SUMMER 2010 PROGRAMS AND CAMPS www.zoo.org/education/classes SUMMER 2010 INFANT & TODDLER 2250: August 11, 9:45-10:45 a.m. Spots CLASSES 2260: August 18, 9: 45-10:45 a.m. What is it? PROGRAMS Walkin’ and Rollin’ Fee: $75 per 6-week session each KINDERZOO CLASSES parent/child pair These programs are specially designed for & CAMPS Ages: Adults and children birth to 18 months preschoolers to attend with an adult. Classes include zoo walks, stories, crafts and more! For more information Feel like you haven’t spoken a full sentence in call 206-548-2554 ages? Want to get out and about and learn Fee: $25 each adult/child pair something? Here’s a fun opportunity for you $10 each additional child and your little one! Start the morning with play Ages: Adults and children 3-4 years EYE TO EYE! and music. Then bundle the little ones into their Up close and personal: it’s the other side of strollers and set off to explore the zoo. Each Meerkats Woodland Park Zoo! week we’ll venture into a different area to learn Come check out our newest animals. Learn Experience the zoo in a different way! Eye-to- about the zoo’s awesome animals. Topics vary fun facts about meerkats through crafts, play Eye gives you the rare opportunity to go beh- by season. and song before marching over to the brand ind the scenes in our award-winning exhibits new meerkat exhibit! 9210: Tuesdays, June 22 though July 27, 3210: July 10, 10-11 a.m. and meet the staff who care for the animals. 9:15-10:30 a.m. (6 weeks) Ages: Adults and children 8 years and older Temperate Wetlands Tiny Tyke Time (individual attendees must be over 18). For What is it like to have webbed feet? Who the safety and enjoyment of everyone, please Fee: $95 per 6-week session each lives in the watery world of wetlands? Explore do not bring younger children. parent/child pair these topics before traveling to the Temperate Ages: Adults and children 18-36 months Wetlands exhibits at the zoo. Fees: Members - $45 per person 3220: July 17, 10-11 a.m. Nonmembers - $55 per person Tiny Tyke Time is an excellent opportunity for toddlers and parents to learn exciting things. Zoo Doo To register, use the form on page 29. For Start with private time in Zoomazium before Learn about what animals eat, how their additional information, call 206.548.2554 it opens. Each week venture to new areas of bodies use food and how it “ends” up. We will visit zoo animals, the “kitchen” and the Tropical Rain Forest: Warm and Wild the zoo to learn about animals and their eco- legendary Woodland Park Zoo Doo yard. Go behind the scenes to experience the systems. Each tour session will provide inform- 3230: July 31, 10-11 a.m. keepers’ world. Discover what it takes to care ation and activities for parents and children. for the wide variety of animals from reptiles to 9220: Wednesdays, June 23 through July 28, BUG CLUB primates. Then venture to the Conservation 9-10:30 a.m. (6 weeks) Aviary to learn about the birds and to meet 9230: Thursdays, July 15 through August 19, Fee: $50 per quarter plus a one-time $10 one of the amazing rain forest birds up close. 9-10:30 a.m. (6 weeks) materials fee for new members. Tour runs from 12:45 to 2:15 p.m. ZOO TOTS Ages: 5-12 years July 24 This year, Bug Club will explore bug mysteries: Join in on these classes that explore the amaz- Northern Trail: North American Wonders the amazing details of metamorphosis, how ing animal world through full-body play and insects sense the world, the complexities of Wander down the Northern Trail with a interactive experiences. We will not tour zoo keeper as you are introduced to some of our bug conservation, and the astounding feats of grounds but encourage you to do so after the arthropod architects. Join other bug enthusiasts resident species. Go behind the scenes at otters program. and get up-close and personal with the elk herd in buggy crafts, snacks and activities. You as you feed them their afternoon carrots! Fee: $20 per adult/child pair and your Bug Club friends will also create a This program includes stairs and uneven $7 each additional family member 2-4 years newsletter and correspond with clubs at other surfaces. Ages: Adults and children 2-4 years zoos. Tour runs from 1 to 2:30 p.m. 2270: June 26, 10-11 a.m. Elephants Bug Club meets 10 a.m.-noon generally on the June 5 & August 7 2280: July 23, 10-11 a.m. Marsupials fourth Sunday of every month year round. Visit 2290: July 30, 10-11 a.m. Who Am I www.zoo.org/bug-club for topics and schedule. Savanna Safari: Sticking Your Neck Out 22100: August 7, 10-11 a.m. Snow Leopards Discover how to house a hippo. Stand eye-to- ADULTS knee with a giraffe. Warning: you will be so close YOUNG EXPLORERS Photography to the giraffes, you may get a neck cramp as you Fee: $60 experience the zoo from the keeper’s side! Join us for these exciting programs connecting children with nature. Activities include nature Ages: Adults and students 15 and older Tour runs from 1 to 2:30 p.m. crafts, puppet play, stories, movement and the In this two-part class on wildlife photography, June 12 & August 21 opportunity to touch a live animal! This class is you will tour through the zoo with Dale Unruh, an outdoor, nature-based program, rain or shine, Lizards and Wizards Woodland Park Zoo volunteer and wildlife please dress appropriately. We will not tour Take a trip behind the scenes at the zoo’s photographer. During your exploration of exhibit areas, but encourage you to explore the Day Exhibit and meet one of our keepers. You’ll the zoo, learn tricks about being a wildlife zoo after the program. even get to touch one of our scaly residents. photographer, such as best times to take Then travel to the penguin exhibit to discover Fee: $25 per adult/child pair, $7 each additional pictures and how to compose and edit your the wizardry of engineering for nature. Learn family member 2-4 yrs photographs. During the second class you will about the zoo’s state-of-the-art exhibit and examine and discuss pictures you took during geothermal system from one of our educators. Ages: Adults and children 2-4 years week one and then use the feedback to go on Tour runs from 2 to 3:30 p.m. 2210: June 24, 9:45-10:45 a.m. Birds grounds and try some more. August 14 2220: July 1, 9:45-10:45 a.m. Bugs 2230: July 8, 9:45-10:45 a.m. Colors 2210: July 24 and July 31, 9:45 a.m.-noon 2240: August 4, 9:45-10:45 a.m. Counting 27 SUMMER CAMPS 2010 KINDER CAMP, ZOOPER DAY CAMP and ZOO OVERNIGHT AND DISCOVERIES DAY CAMP Spaces are still available in many sessions. EVENING ADVENTURES Various programs available, 3-9 yrs. Join a group of fellow field researchers-in-training for an Programs Include: evening or overnight expedition at the zoo. Learn about Kinder Camp-North End and South End the amazing tools and techniques used by biologists to study animals in the wild. Visit behind-the-scenes, non-animal areas with your Zooper Day Camp-Bioclimatic Zones and research team and meet two of the zoo’s smaller residents. As a group, Field Research overcome research obstacles using your observation and problem solving Discoveries Day Camp-Myths and Monsters skills. See the world through the eyes of a modern explorer! and I Spy Zoo Adventures are offered on Friday and Saturday nights, March through November. Weekday See our website for more details, program nights may be scheduled based on staff availability. All children must be age 7 or older and ages and registration information. accompanied by 1 adult for every 6 children. We require a minimum of 22 participants to schedule a Group Zoo Adventure. Smaller groups can attend a Small Group Adventure in the SUMMER ZOO UNIVERSITY summer months (see dates listed below). Special dates are also reserved for Girl Scout groups (ZOO U) to attend together (see our website). For more information visit www.zoo.org/overnights or contact the Group Registration Specialist Exciting course offerings for tweens and by phone at 206.548.2591 or email at [email protected]. teens! Zoo U sessions are available for children 10-14 years. Please visit the website at GROUP OVERNIGHT ADVENTURE www.zoo.org/zoo-u for program dates (minimum 22 participants) and fees or call 206.548.2554 for additional Fee: Sleep in the Education Center: $42 per person information. Scholarship information and Sleep in Zoomazium: $48 per person applications are available on the website. New Zoo Adventure Camp Out: $60 per person Blood & Guts! Animals from the Inside Out: Time: 6:30 p.m.-9 a.m. Students will learn about the anatomy and Includes free entry to the zoo the day after your Overnight. systems of mammals, birds and reptiles through GROUP EVENING ADVENTURE guided zoo tours, hands-on activities, scientific (minimum 22 participants) inquiry and team building games. Solving Fee: $33 per person puzzles, constructing joints and simulating Time: 6:30 p.m.-10 p.m. a giant digestive tract are just some of the activities in store. SMALL GROUP ADVENTURE Select dates are reserved for individuals, families and groups of fewer than 25 individuals. Multiple Natural History of Animals: Students will parties will be combined to ensure an overall minimum group size and an exciting adventure for all. investigate what scientists know (and how All Small Group Adventures will take place in Zoomazium. they know it) about the world’s animals and Per Person ecosystems. Students then examine ways Session 8310: Friday, July 16, 2010 $48 this knowledge is used to create and manage Session 8320: Saturday, July 24, 2010 $48 zoos and contribute to the conservation of Session 8330: Friday, August 13, 2010 $48 wildlife. Activities include plotting the evolution Session 8340: Saturday, August 21, 2010 $48 of a species, debating the reintroduction of Stay for the Evening portion only – any above session $33 carnivores and extracting DNA from plant cells. ZOO ADVENTURE CAMP OUT Special Partnership Programs: Programs follow Check out this new addition to our Zoo Adventure menu of overnight programs! Bring a tent, the Natural History of Animals curriculum with set up camp in the Family Farm, and enjoy an overnight adventure filled with camping traditions. partnership components. Go to www.zoo.org/overnights for details.

SUMMER 2010 PROGRAMS AND CAMPS SUMMER 2010 PROGRAMS www.zoo.org/education/classes Natural History of Animals with SCAN Youth Session 8350: July 10, 2010 New Zoo Adventure Camp Out $60 Media: Are you a fan of Animal Planet? Have you ever wanted to shoot your own nature conservation video? Well, SCAN Youth Media in partnership with Woodland Park Zoo is PARENTS’ NIGHT OUT going to teach you how to do just that! At Dinner reservation? Check. Verified movie times? Check. Babysitter? Uh oh. Don’t fret—let Woodland the end of the program, your videos will air on Park Zoo handle childcare for you with our Parents’ Night Out program. Kids will enjoy a fun-filled SCAN, Channel 77. and educational evening under the supervision of zoo staff inside Zoomazium, while you enjoy a night out on the town. Supervised activities for kids include games, puppet shows, movie, and a live animal Natural History of Animals with Seattle encounter, plus a tasty pizza dinner! Aquarium: During this week students will spend Fee: $25/child, $20 each additional sibling time studying the natural history of animals Ages: 4-11 yrs on land and under the sea. In small groups, 4310: July 17, 5:30-10 p.m. students will spend two full days studying at 4320: August 27, 5:30-10 p.m. each institution and for one day the whole 4330: September 24, 5:30-10 p.m. group will come together to practice their ZOOTUNES PARENTS’ NIGHT OUT natural historian skills at a local salt-water This summer, our popular Parents’ Night Out program will also be offered during the ZooTunes concert beach. Metro bus transportation will be series. Drop the kids off for an evening of fun at Zoomazium while you tap to your favorite tunes in the provided to and from the Seattle Aquarium and meadow. Parents’ Night Out on concert nights is also open to families not attending the concerts. Go the beach location. to www.zoo.org/education/childrens-programs for information. 28