| Reservations: | Required. Download registration form. |
| Questions: | Education Department |
| Fee: |
$99 per camper for San Diego County schools $105 per camper for schools not in San Diego County |
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Includes T-shirt |
| Audience: | School groups grades 3–6 and 6–8 |
| Location: |  |
| Duration: | Overnight: 3:30 p.m.–9 a.m. |
Calendar: School Sleepovers
At the Wild Animal Park
For students in grades 3–6 and 6–8
We're offering school group sleepover programs for two grade ranges in 2010: The Night Owls program for grades 3–6 and the Predator Project for grades 6–8.
During Night Owls, students will learn about some of the obstacles facing scientists as they perform conservation work around the world. Using step learning, your students will discover some of the challenges and successes of conservation and will then be put in the role of a field researcher to come up with some possible solutions to real-world conservation issues.
During Predator Project, your class will be challenged to discover what it takes to be a super predator as you explore the Wild Animal Park after hours. As one of the top predators on the savanna, the African lion faces many challenges every day. What does it take for the lion to remain on top, and how does its prey survive living on the lion’s front doorstep? This multi-disciplined overnight program supports California science content standards for Ecology (6.5), Structure and Function (7.5), and Forces (8.2), as well as Investigation/Experimentation for all three grade levels.
Included in each program: T-shirts, tents, barbeque dinner, snacks, pancake breakfast, games, animal encounters, campfire program, Journey into Africa and guided walking tours, and pre- and post-program activities.
2010 schedule
Note: Each date can be for either Night Owls or The Predator Project, but not both.
April 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, and 29
May 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, and 27
June 1, 7, 8, 9, and 10
"I find your entire staff to have a rare combination of academic knowledge and the ability to share it with the young students. Every year I have students who simply cannot focus on academic matters. Nevertheless, I watched as some of those otherwise troubled students listened, watched, and learned with full attention throughout the experience."—Will O., Richland Avenue Elementary School
