Category: Education
Teachers enjoy workshop at the Zoo on 3/20/10
Tucson teachers spent some quality time at the Zoo this weekend at a FREE hands-on workshop hosted by Zoo Education staff. The teachers took home curricula to use in their classrooms AND will bring their students to the Zoo this fall to try out some of the activities they enjoyed. If you’re a teacher of [...]
Summer camp registration now available!
Registration for Zoo Caper Summer Camp for kids entering grades 1-6 is now online. These camps are packed with unique Behind the Scenes adventures, and they fill quickly, so register today! For more information, click here.
Manzanita students help enrich Zoo animals
Second grade students from Manzanita Elementary have been busy preparing treats for the Zoo’s primates–cotton mopheads with Fruit Loops cereal tied to each string! The mandrills, gibbons, and macaques use their handy opposable thumbs and fingers to comb through the mops and pick out the treats. Projects like these keep students AND Zoo animals busy [...]
Peek “Behind-the-Scenes”
Do you have guests in town over Thanksgiving weekend? Burn off those pumpkin pie calories at 3:00 on Saturday, November 28 with a Behind-the-Scenes tour at the Zoo, and discover the rewards and challenges of caring for over 500 exotic animals every day! The tour is just $15.00 per person ($10.00 for Zoo Members). Pre-registration [...]
