Animal Colors
Approx. 45 minutes

This appealing program capitalizes on children's natural curiosity by engaging them in observation and deduction. Using visuals, games, and live animals, students will explore the role that color plays in animal survival. Students will learn that an animal's color may help it to attract a mate, to warn off other animals, and to hide from other animals. Predator/prey concepts are also introduced.

Several fascinating live-animal guests will be featured in every program. An extensive teacher guide is included.

Moves & Meals
Approx. 45 minutes

There seems to be no end to the ways in which animals move. Some slither, swim, hop, fly, run, crawl, and swing. In this lesson students explore the many different ways animals move about in order to find their food and to avoid becoming someone else's food!

Several fascinating live-animal guests will be featured in every program. An extensive teacher guide is included.

Size & Shape
Approx. 45 minutes

Why is a ferret long and thin? Youngsters consider this and other questions about how an animal's size and shape are related to its way of life. By observing a variety of animals, students discover some fundamental concepts about how size and shape help an animal survive. Students also draw conclusions about where an animal lives and what it eats.

Several fascinating live-animal guests will be featured in every program.

Food Webs
Approx. 60 minutes

Each individual species is concerned with obtaining energy-energy to keep going, energy to grow, energy to reproduce, energy for survival. Starting with analyzing their own breakfast, students examine the flow of energy in living systems as represented in food chains and webs. Students discover the role of producers, consumers, herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores, as they build an actual food web.

Several fascinating live-animal guests will be featured in every program.

The accompanying teacher guide includes:

• tips on preparing for a videoconference
• content background
• National Science Education Standards correlation
• lesson plans for two pre-conference activities
• lesson plan for one post-conference activity
• reproducible student materials

Awesome Adaptations
Approx. 60 minutes

If you've been to a zoo lately, you may have seen some odd-looking creatures and wondered why some animal body parts are so unusual. In this program students will uncover the mystery of land animals' feet. Adaptation, a challenging yet essential concept, becomes clear in this program. Understanding how physical adaptations are related to the environment will lead students to additional insights, such as why an animal cannot survive when its habitat is destroyed.

Several fascinating live-animal guests will be featured in every program.

The accompanying teacher guide includes:

• tips on preparing for a videoconference
• content background
• National Science Education Standards correlation
• lesson plans for one pre-conference activities
• lesson plan for two post-conference activity
• reproducible student materials

Gorillas, Gentle Giants in Crisis
Approx. 60 minutes

Remote live-cams bring your students right into the Bronx Zoo's Congo Gorilla Forest exhibit! The class will be fascinated by the behaviors of our western lowland gorillas as our instructor challenges students to consider the predicament of this critically threatened rainforest species. Students discover the ways in which human activities impact the African Congo rainforest ecosystem, how the conservation process works, and the social priorities that foster or impede conservation programs.

The accompanying teacher guide includes:

• tips on preparing for a videoconference
• content background
• National Science Education Standards correlation
• lesson plans for three pre-conference activities, including an online exhibit tour
• lesson plan for three post-conference activities, including a WebQuest, and one extension activity
• reproducible student materials