I had the pleasure of sitting in on our third grade classes participating in the Magnificent Manatees program this morning with the Columbus Zoo. I enjoyed watching the interaction with the students and the instructor as the students met Ohio’s standards in Math, Social Studies and Science.
The Columbus Zoo is one of the few providers that take their videoconferencing system to the exhibit which is not an easy thing to pull off, especially during Ohio’s second snow fall of the season. While the exhibit is in doors they still have to move the system to that location. The Columbus Zoo sent materials to the classroom teachers which consisted on foam samples representing blubber, a life size drawing of a manatee, hair samples from manatees and some great pre and post activities for the classroom teachers.
Way Cool Columbus Zoo!
