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ZOO TROOP

Learning and growing is fun at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden! These 4-week series encourage the development of important skills and values that will allow your child to interact with peers while fostering knowledge and respect for wildlife and wild places. Through age appropriate, skill and wonder-building hands-on activities, close encounters with animals, Zoo hikes, and child-led projects, children learn biological concepts and become curious to explore the world around them and find their own answers. Come to Zoo Troop, where children can let their imagination run wild!

Choose to come every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, or Saturday. See class descriptions for current series content. All programs include acitivities in the classrooms, ambassador animal encounters, and Zoo hikes. Older classes usually have a series project/presentation. Toddler and PreK attend with an adult. Kindergarten-8th attend independently.

Toddlers Hoot and Holler

Regular Price: $105.00

Member Price: $90.00

For 18-36 months olds
“Raaa”, roars the tiger, “Quack”, calls the duck, “Sssss”, hisses the… cockroach. Animals sure do have a lot to say! Animals use their voices to communicate and their ears to listen. Explore the many ways wild animals talk to each other, from the familiar “moo” of a cow to the rumble of a rhino. Together, we’ll celebrate that every animal has a voice - and every voice matters!

Note: Plan for one adult to stay with your child during these classes.

Toddlers All Animals Great and Small

Regular Price: $105.00

Member Price: $90.00

For 18-36 months olds
Our world has animals, big and small, that call it home. From a tiny tadpole to a giant giraffe, animals come in all shapes and sizes! Come to this four-week series where you and your child will explore the zoo to discover the itty-bitty insects, the gentle giants, and everything in between!

Dates: Choose to come every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday or Saturday for 4 weeks.

Note: One adult must accompany children attending Toddler series.

Pre-K Finding Friends

Regular Price: $105.00

Member Price: $90.00

For 3, 4 and 5 years old not in kindergarten
From the low rumbles of elephants to the gentle touch of a gorilla mom, animals have many ways to share messages with one another. Some use sights and sounds, others use smells or even touch to say “stay away,” “come closer,” or “I’m here!” In this series, we’ll explore how animals communicate - through colors and expressions, calls and rumbles, scents and smells, and even grooming and gentle touches. Discover how animals find friends, work together, and survive by using their senses to talk without words.

Note: Plan for one adult to stay with your child during these classes.

Pre-K Backyard Buddies

Regular Price: $105.00

Member Price: $90.00

For 3, 4 and 5 years old not in kindergarten
From rabbits hopping around during the day to skunks scurrying around at night, have you ever wondered what creatures live just outside your door? Throughout this Zoo Troop journey, we will learn how to explore our own backyards to find animal neighbors!

Dates: Choose to come every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday or Saturday for 4 weeks.

Note: Plan for one adult to stay with your child during these classes.

Kindergarten Bio-Buddies

Regular Price: $110.00

Member Price: $95.00

Can a moth and a sloth be buddies? Can a tree and a bee be friends? Why not? Many animals have unusual friends. These partnerships show how animals and nature work together. Uncover how animals help each other and how these friendships fit into the balance of nature.

Note: Children attend this series independently.

Kindergarten Home Sweet Home

Regular Price: $110.00

Member Price: $95.00

Explore the continent that we call home. From sea to shining sea, North America is filled with unique habitats. We will learn how our native animals have found ways to call this land home, too!

Dates: Choose to come every Tuesday, Wednesday, or Saturday for 4 weeks.

1st-2nd Grade Secret Messages

Regular Price: $115.00

Member Price: $100.00

Shhhh! Some animals are masters of secret communication. From the biggest beasts to the tiniest insects, these clever creatures share messages in whispers, wiggles, and even colors - no sound required! Come uncover how animals “talk” without saying a word..

Dates: Choose to come every Tuesday, Wednesday, or Saturday for 4 weeks

1st-2nd Grade Native Neighbors

Regular Price: $115.00

Member Price: $100.00

What do bees, bears, bobcats, and beavers all have in common besides the letter “B”? They all live pretty close to you and me! Some of the world’s coolest critters can be found in your own backyard. We’ll take an in-depth look at a few of North America’s most exciting inhabitants.

Dates: Choose to come every Tuesday, Wednesday, or Saturday for 4 weeks.

3rd-4th Grade A Tails Tale

Regular Price: $115.00

Member Price: $100.00

A rudder, a signal, a balancer, a breaking system - tails serve all sorts of interesting functions. We will look at the science and the structure of tails and who uses them for what, the clues a tail can tell about an animal's lifestyle, and the tools that we use to help make up for not having a tail ourselves.

Dates: Choose to come every Tuesday, Wednesday, or Saturday for 4 weeks

3rd-4th Grade Whos Awake

Regular Price: $115.00

Member Price: $100.00

Day shift, night shift, in between shifts, animals have adapted their activity levels to share space with each other. We will explore nocturnal, diurnal, and crepuscular lifestyles, the adaptations that go with each, and how native wildlife utilize these activity strategies to reduce competition for resources in shared habitats.

Dates: Choose to come every Tuesday, Wednesday, or Saturday for 4 weeks.

5th-6th Grade Habitat Heroes

Regular Price: $115.00

Member Price: $100.00

What do an alligator, a panda, and a frog have in common? They’re nature’s guardians! Some animals act as early warning signs when their homes change, others keep ecosystems running smoothly, and a few provide protection for countless creatures around them. Come find out which amazing animals fill these roles.

Dates: Choose to come every Tuesday, Wednesday, or Saturday for 4 weeks

5th-6th Grade Eco-Explorer

Regular Price: $115.00

Member Price: $100.00

Tracks, scat, skulls, nests, scratch marks, calls, scent marks, and more. Animals are not always easy to see, and sometimes, neither is the evidence they leave behind. With investigations focusing on the different ways animals leave clues, we’ll work on honing our own observational skills and learn to use those clues to identify the animals they belong to, even when we cannot spy them.

Dates: Choose to come every Tuesday, Wednesday, or Saturday for 4 weeks

7th-8th Grade Be Mine

Regular Price: $115.00

Member Price: $100.00

Love is in the air this month. From stinky pheromones to musical duets and gifts of food to elaborate dance routines, animals have interesting ways of finding and winning over a mate. We'll learn about the role that sounds, sights, and smells play in animals finding each other and some of the funny and strange things that animals do to win over a prospective partner. Discover the important role conservation science plays in helping love blossom in the animal world.

Dates: Choose to come every Tuesday, Wednesday, or Saturday for 4 weeks.

7th-8th Grade Naturalist Notebook

Regular Price: $115.00

Member Price: $100.00

Learning to be a naturalist is all about honing your observation skills. We will focus on using inquiry and participatory learning to observe, ask questions, and uncover some cool information about our native wildlife. After we have practiced and honed our inquiry skills, this class will culminate in participants engaging Zoo visitors in collection research on a question of their own design.

Dates: Choose to come every Tuesday, Wednesday, or Saturday for 4 weeks.