Downloadable Self Guided Tours
 

Each program is designed to focus on grade-appropriate objectives that correlate to: Rhode Island Grade Span Expectation Targets, East Bay Educational Collaborative Kits, and GEMS-NET Kits.

Each downloadable tour program contains:

  • Pre Visit Activities and Post Visit Activities to enhance what the students learn at the Zoo.
  • On-grounds student activities
  • Teacher Background Information Sheet
  • Chaperone Background Information Sheet
  • Map of the Zoo
Looking to do a field trip about butterflies? Check out this helpful guide produced by the Florida Museum of Natural History's Education Department, Exhibits and Public Programs in Gainesville, Florida. Butterfly Guide (click for PDF).
Enhance your fieldtrip learning experience - before, during and after your visit - with these free downloads!
 
    Conservation
 

snakeThere are so many different types of animals in the world; how do we keep track of them all?

During this self guided tour, elementary students learn characteristics of animals while high school students learn the Latin and Greek scientific names given to each animal to identify them.




Grade Downloadable file(s)
Grades K-2
Packet and Powerpoint
LS1-1b. LS1-1c, LS4-8b
Grades 3-4
Packet and Powerpoint
LS1-1b, LS1-1c, LS1-1d, LS4-8b
Grades 5-6
Packet
LS1-1a, LS3-8a, LS3-8b
Grades 7-8
Packet
LS3-8a, LS3-8b, LS3-8c
Grades 9-12
Packet
LS3-8d

heronClimate Change / Global Warming / Go Green! During this self guided tour, students will learn about and observe animals that have been impacted by humans, other organisms, or environmental factors. Students will make connections demonstrating how their daily lives affect animals. They will also learn about zoo careers and what the Zoo is doing to protect endangered species.


Grade Downloadable file(s)
Grades 5-6 Packet and Powerpoint
LS1-3b, LS3-9b
Grades 7-8 Coming Soon!
Grades 9-12 Coming Soon!
       
  Adaptations  
 

anteaterYou can find animals everywhere, from the chilling Arctic to the bone-dry desert. As you walk this self guided trail through the Zoo learn about animals from different habitats and learn how they survive in their unique homes.

Grade Downloadable file(s)
Grades K-2 Coming Soon!
Grades 3-4 Coming Soon!
Grades 5-6 Coming Soon!
Grades 7-8 Coming Soon!
Grades 9-12 Coming Soon!
 

heronHabitats offer challenges to the wildlife that live in them. During your self guided tour learn how animals overcome these challenges in order to thrive.



Grade Downloadable file(s)
Grades K-2 Packet
LS1-2, LS1-6
Grades 3-4 Packet
LS1-2, LS2-5, LS2-6
Grades 5-6 Packet
LS1-2, LS2-6
Grades 7-8 Packet
LS1-2, LS2-6
Grades 9-12 Packet coming soon
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