Distance Learning Programs
Amazing Adaptations Grades Recommended: Pre-K → 8 th
Adaptations are all around us! But can you see them? This up-close look at how animals have changed to better fit their environment will astound and amaze you.
Note: This subject matter can be centered on a specific habitat of interest or an overview of many ecosystems .
Animal Enrichment
Grades Recommended: 2 nd → 12 th
Investigate the newest thing to hit zoos across the world. Food, smells, toys, and sounds that are created solely for the animals' enjoyment. Take a look at the many different ways we keep our animals happy and healthy through enrichment.
Animal Kingdom
Grades Recommended: Pre-K → 6 th
All animals are different, whether it is in size, shape, or color. But did you know that the diversity goes more than skin deep? Discover the general differences that separate mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians and invertebrates.
Animal Senses
Grades Recommended: Pre-K → 6 th
Animals come in all different shapes and sizes. So how do they see, smell and hear the world around them? Learn the reason behind why a snake sticks its tongue out, why a cat's eyes glow in the dark, and much more.
Bird Brains
Grades Recommended: 3 rd → 12 th
With so many different colors, beaks, and feet birds are a truly fascinating group. Here we will take a close up look at the many differences between our fine feathery friends. We will also look at why some birds can fly while others cannot .
Cold-Blooded Creatures Grades Recommended: 2 nd → 8 th
Reptiles and Amphibians feel cold to the touch but why?! Explore the wild world of what allows animals to survive when they can't keep themselves warm!
Endangered Animals and the SSP
Grades Recommended: 5 th → 12 th
The SSP, or Species Survival Plan is a major way zoos across the world are trying to help increase endangered animals' numbers, all the while trying to ensure the healthiest and strongest offspring possible.
Exhibit Design
Grades Recommended: Pre-K → 12 th
Do you know the four essential requirements to support life? Do you know what it takes to keep an animal from escaping? Take a look into what we do for our animals at the zoo in order to keep them happy, healthy and safe .
Fact or Fiction
Grades Recommended: Pre-K → 8 th
Are snakes slimy ? Do opossums really hang upside down by their tails? Uncover the facts from the fiction as we expose the myths of the animal kingdom.
Fur, Feathers, Scales, and Slime
Grades Recommended: Pre-K → 6 th
Animals are covered by many different types of skin. We will look at why snakes have to shed their skin and how a frog breathes through its skin. No matter where the animal lives, or what it does they all have some type of skin.
Habitats
Grades Recommended: 2 nd → 8 th
The Earth is covered by multiple habitats and ecosystems. Together we take a closer look into what makes each environment different and how animals survive in their specific niche .
Nomenclature No-No's
Grades Recommended: 6 th → 12 th
All animals have common names with which they are referred to on a daily basis, but they also have scientific names . Here we will learn about Carl Linnaeus and his binomial nomenclature which uses Latin to name animals; a naming system that transcends all other languages.
Parental Behaviors
Grades Recommended: 5 th → 12 th
Ever wonder who in the animal kingdom is a good parent? Learn which animals take care of their babies and how we handle new additions at the zoo.
Note: Sexual material is covered in this program, basic sexual education is required.
Skull Specific
Grades Recommended: 2 nd → 8 th
Take an up close look what lies underneath the fur and skin of some amazing animals. A lot can be explained from the skull of an animal. Just one quick look can tell you how intelligent they are, to even what kinds of food they eat.
Things that go Bump in the Night
Grades Recommended: 2 nd → 12 th
Nocturnal animals have so many special means of dealing with and living in the absence of light. Together we will explore how they exist in the darkness , and try to amend a few myths while we are there.
What's For Lunch?
Grades Recommended: Pre-K → 8 th
Inspect why some animals eat only plants, while some eat only meat. And just what do you call humans because we eat both?! Here we'll take a look at basic dietary needs of many different animals and just what we feed them here at the zoo.
Who Has a Backbone?
Grades Recommended: 2 nd → 8 th
Without our bones we would not be able to move, so how can invertebrates operate while they wear their bones on the outside? Here we will compare animals who are covered by their bones versus those who's bones are enclosed within their bodies.
Zoo Careers
Grades Recommended: 6 th → 12 th
What does a Zookeeper do in a typical day? What classes do they take to learn about animals? Together we will look into the many jobs and lives that go into making a zoo function, and how those people got their jobs.
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