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Zoo Scene Investigators

What:
Handheld computer program using GPS in the Asia Quest Region. During the quest, students will learn about the illegal wildlife trade.
Who: Grades five - eight and home school families
Where: Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
When: Monday through Friday year round
Time: Flexible.  Quests are approximately one-and-a-half hour in length
Cost

$40 per class of 50 students within Franklin County plus Zoo admission
$50 per class of 50 students outside Franklin County plus Zoo admission

How: Call (614) 724-3626 or email BattelleQuest@columbuszoo.org to register

Who broke into the Zoo? What did he want? Your students will explore Asia Quest as they work together to solve this mystery using handheld computers.

Standards address with this topic:

Life Science
Benchmark A (6-8)
Explain that the basic functions of organisms are carried out in cells and groups of specialized cells form tissues and organs; the combination of these cells make up multicellular organisms that have a variety of body plans and internal structures.

Grade 6 Indicator
3. Identify how plant cells differ from animal cells.

Benchmark C (6-8)
Explain how energy entering the ecosystems as sunlight supports the life of organisms through photosynthesis and the transfer of energy through the interactions of organisms and the environment

Grade 7 Indicator
2. Investigate how organisms or populations may interact with one another through symbiotic relationships and how some species have become so adapted to each other that neither could survive without the other.



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