virtual BIAZA Conservation Education Conference 2021
Tilgate Bites
Tilgate Bites home education programme
During the first and third lockdowns, Tilgate education staff delivered a daily home education programme, ‘Tilgate Bites’, aiming to deliver national curriculum science content through conservation education. Engagement, understanding and connection to nature were promoted through video lessons alongside 116 science and cross-curricular activities, covering a range of topics. Activity download figures showed high engagement throughout, reaching an estimated 177 families. The use of these videos and integrated cross-curricular activities was cited as enhancing the learning and sustaining and improving connection to nature during the pandemic by responders. This approach therefore constitutes a good model for future home education and educational content.
Meet the Presenter
Richard Bourton - Tilgate Nature Centre
Richard Bourton, Alex Hughes and Holly Michael are the education team at Tilgate Nature Centre, a small zoo in West Sussex. The Nature Centre started in the 60s as a small area for wild fowl conservation and has since developed into first a farm, and now a zoo. Holly Michael has worked at Tilgate for 7 years and Richard and Alex have worked there since 2018. At Tilgate, the education department are responsible for formal education, written and live interpretation, animal experiences, events and social media.
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