We knew the rules and routines, so the second we arrived we headed out to observe our animal!
We were tasked with observing three things about our animal, drawing a few specific body parts, and then drawing a full labelled diagram. Off the groups went to observe the lemurs, meerkats, and snowy owls!
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| Observing the meerkats |
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| Sketching the lemurs |
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| Spending time with the snowy owls |
We spent time thinking about a nice gift to bring Lucy the elephant. What kind of popsicle would she like? We smelled three extracts, and through a vote decided on maple! The popsicle will freeze over two days and be ready near the end of the week!
Then we discovered how the zoo trains animals! We learned about target training, how to reward an animal for a desired behaviour, and how to select an appropriate reward for a given animal! We had a hoot using pom poms on sticks and clickers to "train" one another!
After lunch, we headed to the Arctic Shores area to learn about life in the arctic!
Then, a training session with Hula the harbor seal!
We tackled a rousing game of Mystery Artifact, working together to use our senses to identify several unknown animal items. We were presented with a tortoise shoe, a wallaby fur, a rhino skin, and a tiger fur! Great job, kids!
We ended with a few quiet minutes journaling about our top 4 moments of the day! So, so hard to choose!
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| Seals, owl sketching, clicker (training), & Arctic Shores slides |
We loved every second, and several friends even had to take a power nap on the way home ...
Tomorrow is going to ROCK!!!
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