K-12 In-School Programs

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Learning Labs

Let the Zoo come to your classroom!  Learning Labs are education programs lead by a Zoo Educator visiting your classroom.  Each lab teaches students about wildlife and nature.  Labs are designed to meet state curriculum standards while being engaging, hands-on, and relevant for each student. 

Current Labs

  • Hellbender & Watersheds (link)
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Zoo-to-You Presentations

With a Zoo-to-You presentation, our educators will travel to your site with several Animal Ambassadors to entertain and educate your audience. With a presentation topic geared towards inspiring awe and appreciation of our planet's incredible creatures, our animals will help connect participants to what the zoo and YOU can do to save wildlife.  This presentation is designed to be an interactive conversation and is adaptable to audiences of varying ages and interests, from youth groups, after-school programs, adult audiences, service clubs, church groups - anyone who'd like to learn more about animals!