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2008/2009 Funding Application - PDF
The San Antonio Zoo is one of the finest outdoor learning environments in South Texas! A Zoo visit could be just what your class needs to spark interest in science and observational learning. The San Antonio Zoo offers a special School Group Admission Price of $6.00 each for students, teachers, bus drivers, and adult chaperones of qualifying groups. To receive this rate, the entire group must pay at the same time. One person should collect from all adult chaperones and pay for the entire group at once. Adults tickets not purchased with your school group will be charged full Zoo admission.
ALL SCHOOL RATES WILL INCREASE BY $1 ON
JANUARY 1, 2009.
Groups. qualifying for school admission rates include public, private, religious and home school groups, daycare, pre-schools, and after-school programs, YMCA, Head Start, college, and PCI.
Zoo Visits
School Group Rate: $6/Person
(One person must pay for group)
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Spring Outs
Docents will be out in the Zoo Tuesday through Friday,
March – May, with animals, biofacts, and short presentations for all groups to enjoy.
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Zoo Trunks
Cost: $25 security deposit
Trunks include a variety of related resources: K-6 activities, books, posters, images, videos, biofacts and more. Themes include: Feathered Friends, World of Animals, African Safari and Animals Behaving Wildly. Contact schools@sazoo-aq.org for additional information.
Teacher Workshops
Cost: $25/person
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
October 18, 2008 – Discover the Rainforest
November 8, 2008 – Food Chain Wars
January 17, 2009 – Vanishing Wildlife
February 21, 2009 – Exploring Biomes
Need a little more in-depth information about animals or ways to incorporate the TEKS into your Zoo visit? Come receive 6 CE credit hours while exploring the Zoo and getting some great animal based activities to use in
your classroom.
Open House
Join us for a special night just for educators! Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 from 6 to 7:30 PM at the San Antonio Zoo. Learn more about programs aligned by grade levels to the TEKS such as our Teacher Workshops, Real. Wild. Classroom and free Teacher Trunks. Discover what the Zoo has to offer for your students and schools. R.S.V.P is necessary. For more information or to R.S.V.P. please email schools@sazoo-aq.org. All participants that R.S.V.P. by September 12 will be registered to win a PRIZE!
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Real.Wild.Classroom
for Home Schooled Students
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008 from 9-11AM
Join us for a FREE (with Zoo admission) Real.Wild.Classroom. specially designed for home schooled students. The class will include activities, animal presentations and a Zoo tour. Limited to 30 students. Sign up today by emailing schools@sazoo-aq.org, spaces fill up fast! Come discover the possibilities at the San Antonio Zoo!
Real. Wild. Classroom.
You bring your students, your curriculum, and get to
use our resources! Live animals, biofacts, Zoo tours,
your own classroom, and an education facilitator
make up a Real. Wild. Classroom.Themes include: Feathered Friends, World of Animals, African Safari
and Animals Behaving Wildly.
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Experience Our Real Wild Classroom
Are you looking for an opportunity to extend your teaching beyond the four walls of your classroom? Want to add structure to your Zoo visit and cover the required TEKS at the same time? Then we have an exciting program with you in mind! REAL.WILD.CLASSROOM. gives YOU the opportunity to use the Zoo as your classroom for an entire day.
You know your students, you know your curriculum, and you know what works best! When you book a REAL WILD CLASSROOM program, we provide you a classroom in the Education Center and you teach your students a lesson of your choice with support from an Education
staff member. This program allows teachers to focus on specific concepts and eliminates the overwhelming nature of seeing so much in so little time. You can
teach a topic, such as rainforests, then go out into
the Zoo and discover the animals and exhibits that
relate to your lesson.
Between the hours of 9 a.m. and 12 p.m., you will have the freedom to use both the Education Center and the Zoo to cover your lessons. You will also have use of selected biofacts and a presentation of two handleable animals.
REAL WILD CLASSROOM is available for booking September through May! Our calendar fills up quickly, especially during the spring, so please schedule as soon in advance as possible.
- Class size must be within the range of 15-60 students.
- Teachers will be responsible for planning and conducting classes. An Education representative will be available 9:00 to 11:00 to assist.
- Cost per person will be $10. This cost includes admission to the Zoo, use of a classroom, support staff, use of biofacts/teacher materials, and a presentation of two handleable animals.
- 1 adult for every 5 students is required for grades 3-6, 1 per 10 for grades 7-12.
- Additional chaperones are welcome to participate if they pay the $10 program fee. Because of limited space and classroom management issues no siblings or guests are allowed to attend this program.
- A $50 nonrefundable deposit is required within 2 weeks of your program. If we do not receive a deposit, your program date is not confirmed and may be cancelled or rescheduled.
- Please contact the Education Center as soon in advance as possible if you must cancel or reschedule.
For more information or to make a reservation, please call the Education Center at (210) 734-7184 ext. 1504.
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