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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
(San Diego Zoo & Safari Park)
Teachers! Bring your K-12 classes to the Zoo to learn about habitats and food webs, conservation, and best practices in wildlife care. Some field trips are open to all K-12 San Diego County schools. Others are for Title 1 Schools only.
ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS
Self-Guided Field Trips
Grades: ES, MS, HS (San Diego County only)
Website:
Contact:
educationzoo@sdzwa.org
Phone:
(619) 557-3963
Bring your class to the Zoo for a self-guided field trip!
This program is open to ALL K-12 schools in San Diego County, including non-Title I schools and homeschool programs.
Add a 90-minute educational experience to your self-guided tour. Click here for details.
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Bring your 2nd-grade class to the Zoo for a guided field trip with an up-close animal encounter and a private bus tour!
This program is open to ALL 2nd-grade classes in San Diego County, including non-Title I schools and homeschool programs with a minimum of 15 students. We can accommodate 40 people (37 students, 3 chaperones) per bus and run two buses per program. When you request your reservation, please select the number of students and classroom teachers who will be attending. If you group plans to bring additional adult chaperones, including aides for students who require 1:1 support, you will have the opportunity to list this information later in the reservation process.
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Wild at Heart
Grades: Kindergarten, Grade 1
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Contact:
Phone:
(619) 557-3963
Open to Kinder and Grade 1 students at San Diego County Title 1 schools only.
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Forecast: Climate Science
Grades: Grade 3
Website:
Contact:
Phone:
(619) 557-3963
Open to Grade 3 students at San Diego County Title 1 schools only.
A Zoo Educator and an animal ambassador visit your classroom to guide your students on an exciting adventure to explore the NGSS Weather and Climate standards for 3rd grade. Then schedule an on-site field trip to bring your class to the Zoo and further develop your students' skills as researchers and build upon what they learned in the classroom program.
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Watershed Heroes
Grades: Grade 4
Website:
Contact:
Phone:
(619) 557-3963
Open to Grade 4 students at San Diego County Title 1 schools only.
Dr. Zoolittle, a Zoo Educator, and an animal ambassador will visit 4th Grade classes at your school. Then, schedule an on-site field trip to bring your class to the Zoo and visit our team for a 90-minute program, after which you have the rest of the day to explore the Zoo.
Virtual option available.
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Wildlife Rangers
Grades: Grade 5
Website:
Contact:
Phone:
(619) 557-3963
Open to Grade 5 students at San Diego County Title 1 schools in the following districts only: Alpine Union, Cajon Valley Union, Chula Vista Elementary, Coronado Unified, Dehesa, Jamul-Dulzura Union, Lakeside Union, La Mesa-Spring Valley, Lemon Grove, Mountain Empire Unified, National Elementary, San Diego Unified, Santee, San Ysidro, South Bay Union
A Zoo Educator and an animal ambassador visit your classroom--virtually--to begin exploring the role of Wildlife Rangers in protecting habitats locally and around the world.
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