‘Project Penguin’ is a Conservation Education Program delivered by Taronga Zoo’s Education Centre in partnership with the Northern Beaches Learning Alliance. 

For six weeks, school students learn everything about the Little Penguins that live in the local area, becoming youth ambassadors for the local species. This year the program has over 700 students from 10 schools in the Northern Peninsula region.

Find out who’s participating this year here.

Project Penguin

The Primary School students, with their High School mentors, will undertake a range of activities aimed to increase their knowledge of the Little Penguins, threats to the colony and positive actions that they and the public can take to protect the species. 

As a culmination of the program the students initiate their own community education program by getting their conservation messages out to the public. Taronga Zoo will be showcasing the students’ work at an EXPO on Tuesday 28th June. Following the EXPO their work will be displayed in various community locations within the Northern beaches area. 

Follow the journey of these students and their efforts to protect the Little Penguins of Manly, as they share their experiences over the next few weeks in their Penguin blogs. 

Now in its fifth year, Project Penguin is  run with the support of the National Parks and Wildlife Service, Manly Environment Centre, and various Zoo experts and community volunteers in the Manly district. 

Project penguin is proudly sponsored by Landcare, NSW department of Education and Training and Catholic Education Office.