Kindergarten through Grade 12
The feathered stars of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s bird show will amaze kindergarten through Grade six students.
This special program is only offered to Franklin County schools with a federal and reduced lunch program of greater than 30 percent and is designed to assist teachers in fulfilling the Ohio Academic Content Standards.
Standards Addressed by this Topic:
Life Sciences
Benchmark B (K-2)
Explain how organisms function and interact with their physical environment.
Kindergarten Indicator
5. Investigate observable features of plants and animals that help them live in different kinds of places.
Grade One Indicator
3. Explore that humans and other animals have body parts that help to seek, find, and take in food when they are hungry.
Grade Two Indicators
2. Identify that there are many different environments that support different kinds of organisms.
3. Explain why organisms can survive only in environments that meet their needs.
6. Investigate the different structures of plants and animals that help them live in different environments.
Benchmark A (3-5)
Differentiate between the life cycles of different plants and animals.
Grade Four Indicator
5. Describe how organisms interact with one another in various ways.
Benchmark B (3-5)
Analyze plant and animal structures and functions needed for survival and describe the flow of energy through a system that all organisms use to survive.
Grade Three Indicator
2. Relate animal structures to their specific survival functions.
Benchmark C (3-5)
Compare changes in an organism's ecosystem/habitat that affect its survival.
Grade Five Indicators
4. Summarize that organisms can survive only in ecosystems in which their needs can be met.
Call (614)-645-3488 to register. Two week advance reservation required.