Learning Experiences Outside The Classroom (LEOTC) programmes complement and enrich classroom learning.
The Aoraki/Mount Cook and Mackenzie areas offer unique learning environments. To get the most out of their visit and learning opportunities, we advise that secondary schools students stay at least one, preferably two nights. Aiming to satisfy the requirements of multiple achievement standards is achievable for many subject areas.
EOTC Aoraki/Mount Cook caters for all secondary students from years 11-13, particularly those studying the natural sciences such as Biology, Education for Sustainability and Geography, but also other subject areas such as the Visual Arts and History. Programmes are designed to provide unique and stimulating learning experiences combining presentations with workshops, self directed learning, and outdoor pursuits.
EOTC Aoraki/Mount Cook has a tradition of providing a range of high quality activities which are directly linked to curriculum learning objectives and NCEA achievement standards across a multitude of subject areas. We aim to link our special alpine landscape to student learning via individually designed programmes for each school.
Choose from the following activities. If your year level or subject area is not presented here, contact us as we have the resources to put together presentations/workshops to align with different student needs.
Presentations
- Introduction to Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park
- Glaciation and physical features
- Human impacts and environmental threats
- Introduced predators and impacts
- Tourism: a cultural process
- Climate and weather in the southern alps
- Braided rivers/Project River Recovery
- Kakī/black stilt recovery programme
- Kea as a taonga species
Workshops/fieldwork
- Year 12 geography red tarns alpine zonation project
- Village sustainability and management
- Alpine safety: search and rescue
- Predator control in the Park: 1080 biodegradable poison and debate
- Himilayan tahr control in the park and debate
- Plant identification workshop
- Vegetation stratification in the beech forest
- Ecological succession: moraine/scree transects
- Hydroelectricity in the Mackenzie Country
Tracks/walks
There is the option to take a guided walk with a ranger.
- Governors Bush Walk (option for activity booklet)
- Hooker Valley Track
- Kea Point Track
- Red Tarns Track
- Tasman Valley tracks
Additional activities
Available through local providers at a school rate and must be booked directly with provider.
- Glacier Explorers Tasman Lake Boat Trip
Email: reservations@hermitage.co.nz
Phone: +64 3 435 1809
Website: Glacier Explorers | Tasman Glacier Boat Tour | Aoraki Mount Cook | Hermitage Hotel - Hermitage Hotel Big Sky Stargazing
Email: reservations@hermitage.co.nz
Phone: +64 3 435 1809
Website: Big Sky Stargazing | Hermitage Hotel - Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre Planetarium
Email: reservations@hermitage.co.nz
Phone: +64 3 435 1809
Website: Indoor Planetarium | Hermitage Hotel - Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre Museum Inquiry and Movies
Email: reservations@hermitage.co.nz
Phone: +64 3 435 1809
Website: The Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre | Hermitage Hotel - Inflight Experiences
Email: info@inflite.nz
Phone: +64 3 430 8026
Website: Mt Cook Experiences | Welcome to INFLITE - Southern Lakes Helicopters
Email: mtcook@slheli.co.nz
Phone: +64 3 435 1460
Website: Aoraki/Mt Cook Helicopter Helicopter Tours | Southern Lakes Helicopters - Helicopter Line
Email: mountcook@helicopter.co.nz
Phone: +64 3 435 1801
Website: Aoraki / Mount Cook | The Helicopter Line