Nature Explorers
- Grades: K-5th
- Time: 60 minutes
- Fee: $200 / $150 Early Bird
Guided by our conservation educator, your students will develop their observation skills by using binoculars to search for local wildlife that calls the zoo home! After your "nature hunt," your group will head to Nature Trek, where they can safely get closer to nature and continue to practice observation and inquiry skills, whether that's down on the ground, or closer to the treetops! Our staff Play Leaders will be there to guide them as they climb, explore, and play. This outdoor program is seasonal and available in October, April and May.
This program does not include an animal guest. Add on a "Meet an Animal" program if you would like your experience to include an up close animal encounter in one of our zoo classrooms!
This program aligns with the following standards:
| Grade | NY Scope & Sequence | Next Generation Science Standards | NY State Common Core |
| K | Unit 3. Our Environment | LS1-1, ESS3-3 | LE1.1a, LE3.1c LE3.2b, LE6 |
| 1st | Unit 3. Structures and Behaviors in Living Things | LS1-1 | LE1.1a, LE3.1c, LE3.2b, LE6 |
| 2nd | Unit 3. Plant and Animal Interactions | LS2-2, LS4-1 | LE1.1a, LE3.1c, LE3.2b, LE6 |
| 3rd | Unit 1. Inheritance and Variation | LS3-2 | LE1.1a, LE3.1c, LE3.2b, LE6 |
| 4th | Unit 4. The Structure and Function of Organisms | LS1.1 | LE1.1a, LE3.1c, LE3.2b, LE6 |
| 5th | Unit 5. Matter and Energy in Ecosystems | PS3-1, LS2-1, ESS3-1 | LE5, LE6 |