Pine Grove Zoo can come to You in our off-site outreach programs! Perfect for schools, senior care facilities, libraries, or any group gathering. These presentations offer fun, interactive ways for you to learn about the amazing world of animals at your location. Our programs are 1-hour long, including hands-on experiences with 2-to-4 of the Zoo’s animal ambassadors, animal biofacts (feathers, fur, and skulls), and a visual presentation. Programs must be within a 100-mile radius of Little Falls, Minnesota.
Outreach Topics:
Our Education Coordinator works with you to design a program that will be full of excitement and leave you with lifelong memories! Our education program would be designed based on the topic of your event or interest of your group. This program would include things such as artifacts that guests can touch and see up close. Educational power point presentations that will delve deeper into the topic. Live animal ambassadors for the guests to get a close look at. We can even incorporate games and activities and take-home information if desired.
Outreach Animal Ambassadors:
| Green Fancy Sun Conure | Sulcata Tortoises |
| Kenyan Sand Boa | Russian Tortoise |
| Dwarf Hoto Rabbit | Leopard Geckos |
| Mexican Red-Kneed Tarantula | Guinea Pig |
| Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches |
Reserve Your Program
Contact us at info@pinegrovezoo.com or (320) 616-5595 to request more information or to book your program!
Academic Requirements
A Balancing Act: Predators, Prey, and their Ecosystems
| Grade Level | Strand | Sub-Strand | Standard | Code | Benchmarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4. Life Science | 2. Interdependence Among Living Systems | 1. Natural systems have many components that interact to maintain the living system | 5.4.2.1.1 | Describe a natural system in Minnesota, such as a wetland, prairie, or garden, in terms of the relationships among its living and nonliving parts, as well as inputs and outputs. For example: Design and construct a habitat for a living organism that meets its need for food, air, and water. |
| 5 | 4. Life Science | 2. Interdependence Among Living Systems | 1. Natural systems have many parts that interact to maintain the living system | 5.4.2.1.2 | Explain what would happen to a system such as a wetland, prairie or garden if one of its parts were changed. For example: Investigate how road salt runoff affects plants, insects and other parts of an ecosystem. Another example: Investigate how an invasive species changes an ecosystem. |
| 5 | 4. Life Science | 4. Human Interactions with Living Systems | 1. Humans change environments in ways that can be either beneficial or harmful to themselves and other organisms. | 5.4.4.1.1 | Give examples of beneficial and harmful human interaction with natural systems. For example: Recreation, pollution, wildlife management. |
| 7 | 4. Life Science | 2. Interdependence Among Living Systems | 1. Natural systems include a variety of organisms that interact with one another in several ways. | 7.4.2.1.1 | Identify a variety of populations and communities in an ecosystem and describe the relationships among the populations and communities in a stable ecosystem. |
| 7 | 4. Life Science | 2. Interdependence Among Living Systems | 1. Natural systems include a variety of organisms that interact with one another in several ways. | 7.4.2.1.2 | Compare and contrast the roles of organisms within the following relationships: predator/prey, parasite/host, and producer/consumer/decomposer. |
| 7 | 4. Life Science | 2. Interdependence Among Living Systems | 2. The flow of energy and the recycling of matter are essential to a stable ecosystem. | 7.4.2.2.2 | Describe the roles and relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in changing energy from one form to another in a food web within an ecosystem. |
| 7 | 4. Life Science | 4. Human Interactions with Living Systems | 1. Human activity can change living organisms and ecosystems. | 7.4.4.1.2 | Describe ways that human activities can change the populations and communities in an ecosystem. |
| 9-12 | 4. Life Science | 2. Interdependence Among Living Systems | 1. The interrelationship and interdependence of organisms generate dynamic biological communities in ecosystems. | 9.4.2.1.2 | Explain how ecosystems can change as a result of the introduction of one of more new species. For example: The effect of migration, localized evolution or disease organism. |