All Grades: “Remember Me Thursday®” – Discuss pet overpopulation and how we can make positive change for orphan pets by remembering pet adoption. This lesson comes with a special teacher’s kit to continue the lesson throughout the year. We encourage your class to celebrate with Helen Woodward Animal Center’s Remember Me Thursday® event in September! You will meet a dog, parrot, guinea pig and goat.

Preschool and Kindergarten: “Plants and Paws” – Understand the needs of plants and animals and how they’re connected to each other and their environment. You will meet a dog, rabbit, chicken and sheep.

1st Grade: “The Wonderful World of Animals” – Discover the different ways that animals interact with the world and why these interactions vary depending on the species. You will meet a parrot, guinea pig, bearded dragon and mini donkey.

2nd Grade: “Home is Where the Heart Is” – Explore different habitats and discover the types of animals that live in each one. You will meet a chinchilla, leopard gecko, parrot and hermit crab.

3rd Grade: “Learning about Life Cycles” – Investigate the many unique life cycles of animals and why it is appropriate for their environment. You will meet a bearded dragon, frog, dog and chicken.

4th Grade: “The Senses of Survival” – Dive into the animal world where our five senses have gone wild and learn how animals perceive the world. It can be similar to the way we do, or it can be very different! You will meet a snake, Madagascar hissing cockroach, rabbit and parrot.

5th Grade: “You Are What You Eat” – Explore the food web and how everything in our ecological community is connected. You will meet a snake, rabbit, dove or pigeon and Madagascar hissing cockroach.

Species may vary depending on animal health, safety and availability.

All Grades: “Remember Me Thursday®” – Discuss pet overpopulation and how we can make positive change for orphan pets by remembering pet adoption. This lesson comes with a special teacher’s kit to continue the lesson throughout the year. We encourage your class to celebrate with Helen Woodward Animal Center’s Remember Me Thursday® event in September! You will meet a dog, parrot, guinea pig and goat.

6th Grade: “System Overload” – Understand the way that animals have adapted, or failed to adapt, to the environmental changes that humans have created with the growth of civilization. Discuss ways we can improve our energy usage and be more aware of our actions on the ecosystem. You will meet a frog, duck, mini horse and California desert tortoise.

7th Grade: “We’re All in This Together” – Discuss some of the ways people impact the world around them and what we can do to provide positive change. You will meet a blue-tongued skink, millipede, rabbit and parrot.

8th Grade: “Diversity by Design” – Classify animals into different groups based on their external characteristics and understand how this isn’t the only method. Plus, understand how even animals in different classifications can have similarities. You will meet a parrot, hermit crab, frog and guinea pig.

Species and activities may vary depending on animal health, safety and availability.

All Grades: “Remember Me Thursday®” – Discuss pet overpopulation and how we can make positive change for orphan pets by remembering pet adoption. This lesson comes with a special teacher’s kit to continue the lesson throughout the year. We encourage your class to celebrate with Helen Woodward Animal Center’s Remember Me Thursday® event in September! You will meet a dog, parrot, guinea pig and goat.

9th–12th Grades: “Biodiversity and Beyond” – Analyze how organisms maintain life through diversity and how they adapt to their surroundings. You will meet a hermit crab, snake, parrot and alpaca.

9th–12th Grades: “Wild at Work” – Most people think of veterinarians when they think about careers with critters, but there are so many options out there! Discover all of the unique careers that allow you to work with animals! You will meet a dog, rabbit, mini horse and parrot.

Species and activities may vary depending on animal health, safety and availability.

• Masks & social distancing if you are vaccinated:
  • Outside masks and social distancing aren’t required.
  • Inside masks and social distancing are required if you are with children between 2 and 12 years of age.
    • Inside masks and social distancing are not required if you are with other vaccinated individuals.
• Masks and social distancing if you are not vaccinated or any children between 2 and 12 years of age:
  • Outside masks are required whenever social distancing between multiple households isn’t maintained (such as when playing games).
    • Outside masks are not required if you are social distancing from others (not needed if with your own household).
  • Inside masks and social distancing are required at all times.
    • At some points social distancing may not be possible, such as when petting animals, but these instances will be kept short.
• The program will be held outside as much as possible for ventilation.
  • The program may go inside at times due to certain animal/activity requirements, or if the weather requires. When inside, all windows are open and the room has an H13 HEPA filtration unit.
  • A maximum of 15 can be inside.
  • Certain animals may not be available to be met due to needing to be indoors for presentations.
• We will sanitize hands directly before and after using any shared items (such as petting animals).
• Guests should not attend if anyone in their household has a fever or displays symptoms like coughing, sore throat or headache.

**Protocols are subject to change. Reach out to us at education@animalcenter.org if you have any questions or concerns