Fourth graders have visited us to discover the differentiating features of vertebrate groups!
They have come to delve deeper into the subject as they had worked some animals from each group. So we have reviewed the most important characteristics, reproduction, and feeding, which they have been able to see in front of the animals, and their ecological role !.
ESO first year students visit us to learn about the threats to the planet 's biodiversity.
They have visited different endangered species, they have known the causes and solutions, that is, what scientists are doing to conserve them both in their habitat and in different European zoos like ours. And the importance of education in this regard !.
The educators of the Zoo have explained to them the different degrees of threats, who poses them and how the species visited are currently. And how EEPs and STBs work.
The little ones in P4 are the class of giraffes and have come early in the morning to find the animals that share habitat with them like zebras, wildebeests, ostriches, elephants and lions!
Just as they arrive, the zebras have come out of their stable to greet them! They have seen them up close and the Zoo educator has explained many things about them, we continued to see the wildebeest who were very busy smelling their yard.
When we got to the ostrich we saw that it was very big, and we were told that it was a female that ran a lot because she couldn't fly!
Primary school students visit us to learn many things about different types of animals: how they move, how they breathe, how they are protected, how they live and reproduce depending on habitat type!
They have also known how animals are grouped according to some common characteristics, which they have been able to check with biological material.
Finally, they learned how to differentiate between different groups of animals, always with the help of a Zoo educator who also told them anecdotes and curiosities about animals!
Little P3 scouts have come looking for Tibor, the Sumatran tiger that lives in the Zoo!
They have discovered what their footprints are like, what they eat, how and where they live, how they reproduce, the threats they suffer to their habitat ... And they have been able to prove that it is the largest mammal and feline of all!
They were told that it was a nocturnal animal and that it might be asleep, but they were lucky that when it arrived it was awake and they could see it walking, marking the territory ... and even roaring! What a roaring power!
6th graders have worked on the digestive tracts of mammals, birds and reptiles seeing the differences that exist.
They have also manipulated the different teeth and what their use is and have checked that the different shapes of beaks are tools and that depending on their shape they can feed on fruit, meat, seeds ... Always with the help of the educator of the Zoo that has solved all doubts!
And finally they have worked on reproduction with a few examples of different groups of vertebrates and with biological material.
It has been a discovery!
Kindergarten boys and girls have come to a lot of things about elephants today!
They have discovered what part of the body they use the most and have seen how they do it, where they live, how they live, what they eat, how they reproduce and who our African elephants are.
The Zoo educator explained to them the problems they have in nature, where these elephants come from and why they are at the Zoo.
At the end of the workshop they have said goodbye to the heaviest terrestrial mammal on the planet, a female weighs 4500Kg!
The little ones from P3 have come to visit our family of giraffes !.
They have not only discovered what their hair, their skull and their teeth are like. They have also learned what they eat, how their legs and footprints are, how they reproduce from the hand of a Zoo educator who has taught them many curiosities !.
Also they have been able to see that they live with other animals, share habitat with a spur turtle and Dorcas gazelles! And they get along really well!
They loved being able to sing their song to the giraffes who were all looking at them curiously !.
Second graders have studied brown bears at school and have come to the Zoo to become all experts !.
From the hand of the Zoo educator they have been able to see different mammals to learn the common features and differences with the brown bear.
Once in front of the bears they have acted as explorers looking for their footprints, reviewing what they eat, how they reproduce, how and where they live !.
This is the largest mammal on the peninsula and we are lucky that it lives in our home!
Today has been a great day for the Humboldt penguins as these preschoolers have come to visit and learn a lot from them!
On the way we commented on the characteristics of the birds while seeing some that are in the zoo like peacocks calling the differences with the penguins.
Just arriving in front of the penguins, they heard their voice and were lucky enough to see sooooooo close to one of them who was near the glass and had a good time watching the kids and cleaning up. They were blown away by this cute penguin !.
