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Want to meet a Zoo Keeper? Through the NC Zoo's Keepers in the Classroom program, North Carolina classroom teachers and students can do just that! The Keepers in the Classroom program provides the opportunity for a keeper to spend up to one hour in a NC classroom engaging students in discussions about environmental issues relative to their own lives and specific to animals and plants exhibited at the NC Zoo. Ideally, the presentation will inspire a commitment in students to take actions to benefit the environment. Environmentally friendly classroom ‘action’ projects are encouraged.
Action project: Students planting flowers to attract butterflies. Jesse Wharton Elementary School - Guilford County Schools
$65 for each 1-hour session (30 students max) $40 for each additional same day, same school session (30 students max) For locations outside a 25 mile radius of the NC Zoo, an additional charge of $.445 per mile/round trip will be added. Grant monies are available to cover the cost of Keepers in the Classroom programs. Additional funding is also obtainable to support a classroom environmental project – monies accessible ONLY to those teachers who request a Keepers in the Classroom presentation. (see details)
To schedule a Keepers in the Classroom program select a program from the list. Six weeks prior to the requested date of presentation, submit an on-line request.
This Keepers in the Classroom Teacher Survey must be completed by each teacher following a keeper presentation at your school.
For Keepers in the Classroom program call 336.879.7717
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N.C. Zoo is a member institution of AZA and an agency of the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, William G. Ross Jr. Secretary; Michael F. Easley, Governor. A part of the North Carolina Government portal.
The Zoo is closed Christmas day and during severe weather. Call our information line at: 1-800-488-0444.
