Third Grade:
Curric-ZOO-lum
This fast-paced program, developed with area teachers, rotates third graders through learning stations which incorporate mathematics, geography and science. Students will meet animals to discover the differences and similarities between the vertebrate classes, travel the globe to identify continents and the animals that live on them, and perform various math procedures involving weighing a monkey's lunch and measuring the length of a snake shed.
Sunshine State Standards
MA.A.1.2.1; MA.A.3.2.2; MA.A.4.2.1; MA.B.1.2.1; MA.B.2.2.1,2; MA.B.3.2,1; MA.B.4.2.2; SC.A.1.2.1; SC.B.1.2.1; SC.D.2.2.1; SC.F.1.2.2; SC.F.2.2.1; SC.G.1.2.1,2,5; SC.G.2.21,3; SS.B.1.2.1; SS.B.2.2.3
| Time: |
10:00 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. (30 minute lunch)
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| Dates: |
Monday - Friday |
| Group Size: |
Minimum of 30 students. Maximum 100 students (in 3 equal groups).
*Please plan to schedule more than one day if you have more than 100 students. |
| Cost: |
$8.00 per student. One adult per 8 students required (free). Up to 5 additional chaperones maximum at $8.50 per. |
| Reservations: |
Call 407.323.4450, ext. 123, or email education@centralfloridazoo.org at least two weeks in advance. |
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Creature Chronicle
Add something special to your trip to the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens by ordering the exciting Creature Chronicle newsletter and activity booklet for your third grade students! Bring the Zoo to your classroom each month and let us help you prepare your students for FCAT!
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*For a complete education informational booklet, please email education@centralfloridazoo.org or call 407.323.4450, ext. 123.