Our Zoo Adventure

On Tuesday, May 17th, we went on our last field trip of the 2010 - 2011 school year! We loaded up the buses and headed out for a day at the Jacksonville Zoo. What a wonderful and educational adventure for all! Before leaving school, we gave out a zoo scavenger hunt card and stickers to use as markers to each student and chaperone. The students wore them as necklaces and used it as a guide, as they explored the zoo.

When we first arrived at the zoo, we attended a presentation of animals at the Zoo's Education Center. The children were able to interact with a variety of animals such as a fancy chicken, owl, bearded dragon and a chinchilla. After the program we set out to venture through the zoo. We met up for a picnic lunch at the Shaba Terrace, where the students had an opportunity to talk about all of the animals they had seen so far. By the end of the day, almost all of our students had the chance to see each animal on the scavenger hunt! Thank you for all of the chaperones who helped once again to make our field trip a success!