Education resources:
Kids & Families
Kid Territory; Animal Bytes; Glossary; Science Projects
Teens
Zoo InternQuest; Zoo Corps; Conservation Corps; Science Projects
Teachers
Kid Territory; Animal Bytes; Glossary
Conservation
Zoo blogs:
- Animal Stories
- California Condors
- Conservation
- Field Studies
- Giant Pandas
- Girls In Science
- Hawaii Endangered Bird Conservation Program
- Plants
- Polar Bears
- Teen Reporters
- The Zoo Journal
- Zoo InternQuest
Listen to our experts discuss a variety of wildlife topics!
Click here to request the 2008–2009 Wildlife Learning Adventures resource guide for teachers.
Education
The Education Department's mission is to increase the knowledge and appreciation of animals and plants in people of all ages through a wide variety of educational programs and services.
UCSD Teacher Workshops for Professional Development at the San Diego Zoo
January 10 and 17: Super Natural Science!
Join us at the Zoo for a special workshop to learn how to captivate your students’ interest in the natural world by exposing them to some of Earth's fun and fascinating life forms. Discover the science behind the world’s favorite confection—chocolate. Participate in a mushroom hunt on Zoo grounds, and take your own living mushroom farm back to your classroom. Look at the amazing life of honeybees and learn how bees are helping to save the African elephant (of course, we'll meet the elephants, too)! More...
Teachers' Lounge
- Field trips
- Assembly and classroom programs
- Curriculum, classroom kits, and activities
- Night Owls sleepovers
- Videoconferencing
- Cans for Critters (student conservation project)
- How to use this Web site
- Science projects for kids
Conservation: Helping Wildlife
Conservation news and stories from the field
- Monarch Butterfly Update
- A World without Frogs?
- Slaying Myths, Saving Dragons
- Conservation Stories archive
- Conservation News
Making Earth-friendly choices
- Recycle your used cell phones at the San Diego Zoo or the Wild Animal Park for free!
- Conservation Issues
- You Can Help!
Zoo InternQuest
A career exploration program for high school juniors and seniors at the San Diego Zoo, Wild Animal Park, and our Conservation Research center.
To get an idea of what it's all about, check out the blogs and don’t miss their photo journal!
Contact information
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619-557-3962 |
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760-738-5057 |
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619-557-3963 |
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760-738-5057 |
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Special experiences (Cheetah Run Safari, Photo Caravan Safari, Sleepovers, and Special Tours) at the Zoo and the Wild Animal Park |
619-718-3000 or |
Children/Family/Adult Programs at the Zoo
Children/Family/Adult Programs
at the Wild Animal ParkThe San Diego Zoo is also partnered with World Wildlife Fund's Windows on the Wild, an environmental education program.
