Middle School
We offer different types of field trips, including in-person Classroom Programs, Virtual Field Trips, Guided Tours and self-led Scavenger Hunts. Find the one that fits your needs!
Classroom Programs
Bring your students to the Bronx Zoo and have one of our talented educators lead your class through an hour-long wild experience. Programs are designed to meet appropriate learning standards in a way everyone is sure to enjoy: exploring wildlife, meeting an animal, and engaging in an active learning environment.
Practicing Community Science
Classroom Program | Grades 6th-8th
Monitoring and evaluating the impact humans have on the environment is crucial work for conservation scientists. In this program, students will learn about community science projects that provide necessary data for conservation research. Through an encounter with a live animal in a zoo classroom and exploration of a zoo exhibit, students will practice their observation and data collection skills to be empowered to support community science projects at school and at home.
Peak Price March-August: $200/class; Off Peak Price Sept-Feb: $150/class
Studying Animal Behavior
Classroom Program | Grades 6th-8th
Why and how do scientists study animal behavior? Students will find out the answer to these questions through close observation and data collection of animals in an exhibit and by meeting in animal up-close in a zoo classroom. The tools and discussion will be scaled to the appropriate age level depending on the grade of your group.
Peak Price March-August: $200/class; Off Peak Price Sept-Feb: $150/class
Virtual Field Trips
One of our knowledgeable educators will join your group and bring a wild experience to you — anywhere in the world! Programs are designed to meet appropriate learning standards, but everyone is sure to enjoy this 45-minute virtual visit, exploring wildlife, meeting an animal, and engaging in an active learning environment.
Wildlife Careers
Virtual Program | Grades 6th-8th
A career working with wildlife can be exciting, rewarding, and challenging. There are numerous potential paths to take. Students will learn about a variety of wildlife career options by speaking with an educator, engaging in themed activities, and meeting an animal.
Price: $200/class
Conservation Innovation!
Virtual Program | Grades 6th-8th
Finding solutions to conflicts between humans and wildlife is more important than ever. In this program, students will use their creativity to begin designing innovative solutions to wildlife issues. They will learn about real Wildlife Conservation Society conservation stories and meet an animal from the zoo.
Price: $200/class
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