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WELCOME TO
THE ZOO STORY EDUCATION
RESOURCE SITE

Explore our collection of educational materials developed for use with this series either at home with your family or in the classroom.

CONTENT ALERT!

Some parents and teachers may find parts of Zoo Story too graphic for younger readers. Please be sure to read each day's installment before sharing. All the educational materials and links on this site have been carefully reviewed and are appropriate for student use.

RESOURCES

Zoo Story Multimedia site

Times Newspaper in Education

ZooWrap Contest Form (grades K-5)

Lesson Plans

Lowry Zoo K-2 lessons

Lowry Zoo 3-5 lessons

Lowry Zoo 6-8 lessons

Lowry Zoo 9-12 lessons

Family Zoo guide

Zoo Animal Poetry (elementary)

Animal Acrostic Poems (K-5)

Zoo Animals Worksheets (elementary)

National Zoo Curriculum Guides

National Zoo Family Learning Activities

Tigers: Home Away from Home

Webquests/Online Activities

ZooStory WebQuest
(grades 3-5)
Coming December
14

ZooStory WebQuest
(grades 6-12)
Coming December 14

Penguin Cyberhunt

Spiders Cyberhunt

Snakes Cyberhunt

Rhino Cyberhunt

Elephant Cyberhunt

Cyber Tiger (grades 4-12)
National Geographic interactive feature lets students design Tiger enclosure

Animal Habitats: Grades 3-5

Adventures at the zoo
Grades K-2

National Geographic Crittercam: The World Through Animal Eyes

Links

Animal Information Database
From a collection of animal sounds to fast facts about animals, this site from SeaWorld/Busch Gardens has it all.

Animal Planet’s Animals A to Zoo

CyberZoo

Zoo Resources elementary
K-2


Electronic fact sheets for over 50 species

Habitat Game

Habitat and Animal Research

Management/Conservation of Captive Tigers

Robot Zoo
Reveals the biomechanics of giant robot animals to illustrate how real animals work.

KidsClick! Science and Math: Animals

KidsWorld Guide toAnimals, Farming, Zoos & Aquariums


 

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chapter 1

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2 - THE NEW WORLD

As calves growing up in Africa, the elephants survived the slaughter of their families. Now, facing another death sentence, they are loaded onto a 747 headed for Florida.

chapter 2

MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 - ORPHANS

At Lowry Park, a keeper stays through the night with the elephants, watching for clues into how they're adjusting to their first days in captivity. Others fight to save an abandoned baby manatee, bottle-feeding him in their arms

chapter 3

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 - IMPERFECT LOVE

The queen of the zoo spurns another suitor, even as her endangered species approaches extinction. The king, old and vulnerable after an upbringing among humans, clings to his throne.

chapter 4

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7 - WILD

On a rain-drenched river, experts pursue one of Lowry Park's most beloved manatees as he swims toward freedom. At the zoo, in an elaborate display of technology, specilist from Berlin attempt to impregnate a female elephant.

chapter 5

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9 - SEX - POWER - STATUS

Two Sumatran tigers circle in a potentially lethal mating dance. Lower Park's CEO - the true alpha - maps the zoo's future.

chapter 6

MONDAY, DECEMBER 10 - THE HUMAN EXHIBIT

Alpha humans, in tuxes and gowns, slip through the zoo after dark for a late-night encounter with the elephants. Lowry Park goes into overdrive for the grand unveiling of a continent.

chapter 7

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13 - THE CITY & THE FOREST

A handful of Lowry Park’s creatures journey to Manhattan to appear on late-night TV. A keeper wades into the Panamanian jungle in search of an endangered species. Back at the zoo, the staff is caught off guard by a momentous birth.

chapter 8

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 - CODE ONE

An exodus of keepers raises questions about Lowry Park’s direction. A coup is attempted against the king.

chapter 9

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 - DUSK

An overlooked detail leads to one of the worst days in Lowry Park’s history. The staff looks for answers. Back in Africa, so does the family that lives among the elephants of Swaziland.

Ever wondered what it would be
like to work at a zoo?

Check out our video interviews with Lowry Park staff members.
 

Dan Costell, Reptiles and Aquatics Department

Lex Salisbury, former CEO, Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo

Tanya Ward, Florida Mammal Keeper

Tracy Crist, Primate Keeper