We the Primates Workshop

The We the Primates Workshop teaches students about the characteristics of our closest kin in an entertaining way adapted to their ages.

This workshop is presented in a specially equipped classroom, where the educator (biologist) explains the outline of the activity and supervises its running. 

1. The class is divided into four sub-groups, where each will study a different aspect about primates with the support of materials and a study guide. All students do all the exercises. 

The contents studied are:

• Recognise the traits in any mammal that let them be identified as primates.
• Overview of the great diversity and adaptability of this order of mammals. 
• Learn to classify the main groups with the assistance of dichotomic keys to the family level. 
• Differentiate the wide range of adaptations of primates’ limbs according to the way they move in their habitats. 
• Distinguish primates according to their craniums. 
• Observe the behaviours and types of social organisations of the primate species at the Zoo. 
• Status of primates in nature: threats and risks for their survival.
• The contribution of zoos in conserving primates.
  

Guided tour by a Zoo educator (biologist) to learn more about the following contents: 

• Feeding behaviour of chimpanzees. 
• Observation of representatives of the different primate families, morphological and taxonomy aspects. 
• Introduction to ethological records of different species of primates.
• Principal guidelines of primates’ social behaviour. 
• Status of primates in nature: threats and risks for their conservation. 
• The contribution of zoos in conserving primates: reproduction in captivity, ethological research and environmental education.