School Programs
The Caldwell Zoo provides many educational opportunities designed to enrich school curricula. Programs are age-appropriate, interactive learning experiences that incorporate Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Programs are free of charge.
Preschool
- Critter Tales: A storybook, a live animal and songs and finger plays make this learning ed-venture more fun than a barrel of you-know-whats!
Kindergarten through 2nd grade
- Critter Covers: Fur and feathers, scales and skin - discover vertebrate animal classification by "critter covers."
- It All Makes Sense: Use your five senses to learn how animals depend on their senses.
- Animal Families: Animal babies are always special! Learn how animal parents care for their young ones.
3rd through 6th grade
- Animal Addresses: Check out the cool (hot and aquatic, too) ways animals are adapted for survival in their habitats.
- Going, Going, Gone!: What do the black rhinoceros, ring-tailed lemur and jaguar have in common? They're all endangered species.
- Secrets of Survival: Adaptations are the key to survival. Unlock some of the mysteries behind animal survival.
7th through 12th grade
- This Place Is a Zoo!: Zoos are complicated facilities with a definite mission. Find out what the Caldwell Zoo is up to.
- Conservation Corps: Some of our favorite wildlife and wild places are on the endangered species list. Find out why and what YOU can do.
To schedule your special ed-venture, call Caldwell Zoo's Ed-ZOO-cation Department at (903)593-0121 ext. 228 or 229.
