M3.2: Orangutan Rescue Centre
Description
Module 3: Orangutans is designed to help students understand the threatening survival issues concerning orangutans. Students will have the opportunity to devise orangutan ‘rescue’ projects, with the aim of providing long term security for orangutans
Learning Objectives
To explore the important work of Orangutan rescue centres.
Learning Outcomes:
All students
Most students will be able to explain the effect game-based learning can have on raising awareness.
Some students will reflect upon the consequences of deforestation and its direct effect on orangutans.
ACTIVITIES
Task 1: Sintang Rescue Centre
The Sintang Orangutan Rescue Center is located in a remote corner of the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, where timber and oil palm companies have decimated the orangutans' rainforest home. Learn more about Sintang Rescue Centre (see assignment links).
VIRTUAL CLASSROOM TOOLS: Use the blog feature of the virtual classroom to record your findings and share with learners in the classroom.
Task 2: Rescuing Raja
Teacher notes:All resources can be found under assignment documents.
The Sintang Orangutan Rescue team travelled from Sintang to Tembak, a remote area of West Kalimantan. When they arrived, they found a female Orangutan named Jojo. Jojo was being kept in a small cage -- where she lived for the past 3 years of her life. Watch the Story of Jojo (see assignment links).
VIRTUAL CLASSROOM TOOLS: Share your thoughts and feelings with other students in the virtual classroom as a blog.