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Make your field trip an adventure in learning! From self-guided activities that encourage exploration to up-close animal encounters and engaging educational programs, there are plenty of ways to spark curiosity, bring classroom lessons to life, and make lasting connections with wildlife.
Groups of all sizes can explore the zoos at their own pace with our self-guided activities, free-of-charge! Use our Amazing Adaptations Field Trip Packet to learn while at the zoo, or to start or conclude your adaptations unit! Print our Field Trip journals for your students to take notes during their field trip!
30-minutes, up to 50 students
Add on an animal encounter to your field trip for up to 50 students per program. Your students will have the opportunity to meet one ambassador animal up-close and ask questions to our Zoo Educators. Students and chaperones can join and leave at any point throughout their encounter - the perfect program for groups on-the-go with a lot to see at the Zoo! Additional students will require additional programs.
30-minutes- up to 25 students
Your students will have the opportunity to meet two ambassador animals in the presentation-style program! These presentations are the perfect opportunity to deepen classroom learning and make real-life connections to some of the ambassador animals at the zoo. Additional students will require additional programs.
We can accommodate groups of up to 25 participants
Make your visit even more memorable by adding an educational program that turns the Zoo into your students’ wildest classroom yet. Our programs connect classroom learning with our unique resources to show students how science comes to life here every single day.
