Spending a day as a volunteer with the National Park Wardens will provide experiences for your students to contribute and work with an organisation that is trying to make the world a better place. There will also be many opportunities to meet and observe the local community and find out how they spend their day-to-day lives.
Subject Focus:
• KS 5: Engage with members of the local community, Park Wardens and leading conservationists from the Galapagos Islands.
• KS 5: This tour will enable students to discuss topical issues with the employees of the Galapagos National Park.
• KS 5: Understand the impact of European influences on Ecuador as well as understanding the indigenous cultures of Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands.
• KS 5: Assess how tourism and the National Park legislation have impacted upon remote Island communities.
Student Outcomes:
• Learn about evolution theories through guided tours and talking to local experts.
• Learn of the conservation issues, impacts of tourism and the increase of population pressure on bio-diversity.
• Contribute to conservation by assisting park wardens and working in collaboration with local communities.
• Evaluate their own impacts upon visiting the Islands.
• See the legendary giant tortoise "Lonesome George".
It makes a huge difference as a busy teacher to have people on the other end of the phone who always seem to be so helpful with solving the inevitable problems that arise in the organisation of such trips. 
