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Zoocheck Canada presents Keep It Wild! – Each half-day, in-class workshop is $175.
I T WI L D!
in-class, curriculum-based, animal-themed
workshops that offer elementary school
students a unique learning experience by
combining science and technology with
compassion and advocacy towards animals
and the environment!
SCIENCE x COMPASSION x ACTION
Keep It Wild! workshops are carefully
designed to adhere to specific requirements of
the Ontario Science and Technology
Curriculum. Through hands-on scientific
investigation, engaging activities, and
discussion, students will discover the unique
characteristics of specific animals – their
needs, their adaptations, their habitats – and
also discover how changes to their For more information, please visit
environment can affect their health, behaviour our website:
and well-being.
www.keepitwildeducation.com
Our workshops place a special emphasis on
Sustainability and Stewardship, one of the
fundamental concepts of the Ontario
To book a workshop, please contact
Curriculum. As well, Keep It Wild! workshops
contribute directly to Character Development
Initiatives, by engaging students in activities Zoocheck Canada
that reinforce the need to show respect, 788 ½ O’Connor Drive
kindness and caring for animals and for our Toronto, ON M4B 2S6
world, and by challenging students to think
critically, contribute to solutions, and become Phone: (416) 285-1744
socially responsible. Each workshop Fax: (416) 285-4670
empowers students to take action, and make a Email: zoocheck@zoocheck.com
difference in the lives of all wild animals.
Curriculum-based, animal-
themed workshops for
Elementary schools!
For more information, please visit our
website
www.keepitwildeducation.com
www.keepitwildeducation.com A project of Zoocheck Canada.
(Registered Charity # 13150 2072 RR 0001)
Keep It Wild! Workshops A BOTTLE CAP FOR BREAKFAST?
A Grade 4 unit on Habitats
Now Available!
Discover the negative impact marine debris in
ocean habitats have on wild animals. Check
AN ELEPHANT IN THE SNOW? out a whale’s stomach content, become
A Grade 1 unit on Animal Needs and Characteristics entangled in litter, play the “Perils of Plastic”
feeding game, create a dichotomous key to
Find out what makes elephants unique, and classify the plastic items albatross are likely to
what they need to survive life on the African eat, and more! Put it all together to discover
savannah! Experiment with an elephant ear why many ocean animals are facing the risk of
replica, check out how elephants use their trunks extinction. Then learn how you can protect
in amazing ways, make a wrinkly skin rubbing, animals by conserving their wild habitats!
feed an elephant for a day, create a life-sized * Great option for Ontario Eco-schools!
elephant, and more! Then meet Lucy, an WHAT TO DO INSTEAD OF THE ZOO?
elephant who lives completely alone at an A Grade 1/2 unit on Animal Characteristics and
Edmonton zoo, and discover how you can make Adaptations A WHALE IN A SWIMMING POOL?
a difference in her life! A Grade 4 unit on Habitats and Food Chains
Who needs to go to a zoo to learn about animals?
Find out what a killer whale’s ocean habitat is
Become a nature detective and learn all about
really like – it’s more than salty water! Play a
Toronto’s amazing urban wildlife through
killer whale food chain game, learn how to
animal tracks and signs. Make a plaster cast of
study whale communication using sound
your favourite animal footprint, create your own
pictures, experiment with tuning forks to
identification book of animal tracks, play a scat
investigate echolocation, discover how to
guessing game, and more! Then learn about
identify individual whales in the wild, and
some of the coyotes, foxes, raccoons and owls
more! Then meet Corky, the longest held
being kept in small cages in sub-standard
captive killer whale and compare his captive
roadside zoos across Ontario. Find out how you
environment with an ocean habitat. Take
can help animals in Ontario’s roadside zoos!
action, and join the campaign to free Corky!