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EDUCATION PROGRAMS 2017 hoglezoo.org Special Needs Camp & Classes Zoo Just for You “Zoo Just for You” programming has been developed for students with special needs. Live animals, photographs, skull models, pelts, animal figures and more are used to engage students and demonstrate concepts. Our program utilizes a sensory motor approach where students move between stations and are encouraged to touch, smell and feel all appropriate items. Registration closes one week prior to class date. www.hoglezoo.org/zoojustforyou Cost is $10 per student and includes accompanying caregiver. Magnificent Mammals On the Wing and in the Bush (ASD and developmental delays, ages 6-18) (Citizen science)(Blind/Low vision, ages 14-25) Do you have what it takes to be a mammal? You bet! From the North Pole to the South Pole, the rainforest Some mammals are larger than school buses, and to the desert, on land, in the sky and even underwater, others are smaller than your little finger, but they all birds are on the move! Discover some amazing bird have three things in common! Discover the three I.D.s species and how to identify them by sight or sound. of a mammal, and find out which ones break the Get the tools you need to become a citizen scientist rules. Class includes a short instructional time with and help track bird migration. Class includes a short pictures, animal artifacts, live animals, interactive play, instructional time with pictures, animal artifacts, live and guided short visit in the Zoo for the child and animals, interactive play, and a guided short visit in the accompanying adult. Zoo for the student and accompanying caregiver. February 15 May 17 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM No Bones about It Have Talons, Will Hunt (ASD and developmental delays, ages 6-18) (ASD and developmental delays, ages 6-18) Find out what makes bugs “tick” in this hands-on Falcons, hawks and owls, oh my! Discover birds of experience at the Zoo! Meet animals without backbones prey in a whole new way. Meet these aerial predators and learn about the diversity of invertebrate life. Class up-close as your knowledge soars to new heights! Class includes a short instructional time with pictures, animal includes a short instructional time with pictures, animal artifacts, live animals, interactive play, and guided short artifacts, live animals, interactive play, and a guided visit in the Zoo for the child and accompanying adult. short visit in the Zoo for the child and accompanying March 15 adult. 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM October 18 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM What’s the Buzz with Pollinators? (Citizen science) (ASD and developmental Passionate for Primates delays, ages 14-25) (Blind/Low vision, Deaf/Hard of hearing, ages Discover the pollination sensation that’s sweeping the 6-18) nation! Did you know that one of every three bites Who has two thumbs? What classifies a monkey? Do of food grows because of pollinators? Uncover the they really eat nothing but bananas and hang by their amazing animals that help plants grow, and some tails? Discover answers to these questions and more as incredible animal facts. Many pollinators are in trouble, you swing through the ins-and-outs of primates! Class and scientists need your help to protect them. Find includes instructional time with animal artifacts, live out ways that you can participate in citizen science, animals, scents, touching, and a short visit in the Zoo right from your own backyard. Class includes a short for the child and accompanying adult. instructional time with pictures, animal artifacts, live animals, interactive play, and guided short visit in the November 15 Zoo for the student and accompanying caregiver. 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM April 19 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM General Special Education Day Camp $25 per child, includes accompanying adult How-to Zoo! Ages 6-18 Do you have what it takes to run a zoo? It’s more than just exhibiting animals! Keepers must know what each animal eats and where it should live, and even how to take it to the doctor so the animal can live a zoo-pendous life! Class includes instructional time with pictures, animal artifacts, live animals, interactive play, and a guided visit in the Zoo for the child and accompanying adult. July 25 9:00 AM – noon Zoo Just for Little You $10 per child, includes accompanying adult “Zoo Just for Little You” is for early learners ages 2-5 with special needs, who are working on developmentally appropriate milestones. Activities are movement-based and incorporate pretend play, fine and gross motor skills, verbal and nonverbal communication, and other appropriate preschool skills. This class series is designed to teach children about healthy living through animal interactions. All abilities are welcome, and classes are wheelchair accessible. To facilitate learning and play, children may bring a neuro-typical friend or sibling of a similar age, but all children must be individually registered for class. www.hoglezoo.org/zoojustforlittleyou The Rhinos Go Marching One by One Rub-a-dub-dub! The rhinos go marching one by one! Hurrah! Hurrah! Rub-a-dub-dub, two elephants in the bathtub! Find Get on the move with the Zoo animals and learn how out how animals keep their paws and teeth clean by you can exercise like an animal at home! Class includes doing many of the same things you do at home. Class stories, animal ambassadors, interactive play and a includes stories, animal ambassadors, interactive short visit in the Zoo for the child and an accompanying play and a short visit in the Zoo for the child and an adult. (Exercise) accompanying adult. (Hygiene) September 9 September 23 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM On Top of Spaghetti Put Your Right Hand In Do bears eat spaghetti? Maybe not, but they do love The gorilla puts her right hand in…and lets the doctor to munch just about everything else. You won’t believe take her pulse! Animals at the Zoo go to the doctor, just what Zoo animals eat! Some love leafy green salad, like you! They have checkups and take medicine, just others only eat juicy meat, while others eat just about like you! See how keepers and veterinarians care for anything. Find out how you eat like different animals Zoo animals when they are ill. Class includes stories, through stories, animal ambassadors, interactive animal ambassadors, interactive play and a short visit play and a short visit in the Zoo for the child and an in the Zoo for the child and an accompanying adult. accompanying adult. (Healthy diets) *Food will not (Doctors) be served in this class. September 30 September 16 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM For more information visit www.hoglezoo.org Family Programs Nature Club Lunch with a Keeper Cost: $2.00 per person per outing $38 for person and accompanying For families of all ages (an adult must attend with children under age 18) adult, $20 each additional person 10:00 AM – noon, first Saturday of each month For ages 6 and up Want to get out into nature, but you’re not sure where This 90-minute program is great for all ages and or how? Join Utah’s Hogle Zoo for a monthly outing to provides attendees with a unique opportunity to meet learn more about the world around us, get outside, and with a member of the Zoo’s keeper and education have some fun! We’ll bring the tools and information staffs to learn about the animals and how we care for you need; you bring enough water to drink, snack and them. Each program includes a pizza lunch, a chance the right clothes to enjoy a morning outdoors. to speak with a zoo keeper, an educator and a special January 7 animal session. There must be at least one registered adult per party. This year, meet a Rocky Shores keeper Snowshoeing at Swaner Preserve and learn more about what we do to care for polar February 4 bears both in the wild and at the Zoo. Introduction to Ice Fishing with DWR at Strawberry June 7 Reservoir 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM March 4 Tundra Swan Viewing at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge April 1 Mountain Goat Viewing in Little Cottonwood Canyon May 6 Fishing with DWR at Willow Community Fishing Pond June 3 Frog Frolic at Big Cottonwood East Park ZooSnooz July 1 Project Broadtail Hummingbird Hike with Tracy Aviary Ages 5 and up August 5 $55 per person Spider Hunt at Antelope Island State Park Minimum group of 15 required September 2 One adult required for every five youths. Apple Harvest and Fish Hatchery tour in Midway, Utah October 7 One month advance reservation is Introduction to Archery with DWR at Rockport State Park required, payments must be made by 3D Archery Range credit card or cash, and cancelations must November 5 be made 2 weeks in advance. Disc Golf at Creekside Park December 2 When you Snooz, do you dream of animals? If so, Celebrate Urban Birds at Utah’s Hogle Zoo dream at the Zoo! This program allows you to spend time at the Zoo after hours, take a private Zoo tour led by one of our Eco-Explorers, enjoy a snack, meet some of our animal ambassadors, and so much more! This interactive program is designed for any school, scout, youth organization, or family group. Campers sleep in a heated/air-conditioned building.