Keep it Wild!
Humane Education Workshops

Two Units Now Available

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An exciting combination of science, compassion and action, each half-day workshop meets specific expectations of the Ontario Science and Technology Curriculum. Through hands-on scientific investigation, interactive games and engaging activities, students will discover how the health, behaviour and well-being of wild animals in affected by their environment. And best of all, they'll learn how they can take action and make a difference in the lives of all animals.

A POLAR BEAR IN MEXICO?

A grade 2 unit on animal adaptations

• Discover how polar bears are superbly adpated for life in a bitterly cold world
  
• Experiment with blubber and ice water to find out how polar bears stay warm
  
• Check out how polar bears feet are adapted for ice and snow
  
• Investigate a polar bear's skull and teeth, and find out how it hunts
  
• See if you can jump as far as a polar bear can when it pounces on its prey
  
• Make some predictions about how far polar bears travel in one day or one year, and how far they can swim without stopping
  
• Put it all together and find out why polar bears are ill-suited to a life in captivity
  
• Discover why Yupi the polar bear is adapted to a life in the frozen arctic, not a life in a barren concrete enclosure in the tropical sun
  
• Best of all, find out what you can do to help Yupi!

A whale in a swimming pool?

A grade 4 unit on habitats and food chains

• Find out what a killer whale's ocean habitat is really like - it's a lot more than just salty water!
  
• Play Krill: A Whale of a Game and discover what food chains exist in the Antarctic Ocean
  
• Listen to the sounds a killer whale makes to communicate with its own pod and find out how scientists study these calls
  
• Discover how whales "see" in the ocean, using echolocation. Find out if you can catch your prey by listening to echos
  
• Make some predictions about how far a killer whale can swim in one day, and how deep they can dive
  
• Put it all together and find out why killer whales are ill-suited to a life in captivity
  
• Meet Corky, the longest held captive killer whale in all history and compare his captive habitat with an ocean habitat
  
• Best of all, find out what you can do to help Corky!

WORKSHOP FEES: $175/half-day workshop

To book your workshop, contact Zoocheck.

Let's Go Wild! Facilitating An Understanding and Appreciation of Life and Animals