New! School Inquiry Wild Pack

Using Scientific Inquiry at the Zoo

Rent the new School Wild Pack and engage your students in investigations during their Zoo visit! Investigate these questions and more:

Do leaf cutter ants carrying leaves travel faster than ants without leaves?
Are more primates left or right-handed?
Which seed designs fly best?

Each Wild Pack contains three investigations based on the questions above with enough supplies for a maximum of 10 students per pack. Each investigation includes clear and detailed steps on how to engage students in inquiry including observing, questioning, predicting, data collecting and recording. Supported by the National Science Foundation, the Wild Packs advance district, state, and national standards while improving student achievement in core concept areas. The best part is everything is formatted in an easy and fun way that any Chaperon can lead and all students can enjoy.

Pre and Post materials will be sent to you once you have registered.

New! Schools can Register Online for Admission and the Wild Pack.

Questions? email registrars@cincinnatizoo.org or to register over the phone contact the Education Department at (513) 559-7767

Who can participate?

Recommended for 3rd- 7th Graders.
Minimum group size required is 2 students and maximum 200.

When are Wild Packs available?

Every day of the week year round.
Pre-registration is required.
You can pick up Wild Packs as early as 9am and return as late as 5pm on the same day. Drivers license will be held as a collateral until packs are returned.

How much are Wild Packs?

$10 per Wild Pack in addition to student admission. Each Wild Pack can accommodate up to 10 students (that's only $1 per student!).
School Group Admission: $5.00/student. One adult chaperone per 10 students; all other adults $5.00 each; bus parking free; private vehicle parking $6.50 each

Where do you pick up the Wild Packs?

You will check out the packs at the Harold C. Schott Education Center reception desk.

Wild Pack Investigations and Academic Standards

Each Wild Pack contains the following three investigations. Your students can pick and choose which investigations they would like to do or do all three. Each pack is equipped with everything you need for all three investigations. Find out how each aligns with your State Academic Standards.

Investigation	standards
Do leaf cutter ants carrying leaves travel faster than ants without leaves? Using inquiry skills, students will observe the leaf cutter ant colony in the Zoo’s Insect World to determine whether ants with or without leaves travel faster. Results from this inquiry can be taken to the classroom and groups can share findings and graph the information.	OH Academic Standards KY Academic Standards IN Academic Standards
Are more primates left of right handed? Students will think about their hand preference. Using inquiry and a variety of tools, they will discover whether the Zoo’s primates are right handed or left handed. Continue the investigation and find out if other animals have a hand preference.	OH Academic Standards KY Academic Standards IN Academic Standards
Which seed designs fly best? Discover whether all seeds fall at the same rate. Do small or big seeds fall more slowly? Students will use inquiry to discover answers to these and other questions.	OH Academic Standards KY Academic Standards IN Academic Standards

Investigation

standards

Do leaf cutter ants carrying leaves travel faster than ants without leaves?

Using inquiry skills, students will observe the leaf cutter ant colony in the Zoo’s Insect World to determine whether ants with or without leaves travel faster. Results from this inquiry can be taken to the classroom and groups can share findings and graph the information.

OH Academic Standards

KY Academic Standards

IN Academic Standards

Are more primates left of right handed?

Students will think about their hand preference. Using inquiry and a variety of tools, they will discover whether the Zoo’s primates are right handed or left handed. Continue the investigation and find out if other animals have a hand preference.

OH Academic Standards

KY Academic Standards

IN Academic Standards

Which seed designs fly best?

Discover whether all seeds fall at the same rate. Do small or big seeds fall more slowly? Students will use inquiry to discover answers to these and other questions.

OH Academic Standards

KY Academic Standards

IN Academic Standards