Hey, Tiger Cubs! It’s Mrs. Haney, and I’m here at the Sedgwick County Zoo. Do you want to go on a Virtual Field Trip to see lots of animals?
Zoo Virtual field trip Directions: This is an interactive file that will allow you to click between different pages, and there are also links to click out to Safe YouTube videos. Everything you need will be on the map on the next page. Here’s how it works… Click on a video icon to be taken to an SCZ Live video from that part of the zoo! If you get a box that pops up, click “Allow”. The videos let you see the animals up close and learn about them along the way! Then, click the back button in your web browser to come back to the map to see more! You can also right click and “open link in new tab/window” and that way your map will still be open too. You can also click on any animal on the map to see amazing pictures of animals at the zoo! They even include fun facts about those animals! At any time on this virtual field trip you can click on the map to navigate somewhere else. You can also click on the sign icon to navigate to different animals and facts too! Your first stop is the giraffes! Have fun!
Ready to get started??? At any time Click on click here to get the map! a glossary of all the SCZ Live videos and their titles. Thank you so much to the Sedgwick County Zoo and photographers for the resources for our field trip! click on a video or animal! TROPICS
NORTH AMERICA AMPHIBIANS & REPITILES ASIA
CHILDREN’S FARMS AFRICA
AUSTRALIA
START HERE! FIRST STOP GIRAFFES! SOUTH AMERICA Did you know giraffes are one of the only animals born with horns? They were also once called “camelopards” as in ½ camel ½ leopard. Fun Fact: Giraffes have seven neck bones. That’s the same as humans! WELCOME!!!
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE CHIMPANZEES NEXT UP… ORANGUTAN Did you know apes laugh when they NEXT UP… are tickled? CAPYBARA : DANE BAXA, LAUREN BORING, AND SCZ UP NEXT… HYACINTH MACAW
Fun Fact: The Capybara is the largest rodent on Earth. Did you know the Hyacinth Macaw is the longest parrot in the world? It can be up to 1 meter long!
NEXT UP…
RHINOCEROS Fun Fact: A group of rhinos is called a crash!
CLICK HERE FOR HIPPOS AFRICAN PAINTED DOGS
UP NEXT
Pssst… Did you know that a hippo’s lips are about 2 feet wide? Fun Fact: No two African Painted Dogs have the same markings.
NEXT UP…
LIONS!!! Did you know lions rest for about 20 hours a day? Also, you can tell lions MEERKATS apart by the spots ARE NEXT! at the base of their : LAUREN BORING whiskers. Fun Fact: Meerkats sometimes live in groups of up to 50 members! Also, they are not a cat, they belong to the mongoose family.
NEXT UP… ZEBRAS! Did you know a zebra’s skin is black, and their fur is striped?
GET EXCITED…
ELEPHANTS! Fun Fact: The African Elephant has ears shaped like the continent of Africa. Fun Fact: A tiger’s skin is striped just like their fur!
THE COLOBUS
MONKEY IS NEXT!
: LAUREN BORING Did you know that the Colobus Monkey spends NEXT UP… almost GORILLAS their entire life up in the tree branches? Fun Fact: Gorillas burp when they are happy.
NEXT UP- OKAPI GET EXCITED… Did you KOI FISH ARE NEXT! know that the Okapi is a relative of the giraffe? Fun Fact: The oldest koi fish was alive for 226 years!!!
NEXT.. BALD EAGLE : DANE BAXA UP NEXT…
THE BLACK BEAR NEXT UP…
THE GRIZZLY BEAR Fun Fact: A Grizzly Bear can run as fast as a horse!
CLICK HERE TO SEE A BIG SPIDER NEXT!
: LAUREN BORING Hi! I’m a tarantula. Did you know that I can live up to 20 years?
BABY ALLIGATORS ARE NEXT!
: DANE BAXA Fun Fact: Baby Alligators bark when they are ready to hatch out of their egg.
NEXT UP…
PENGUINS Did you know some penguins swim up to 3,100 miles in a year?
IT’S TIME FOR THE…
GOATS! NEXT UP… CAMELS Fun Fact: Baby goats are called kids. Did you know that a camel’s eye has 3 eyelids, it chews in a figure 8 motion, and it can drink 500 cups of water in LAST STOP… FLAMINGOES ten minutes? Did you know that flamingoes are really good at swimming and flying even though a lot of the time you see them just standing?
Also, they turn their famous color because of the pigments in their food!
NOW PLEASE HEAD
TO THE EXIT… That’s all for this Virtual Field Trip. I hope you had fun!
NOT READY TO GO?
HEAD BACK TO THE GIRAFFES Glossary of SCZ Live Videos Here is a glossary of all the SCZ videos included. Click on the video icon to go to that video! Then, click the back button in your web browser to come back to THIS FILE to see more! You can also right click and “open link in new tab/window” and that way THIS FILE will still be open too. AFRICAN PAINTED DOGS CHILDREN’S FARMS
ANNUAL FLAMINGO MOVE ELEPHANT CARE
AMBASSADOR ANIMALS FARM FEEDINGS
AMUR TIGERS GIRAFFES
BABY CHINESE ALLIGATORS GOATS AND KIDS
BISON GORILLAS
BLACK BEAR CARE GREAT APES
BLESSED DART FROGS GRIZZLY BEAR
CAPYBARA HIGHLAND COW Glossary of SCZ Live Videos Here is a glossary of all the SCZ videos included. Click on the video icon to go to that video! Then, click the back button in your web browser to come back to THIS FILE to see more! You can also right click and “open link in new tab/window” and that way THIS FILE will still be open too. HIPPO CARE TROPICS BUG TOSS
HYACINTH MACAW WALKING WITH ELVIS (SHEEP)
LION ENRICHMENT
MEERKATS
PENGUIN CHICK
PENGUIN HABITAT
RHINO TRAINING
RIVER OTTERS
TIGER TRAINING Resources and credits Thank you to everyone that provided content for this virtual field trip! All the video credit goes to the fabulous staff at the Sedgwick County Zoo and the countless hours they spent making the SCZ Live videos for students during continuous learning.
The photos were provided by the Staff at the Sedgwick County Zoo, Dane Baxa, and Lauren Boring.
The facts throughout were found from National Geographic Kids and the National Geographic Weird But True! Book series.
Thank you again to everyone mentioned above for the time and effort put into the resources used to create this document. Thank you for going above and beyond to create amazing content for kids to enjoy during their Continuous Learning Journey. THIS FILE WAS CREATED BY MELISSA HANEY AND MAY ONLY BE USED WITH PERMISSION.