School Groups
Bring your class to the Chattanooga Zoo as a fun and educational extension to your classroom!
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Program |
Grades |
Description |
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Super-Duper Senses |
Pre-K & K |
Can you taste with your feet or smell with your tongue? We’ll look at some of the ways humans and other animals use their senses. |
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Animal Encounter: Choose Mammal Mania or Reptile Round-Up |
Pre-K & K |
Mammal or Reptile? It’s a difficult choice, but either program you choose will introduce the basic characteristics of what makes that group special. Of course you’ll meet some animals that help illustrate those characteristics. |
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Recipe for a Habitat |
1st & 2nd |
We’ll add and mix up the “ingredients” that go into making a habitat and discover why habitats are so important to plants, animals, and to us. |
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First Impressions |
1st & 2nd |
Fear & recoil, gush & giggle are ways people might react to some animals, but are these reactions based on fact or fiction? We will learn that all animals are important contributors to our world. |
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** Amazing Adaptations |
3rd – 5th |
Animals have and do some pretty bizarre things to help them to survive. We will explore some of their Amazing Adaptations and a few of our own too! |
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** Food Web Feast |
3rd – 5th |
Worms, trees, birds, snakes and even fungus have their special roles! You’ll find out how important the entire cast is as we build a rainforest food web. |
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Suitcase for Survival |
6th – 8th |
Through the illegal wildlife trade, we will examine the role species play within an ecosystem and why they are critical for maintaining biodiversity. |
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** These programs can be adapted for 6 – 8th grades |
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Who Qualifies as a School Group?
To qualify for school group rates and programs, the group must be from an accredited school, Headstart program, pre-school, year-round daycare or organized home school group. The group must have 15 or more students and register at least 2 weeks in advance.
Field trips can be scheduled Monday - Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Pricing
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Students$2 each
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Adults1 teacher / chaperone is required for every 10 students and is admitted free (grades K - 12)
1 teacher / chaperone is required for every 5 students and is admitted free (Preschool) -
All additional adults$8
$1 each for students who participate in the National School Lunch Program
Add an Education Program to your visit!
The Zoo is not your ordinary classroom. Enhance your group’s zoo visit with a 45-minute class led by our education staff.
$2.00 per participant (1 free teacher / chaperone per 10 students for grades K – 12, 1 free adult per 5 students for preschools, all other participants $2.00 each)
Education programs are offered Tuesday - Friday at: 9:30 / 10:30 / 11:30
(Programs after 1:00 are an option but based on staff availability. To schedule a program after the set programs times, please contact the education department at (423) 643-5780 or chattzooed@yahoo.com.
Payment
- Payment is collected at check-in.
- One person is responsible for the payment of the entire group upon arrival (including ALL chaperones) by school check, VISA, MC, DISC, AMEX or cash. The special school group discounted rates are ONLY available if one person pays the entire group’s admission in one lump sum payment, in any combination of these. Schools can pay for all students and adults with one form of payment, or pay for the students with one form of payment and collect cash from the rest of the group (parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, etc.). Chattanooga Zoo does not accept purchase orders.
- Please have the total number of students (broken down by regular and lunch program price) and adults ready for the cashier.
