Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

We are so lucky to have a great zoo close by! The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is about 35 minutes from our house and we absolutely love it. The kids all love animals, but Carson is especially interested in animals and can already spout off hundreds of random animal facts. Our favorite program at the zoo is the Home School Adventure Series which, as the name implies, is for homeschool students. Each month is a different topic and each class session consists of a very cool presentation, an activity, and animal visitors (or a visit to an animal exhibit).

Here are some pictures of our adventures with the animals:

Sloth

Aquarium (the worm like thing is a Garden Eel)

Aquarium fish

Tarantula (ewww gross!)

Pencil Urchin

Chocolate Chip Sea Star

Snail - in the brown shell; the orange part is the snail
(the white shell is empty - the snail that made it died)

This is an amazing video we watched during our last class
See the full clip HERE

Amur Tiger

Monkeys (HA!)

I will add to this post as we collect more photos of our animal friends!

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