Tours and activities for schools and nurseries
Treat your school or day-care group to a very special outing at Tierpark Berlin. As an extracurricular learning centre, the Tierpark offers a range of tours and projects adapted to every age group. Based on the Berlin curriculum, the tours and projects cleverly combine extraordinary animal experiences with natural science teaching.
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What animals do you know? How can we classify them?
Appropriate tours:
- Pick your favourites – you decide which animals to visit
- Tierpark safari (please bring binoculars if possible)
- Monkeying around
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The four seasons: Changes in nature
Appropriate tours:
- The lives of animals throughout the seasons
- Duration
75-90 min.; project days: 2 days of approx. 5 hours each
- Language
German or English; other languages can sometimes be arranged upon
- Price
€40 (plus admission)
Project days: €60 plus admission on both daysRegular school admission prices apply. You can find a price overview here. Please remember to bring along a properly filled and stamped form for school visitors.
- Participants
One school class
Project days: maximum 24 students - Booking
To enable us to prepare properly for your visit, we will need the following information:
- School name, type of school
- Year, class size, special information about the class, preferred topic
- Is the trip part of a school hiking day or a supplement to classroom teaching?
- Contact person with his/her telephone number and/or email address
For Year 3 upwards, we offer tour-specific worksheets that pupils can complete during the tour or back in the classroom. If you are interested in these worksheets, please mention this in your booking request.
To ensure you can reserve your preferred date and time, please send a booking request at least 14 days in advance.
- Any questions?
Contact us at tierparkschule@tierpark-berlin.de.
- Up-to-date animal info!
You can sign up to our school newsletter free of chargehere.
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What animals do you know? How can we divide them into classes?
Appropriate tours:
- Pick your favourites – you decide which animals to visit
- Tierpark safari (please bring binoculars if possible)
- Monkeying around
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Habitats and their inhabitants – natural interactions
Appropriate tours:
- Habitat adaptations
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Pets, domestic animals, wild animals
Appropriate tours:
- Pets, domestic animals and wild animals – a comparison
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The four seasons: Changes in nature
Appropriate tours:
- The lives of animals throughout the seasons
- Duration
75-90 min.; project days: 2 days of approx. 5 hours each
- Language
German or English; other languages can sometimes be arranged upon
- Price
€40 (plus admission)
Project days: €60 plus admission on both daysRegular school admission prices apply. You can find a price overview here. Please remember to bring along a properly filled and stamped form for school visitors.
- Participants
One school class
Project days: maximum 24 students - Booking
To enable us to prepare properly for your visit, we will need the following information:
- School name, type of school
- Year, class size, special information about the class, preferred topic
- Is the trip part of a school hiking day or a supplement to classroom teaching?
- Contact person with his/her telephone number and/or email address
For Year 3 upwards, we offer tour-specific worksheets that pupils can complete during the tour or back in the classroom. If you are interested in these worksheets, please mention this in your booking request.
To ensure you can reserve your preferred date and time, please send a booking request at least 14 days in advance.
- Any questions?
Contact us at tierparkschule@tierpark-berlin.de.
- Up-to-date animal info!
You can sign up to our school newsletter free of chargehere.
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How organisms interact
Appropriate tours:
- Predators and prey – survival in the animal kingdom
- Monkeying around
- Tierpark expedition (perfect for school hiking days)
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Habitats and their inhabitants – how they interact
Appropriate tours:
- Habitat adaptations
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Pets, domestic animals, wild animals
Appropriate tours:
- Pets, domestic animals and wild animals – a comparison
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Communication and the senses
Appropriate tours:
- How animals communicate
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Species conservation & climate change
Appropriate tours:
- Threatened Tierpark inhabitants – the last of their kind
- Climate change and its impact on animals
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Project days
Subject: Animal behaviour (two-day project; please bring lunches, snacks and writing materials)
(available from October to February)
- Duration
75-90 min.; project days: 2 days of approx. 5 hours each
- Language
German or English; other languages can sometimes be arranged upon
- Price
€40 (plus admission)
Project days: €60 plus admission on both daysRegular school admission prices apply. You can find a price overview here. Please remember to bring along a properly filled and stamped form for school visitors.
- Participants
One school class
Project days: maximum 24 students - Booking
To enable us to prepare properly for your visit, we will need the following information:
- School name, type of school
- Year, class size, special information about the class, preferred topic
- Is the trip part of a school hiking day or a supplement to classroom teaching?
- Contact person with his/her telephone number and/or email address
For Year 3 upwards, we offer tour-specific worksheets that pupils can complete during the tour or back in the classroom. If you are interested in these worksheets, please mention this in your booking request.
To ensure you can reserve your preferred date and time, please send a booking request at least 14 days in advance.
- Any questions?
Contact us at tierparkschule@tierpark-berlin.de.
- Up-to-date animal info!
You can sign up to our school newsletter free of chargehere.
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Habitats and their inhabitants – how they interact
Appropriate tours:
- Extreme habitat adaptations (deserts and polar regions)
- Predators and prey – survival in the animal kingdom
- Tierpark expedition (perfect for school hiking days)
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Communication and the senses
Appropriate tours:
- How animals communicate
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Species conservation & climate change
Appropriate tours:
- Threatened Tierpark inhabitants – the last of their kind
- Climate change and its impact on animals
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Maths projects – percentages
Appropriate tours:
- Animal maths – calculating percentages at the Tierpark (please bring writing materials)
(available from March to early October)
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Project days
Subject: Animal behaviour (two-day project; please bring lunches, snacks and writing materials)
(available from October to February)
- Duration
75-90 min.; project days: 2 days of approx. 5 hours each
- Language
German or English; other languages can sometimes be arranged upon
- Price
€40 (plus admission)
Project days: €60 plus admission on both daysRegular school admission prices apply. You can find a price overview here. Please remember to bring along a properly filled and stamped form for school visitors.
- Participants
One school class
Project days: maximum 24 students - Booking
To enable us to prepare properly for your visit, we will need the following information:
- School name, type of school
- Year, class size, special information about the class, preferred topic
- Is the trip part of a school hiking day or a supplement to classroom teaching?
- Contact person with his/her telephone number and/or email address
For Year 3 upwards, we offer tour-specific worksheets that pupils can complete during the tour or back in the classroom. If you are interested in these worksheets, please mention this in your booking request.
To ensure you can reserve your preferred date and time, please send a booking request at least 14 days in advance.
- Any questions?
Contact us at tierparkschule@tierpark-berlin.de.
- Up-to-date animal info!
You can sign up to our school newsletter free of chargehere.
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Adapting to habitats – natural interactions
Appropriate tours:
- Extreme habitat adaptations (esp. deserts and polar regions)
- Ecosystem rainforest + the human influence
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Communication and the senses
Appropriate tours:
- How animals communicate
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Species conservation & climate change
Appropriate tours:
- Threatened Tierpark inhabitants – the last of their kind
- Climate change and its impact on animals
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Career orientation (Year 9)
Appropriate tours:
- Working at the Tierpark
- Duration
75-90 min.; project days: 2 days of approx. 5 hours each
- Language
German or English; other languages can sometimes be arranged upon
- Price
€40 (plus admission)
Project days: €60 plus admission on both daysRegular school admission prices apply. You can find a price overview here. Please remember to bring along a properly filled and stamped form for school visitors.
- Participants
One school class
Project days: maximum 24 students - Booking
To enable us to prepare properly for your visit, we will need the following information:
- School name, type of school
- Year, class size, special information about the class, preferred topic
- Is the trip part of a school hiking day or a supplement to classroom teaching?
- Contact person with his/her telephone number and/or email address
For Year 3 upwards, we offer tour-specific worksheets that pupils can complete during the tour or back in the classroom. If you are interested in these worksheets, please mention this in your booking request.
To ensure you can reserve your preferred date and time, please send a booking request at least 14 days in advance.
- Any questions?
Contact us at tierparkschule@tierpark-berlin.de.
- Up-to-date animal info!
You can sign up to our school newsletter free of chargehere.
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Habitats and their inhabitants – how they interact
Appropriate tours:
- Extreme habitat adaptations (esp. deserts and polar regions)
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Communication and the senses
Appropriate tours:
- How animals communicate
-
Species conservation & climate change
Appropriate tours:
- Threatened Tierpark inhabitants – the last of their kind
- Climate change and its impact on animals
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Where to after school?
Appropriate tours:
- Working at the Tierpark
- Duration
75-90 min.; project days: 2 days of approx. 5 hours each
- Language
German or English; other languages can sometimes be arranged upon
- Price
€40 (plus admission)
Project days: €60 plus admission on both daysRegular school admission prices apply. You can find a price overview here. Please remember to bring along a properly filled and stamped form for school visitors.
- Participants
One school class
Project days: maximum 24 students - Booking
To enable us to prepare properly for your visit, we will need the following information:
- School name, type of school
- Year, class size, special information about the class, preferred topic
- Is the trip part of a school hiking day or a supplement to classroom teaching?
- Contact person with his/her telephone number and/or email address
For Year 3 upwards, we offer tour-specific worksheets that pupils can complete during the tour or back in the classroom. If you are interested in these worksheets, please mention this in your booking request.
To ensure you can reserve your preferred date and time, please send a booking request at least 14 days in advance.
- Any questions?
Contact us at tierparkschule@tierpark-berlin.de.
- Up-to-date animal info!
You can sign up to our school newsletter free of chargehere.
- No. of participants
min. 5, max. 15
- Dates
09.03.2023 from 3.30pm - 5pm* for elementary school
16.03.2023 from 3.30pm - 5pm* for secondary school
*With successful participation you will receive a voucher for an exclusive feeding for your next visit with your school class.
As part of the SenBJF (Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family) Regional Training:
02.03.2023 from 3pm - 5pm on the topic of climate change (presentation of preparatory / follow-up materials)**.
**Teachers can receive official credit for successful participation.
- Duration
approx. 60 min.
- Price
Free of charge. If you would like to stay in the Tierpark afterwards, you can purchase a day ticket at the end of the workshop.
- Booking
To ensure you can reserve your preferred date and time, please send a booking request at least 14 days in advance.
- Registration
Contact us at tierparkschule@tierpark-berlin.de.
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World of dinosaurs
Pay Attention dinosaur fans: Together with a guide, you go on an exciting journey through time to the impressive prehistoric giants in Dinoworld Berlin.
only for after-school groups
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Monkey business
Think monkeys spend all their time eating bananas and being cheeky? Think again! On a visit to the Primate House, the group will learn lesser-known facts about what monkeys get up to.
only for after-school groups
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The chosen one
Is your group named after a certain animal? Do you have an animal mascot? Or maybe you want to show the children a particular species? This tour focuses on whichever animal you want to see.
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Tierpark safari for young explorers
The group embarks on an exciting safari around Tierpark Berlin. What animals will you meet?
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Exclusive Feeding
You want to explore the tierpark on your own with your nursery/ after-school group, but round off your visit with an animal highlight? Then book a feeding for 20€ (plus entrance admission).
- No. of participants
one nursery/ after-school group incl. accompanying adults
- Duration
approx. 75 min.
- Language
German or English; other languages can sometimes be arranged upon request
- Price
Tour incl. special animal experience € 45
Exclusive animal experience € 20
In addition, the regular nursery/ after-school group admission price applies. You can find a price overview here. Please remember to bring along a properly filled and stamped form for day-care centre visitors.
- Booking
To ensure you can reserve your preferred date and time, please send a booking request at least 14 days in advance. The following information is required for booking an appointment:
- Name, address and telephone number
- Name of the nursery or school
- Expected number of persons
- preferred date and alternative date
- Desired tour
- Are you interested in booking?
Contact us at tierparkschule@tierpark-berlin.de.
- Other material
And the following rallies are particularly suitable for nursery and after-school groups:
Nursery (from 5 years)
PDF-Downloadafter-school groups (from 9 years)
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Years 1 & 2
Below you will find the range of tours for grades 1-2 per topic area of the framework curriculum.
You can download more information about tours for Years 1 & 2 here: PDF DOWNLOAD
All at a glance!
Years 3 & 4
Below you will find the range of tours for grades 3-4 per topic area of the framework curriculum.
You can download more information about tours for Years 3 & 4 here: PDF Download
All at a glance!
Years 5 & 6
Below you will find the range of tours for grades 5-6 per topic area of the framework curriculum.
You can download more information about tours for Years 5 & 6 here: PDF Download
All at a glance!
Years 7 & 8
Below you will find the range of tours for grades 7-8 per topic area of the framework curriculum.
You can download more information about tours for Years 7 & 8 here: PDF Download
All at a glance!
Years 9 & 10
Below you will find the range of tours for grades 9-10 per topic area of the framework curriculum.
You can download more information about tours for Years 9 & 10 here: PDF Download
All at a glance!
Years 11 to 13
Below you will find the range of tours for grades 11-13 per topic area of the framework curriculum.
You can download more information about tours for Years 11 & 13 here: PDF Download
All at a glance!
Teacher training
Find out what Tierpark Berlin has to offer as an extracurricular learning centre. Our cost-free teacher training workshops tell you more about the concepts behind the individual tours and projects and how they link in with the government-approved Berlin curriculum. You will also gain fascinating insight into the wide range of animals on view here and discover how each tour offers a very special learning experience.
In addition, the Tierpark school offers topic-related, advanced training courses for the Regional Advanced Training Programs of the Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family.
All at a glance!
Nurseries/ After-school groups
Our specially developed tours for very young children give day-care groups a unique experience of Tierpark Berlin. Under the care of an experienced guide, the children interact with the animal kingdom in a fun and playful way.
