Category: Education
Party for the Polar Bear on Saturday, 10/22/11 at 9:00am
Join us on Saturday, Oct. 22nd at 9:00am at Reid Park Zoo’s polar bear exhibit as we bid farewell to Kobe, our female polar bear! She is heading to Pittsburgh in November to meet her new boyfriend (bearfriend?) Koda. On Saturday, we’ll be celebrating all things polar bear, and providing Kobe with lots of treats [...]
Additional Summer Camp Week Added for Kids entering grades 1 & 2
We have added another week of camp, on July 25-29, for kids entering grades 1 & 2. For more information, click here.
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” on 11/28/09
Do you have guests in town over Thanksgiving weekend? Burn off those pumpkin pie calories at 3:00 on Saturday, November 28, 2009 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). [...]
