Day two of Zoo School included a lot of learning about seals, animal training, and a tortoise named Frodo! We got to get up close watch the zoo trainers work with a northern fur seal and a harbour seal, and we were very impressed with all of their learned behaviours (especially their vocalizations and clapping)! Students observed the animal they're becoming experts on in their groups, and we practiced our training skills with an entertaining game as well. Our educator Anna had us interact with some mystery artifacts (the trickiest one to identify was rhinocerous skin), and we learned about how many of these items come from items the government had to confiscate from people because of how they illegally threatened animal conservation. The sea turtle shoes and river otter fur have been at the zoo for many years! We finished the day off learning about Frodo the tortoise and his UV vision. He was very curious and adventurous, and we learned that tortoises aren't as slow as they're cracked up to be! Comments are closed.
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Mrs. BarkerMrs. Barker is a grade three teacher at Millgrove School. She loves science and reading, and lives in a little brick house with Mr. Barker and her kids Jack and Ellie. Archive
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