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SAVE $10! & DOUBLE YOUR FUN!

Reserve 2 different workshops or purchase 2 spots for you and a friend in this workshop and receive $10 off the cost of each.

EARN Professional Learning Units (PLUs) At the ZOO!

What better way to spend your professional development time than learning and having fun at Zoo Atlanta? In addition to science and conservation information, every zoo workshop includes a behind-the-scenes tour and an animal encounter! Participants also receive a grade-appropriate curriculum packet full of hands-on activities aligned with State Standards.

Call 404.624.WILD or e-mail us for more information.
*Workshops subject to cancellation if less than 10 participants registered.

CBN’s Why They Do What They Do at the Zoo – 4 PLU

Open to Current Upper Elementary, Middle School, and High School Science educators only.
Date: Monday, June 2 - Friday, June 6, 2008 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Cost: Free! Funded by the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience at Georgia State University
3PLU received June 6 upon successful completion of the week's course requirements. An additional 1-2 PLU available upon completion of supervised 10-20 hour project

Discover the varied and amazing ways different animals behave when they are courting, parenting or simply interacting with other members of their species. Learn how the brain influences and controls animal behavior while linking the scientific method to animal behavior and neuroscience research. Use the curriculum from this workshop to engage your students in similar research techniques to make their own discoveries about animal behavior.

Register online for CBN’s Why They Do What They Do at the Zoo

Animals Across the Curriculum – 2 PLU

Open to Elementary School and pre-service teachers
Date: Tuesday June 10 - Thursday June 12, 2008 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Cost: $75 per participant
2 PLUs received on June 12, 2008

Animals are not just for science anymore. Use ideas and curriculum from this workshop to integrate animals and animal concepts into language arts, math, and social studies. Make your classroom one that incorporates animals across the curriculum.

Register online for Animals Across the Curriculum

Saving Species - 1 PLU

Open to Upper Elementary School and Middle School teachers
Date: Tuesday June 24 - Wednesday June 25, 2008 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Cost: $60 per participant
PLU received on June 25, 2008

Take a closer look at many of the endangered species at Zoo Atlanta. Learn the factors affecting these species and find out what the Zoo is doing to help save them. Discover ways to teach your students about endangered species and the conservation concepts that are used in saving species.

Register online for Saving Species

Request a Workshop

Make your teacher workdays or staff meetings both fun and educational. Schedule a date for the Zoo to hold a workshop at your school or bring your staff to Zoo Atlanta for a day of exciting professional development. Either way, Zoo Atlanta instructors will present hands-on activities aligned with state standards and animals you can touch. Select from various workshop topics including habitats, biodiversity, or animal behavior.

For more information and available Request a Workshop dates, email education@zooatlanta.org.

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Atlanta, GA 30315

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