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Welcome to Home School Safari

Home School Safari is an online, free to access, learning resource hub from Learning & Discovery at Knowsley Safari. Education videos, resources and learning aids for parents and teachers, in the class or at home. We're adding to this library all the time so please come back and check for the latest uploaded content and if you have any requests, please drop us a message and we'll see what we can do.

Latest Videos

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Evolution

New video from the Learning & Discovery team about Evolution.

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Adaptation

Nikki and a video lesson on adaptation.

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Polar Regions

A new habitat video from the Learning & Discovery team about Polar Regions.

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Endangered Animals

A new video from the Learning & Discovery team about Endangered Animals.

Animal Talks

Animal Talk

Meerkat Talk

Our very own educator Laura has some fun facts to share about one of our smallest members of the safari family, the meerkats!

Animal Talk

Giraffe Talk

In this video, Ellie from our Learning & Discovery team talks about her favourite animal the giraffe!

Giraffe Q&A

Meerkat Q&A

Classification

Laura and Ellie tell us what types of animals there are and what's different about each group. There are two main groups of animals; vertebrates; animals with a backbone and invertebrates; animals without a backbone. There are five types of vertebrate; mammal, reptile, amphibian, bird and fish.

Classification

FISH

Laura tells us some fish facts that make them different to other vertebrates.

Classification

Birds

Birds have feathers but do they all fly?

Classification

Invertebrates

Ellie introduces us to one group of invertebrates, insects!

Classification

Reptiles

How do you get warm? Is that a clue to what makes a reptile different to other animals?

Classification

Mammals

Do you know what makes a mammal a mammal? Do they have fur, scales or feathers? Here's Laura to introduce us to the classification of mammals!

Classification

Amphibians

Do you know the life cycle of a frog? Ellie's here to tell us what metamorphosis means.

Classification

Evolution

Nikki from the Learning & Discovery team is here to talk evolution in this video lesson.

Classification

Adaptation

Nikki is back with a video lesson about adaptations.

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Endangered Animals

What animals are classed as endangered? How can we help?

Mammal Q&A

Reptile Q&A

Classification Key Stage 1

Classification Key Stage 2

Food & Feeding

Carnivores

In this video Laura from the Learning & Discovery team talks about carnivores.

Food & Feeding

Herbivores

Laura and Ellie are now talking to us about food and feeding. In this episode Ellie shows us some herbivores and their teeth designed for munching plants.

Food & Feeding

Omnivore

Habitats

Rainforests

In this episode Laura and Ellie introduce us to Rainforests and some of the animals that live there.

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Polar Regions

Ellie looks at the animals that live in the coldest parts of the world. Lets see how they are adapted to live here!

Veterinary Video

Veterinary science is part of every day life at Knowsley Safari - we have filmed two of our most recent veterinary procedures on some of the parks largest animals.

And relax... take a moment to do some virtual bird watching. See how many different species of birds you can see from our woodland camera. Then see how many different species you can see in your garden or outside your window.

And as we have warmer nights, you'll see bats hunting. We survey the bats that hunt at Knowsley Safari.

Keeper Cam is our way of showing you what's happening on safari while we're closed. During morning checks this camel came for a close up;

Photo Gallery

Knowsley Safari is closed for now, but we're still here, every day, caring for animals. We'll upload photos from safari in the gallery below during the temporary closure so you can still see the animals. Don't forget you can download our free app and hear the team talk about the different species you can see at Knowsley Safari.

Camel Call

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Have your very own virtual reality safari at home!

Do you have a Knowsley Safari guidebook at home? Then you can bring the safari to your house using our augmented reality app - it's FREE! Simply download the app, open the guidebook to the trigger pages and you can have a giraffe, tiger, rhino, lion, meerkat, wolf and bird of prey moving around your house or garden.

If you don't have a guidebook you can order online and we will post one out to you. A great way to continue helping to support Knowsley Safari while we're closed.

Buy a guidebook

Do you have a Knowsley Safari guidebook at home? Then you can bring the safari to your house using our augmented reality app - it's FREE! Simply download the app, open the guidebook to the trigger pages and you can have a giraffe, tiger, rhino, lion, meerkat, wolf and bird of prey moving around your house or garden.

Learning Resources to Download at Home

Download Worksheets

Easter Fun at the Meerkats;