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6th Grade Zoo Field Trip
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Virtual Zoo Field Trip
Let's Go!
Let's Go!
Who's here?
Roll Call
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPR5CDLBXLg
Bus Safety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0f1Aqk1XHI
Our First Stop
National Zoo
Washington D.C
Cheetah Conservation
What is the zoo doing to help conserve the cheetah population?
Is the Smithsonian National Zoo doing enough?
Cheetahs
Cheetah Cubs
Meet the Cheetah Cubs
Meet the Cheetah Cubs https://youtu.be/G8kusf8bJ20
Cheetah Live Cam
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/cheetah-cub-cam
Cheetah Live Cam
We don't see much in the live cam because the cubs are so active!
What comes next for the cubs?
Next week the cubs will have their first veterinary exam. They will receive their first vaccines, and vets will listen to their hearts and lungs. For now though, we just continue to weigh them.
Our next stop....panda bears
Pandas
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/giant-panda?qt-learn_more_about_the_animal=1#qt-learn_more_about_the_animal
Pandacams
Pandacams
Camera 1.
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/panda-cam
Camera 2:
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/panda-cam
Conserving Panda Bears
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/support/adopt/adopt-giant-panda
Conservation Efforts
Meet the Elephants
Shanthi https://youtu.be/FgCu84NPbnw
Elephants
What are the elephants doing today?
Elephantcams
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/elephants
Did you know?
Enrichment
Elephants are very intelligent and need to keep busy.
Animals need "enrichment" activities to stay active and healthy
Enrichment often falls into one or more categories, such as:
Habitat: Keepers can manipulate multiple aspects of the animals’ environment, such as adding trees, vines and perching, changing substrates, or providing new bedding and den options. This adds novelty and complexity to the animals’ lives.
Cognitive: Positive reinforcement training sessions are excellent cognitive enrichment; it gives the animals a chance to exercise their minds. Participation in research projects offers mental stimulation (i.e., foraging skills research with giant pandas, memory research with orangutans, color vision tests with monitor lizards).
Sensory: A keeper can introduce natural predator or prey scents, in addition to novel smells, such as spices or diluted perfumes. Taped sounds or vocalizations can simulate things that an animal may hear in the wild.
Food: This is the most widely used form of enrichment. Keepers can present an animal’s normal diet as well as new food items in a variety of ways such as in a puzzle feeder, hidden, buried or scattered throughout the enclosure, or in frozen ice treats. It is important for the Zoo’s animals to work for their food, just as their wild counterparts do.
Toys: These items can include burlap bags, sheets, boomer balls, chew toys or hammocks. Often, novel objects will be combined with food-related enrichment.
Let's learn about the animal enrichment program at the Smithsonian National Zoo
Otters and Enrichment
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/animal-enrichment
Meet the eagles
The Zoo is home to two bald eagles: male Tioga and female Annie. Tioga came to the Zoo from the American Eagle Foundation in Tennessee. He was born in the wild, but was found injured as a fledgling, having fractured his left shoulder. It healed out-of-position, and he never regained the ability to fly. Annie was found in a marsh, unable to fly, in Anne Arundel County—for which she was named. Because a portion of her left wing had to be amputated, she was not released into the wild.
Bald Eagles
Conservation Efforts
In 1963 there were only 400 bald eagles left, now the bald eagle is "least concern on conservation status. What do you think caused this change?
What is a black footed ferret?
The black-footed ferret is thought to be the only native ferret species in North America. They were once thought to be extinct. Zoo breeding and reintroduction strategies have provided an incredible recovery for the black-footed ferret
Black footed Ferret
Check out Potpie and her kits
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/black-footed-ferret-cam
Ferret Cam
Did zoos do enough to help save this species? Let's watch this video of conservation efforts of humans.
What do you think?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNLwHlQDdEk
Let's Visit the Great Cats!
Lions and Tigers and Prairie Dogs and Peacocks are all animals that can be found in the Great Cat exhibit!
Check out the LION cam
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/lion-cam
Big Cats
Did you know?
There are only approximately 3,900 tigers left in the wild.
The Smithsonian participates in conservation efforts to responsibly breed and manage tiger populations.
Tigers Oh MY!
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/tiger
Summer School for Lions? Yep, at the Smithsonian the lion cubs go to summer school.
Lions
ROAR!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JCFd-2pstc
https://youtu.be/nskaef1Yvho
More than ferret food!
Did you know:
- Prairie Dogs are not an endangered animal.
- They are named "dog" because of their loud bark.
- Prairie Dogs are often exterminated and treated as pests.
- Some Prairie Dogs have been infected with a disease called the Sylvatic Plague
- Prairie Dogs are important to restoring America's Wild Prairie.
Prairie Dogs
Welcome to the
San Diego Zoo!
https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/upgraded-experiences/inside-look-tours
It is so CUTE!
Baby Pygmy
Hippo
Endangered Species Pygmy Hippo now at the San Diego Zoo!
Let's meet the baby!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq8iuN-EAY8
These black and white birds are so fun to watch!
https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/cams/penguin-cam
Penguins
The Polar Bear
Polar Bear Cam
https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/cams/polar-cam
Polar Bears
Did you know
Polar Bears are a threatened species?
Helping the World
Conservation Efforts
Zoos like the San Diego zoo also help wildlife throughout the world. Check out how San Diego helped the Australian Wildlife during the recent fires.
https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/videos?playlistVideoId=6124176115001
Nairobi Safari
You got it! We are traveling all the way to Africa to the country of Kenya. Our last stop is to visit the Giraffe Center of Nairobi. Let's check it out!
Just for Mrs. Fenner
Things you should know about giraffes
1. Giraffe tongues are black
2. Giraffes can headbutt you or other giraffes
3. If a giraffe starts to headbutt your at the Giraffe Center it’s probably a friendly reminder they want some more snacks.
4. The Giraffe Center in Nairobi has been saving giraffes since 1979.
5. You can actually stay at a ‘giraffe hotel’ in Nairobi that is attached called the Giraffe Manor.
6. The Rothchild Giraffe are only found in Kenya and Uganda.
7. There are nine subspecies of giraffe one being the Rothschild.
8. All of the living Rothschild Giraffes live in protected areas and parks.
Giraffe Center
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWi4eoLn9h8
Conservation Efforts
Giraffe Center, Nairobi Kenya was purposefully set up to preserve the Rothschild Giraffe.
The center works with African Fund for Endangered Wildlife and Kenyan School Children to provide education and resources.
The giraffes wander freely around the property and may even poke their heads into the lodge to check out a dinner plate.
Check out Giraffe Manor
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g294207-d302824-Reviews-Giraffe_Manor-Nairobi.html
A Giraffe Hotel?
It's been a great
day!
Heading Home
Welcome back to Island Creek!
What do you think?
Do you have an opinion?