Toledo Zoo Interactive Lessons
To become advanced thinkers, students must use an array of strategies to interpret, evaluate, synthesize and apply information. Click on the link to access interactive lessons which help children develop their reading comprehension, writing, and critical thinking abilities. Each lesson provides a choice in strategy selection but we encourage children to do all four activities in each lesson. Each activity engages students in different types of thinking and language processing and is an essential component of the learning process. The assortment of strategies provides challenges for students of different ages and abilities. Each lesson also includes an alignment of the lessons to State and National Standards.Everyone enjoys a visit to the zoo. It is interesting and educational to observe the variety of animals in one location. The Toledo Zoo is one of the leading zoos in the country, and excellent for its size. The Toledo Zoo’s Education Department, in conjunction with Thinking Works, designer and implementer of strategies and programs to enhance children’s reading skills, has created several informative lessons and activities that educators and parents can use while at the Zoo, in classrooms, and at home. These materials are available for general use.
The lessons can be completed using online videos of wildlife if it is not possible to visit the zoo.
General Lessons
African Savanna
Amphibians
Birds
Cats
Fish
Plants
Wolves
Intervention/Tutoring Lessons for Grades 3 & Up
Click on the buttons below to access tutoring strategies and materials for classroom and in-home use. Presentations can be found in English, Spanish and Arabic.