Field Trip to the Zoo

Last week, Friday, we took our monthly field trip to the closest zoo, one hour away. We met up with other homeschoolers, ate lunch together, and then worked our way through the exhibits. It was a gorgeous day! A little chilly and windy, but the sun was out and there were blue skies.

This zoo is divided up into continents. There is an African area, South American area, Australian area, etc. The new exhibit, Amazonia, was really neat.  It was created to look like a part of the Amazon rain forest, complete with a waterfall! One of my favorite animals to see was the Cappyboppy. Maybe because I had read a book by that name so long ago to the kids. I enjoyed seeing one in real life.  The porcupines were cute too.   

Sarah and Rachel will be studying animals and their habitats next year as part of their Life Science course.  I am excited to use the zoo as a resource for their studies!  I would have loved to spend a little bit more time at each exhibit, studying the habitats of the different animals, but we will have to wait until next year.  I'll also have to check out the zoo educational programs that they offer to see if anything will work for us.  It was a fun field trip day!

Here are some pictures of our day.  Sarah took the first two:

1.  Porcupine

2. Jaguar

3.  Rachel and Sarah bats

4.  Looking at snakes