Field Trip Activities
Provide your students and chaperones with the following helpful guides developed by the Zoo's Education Specialists.
These guide sheets offer students a template for discussing and recording their observations throughout their visit, and empower your adult chaperones with wildlife information and student guidance tips.
Field Trip Investigations
Try out our chaperone-led Field Trip Investigation activities for Kindergarten through 5th grade. These guides were developed to help chaperones to encourage their students to practice their observation skills as they venture throughout the Zoo. Classrooms Connection suggestions are also included to help teachers prepare students for their Zoo field trip. Click on the grade levels below to download.
Kindergarten
1st & 2nd Grades
3rd & 4th Grades
5th Grade
Try out our chaperone-led Field Trip Investigation activities for Kindergarten through 5th grade. These guides were developed to help chaperones to encourage their students to practice their observation skills as they venture throughout the Zoo. Classrooms Connection suggestions are also included to help teachers prepare students for their Zoo field trip. Click on the grade levels below to download.
Kindergarten
1st & 2nd Grades
3rd & 4th Grades
5th Grade
Focused Discovery Activities
The following Focused Discovery Activities were developed to support our Discovery Programs, however they can be used even if your students do not participate in a formal program offering at the Zoo. Each Focused Discovery Activity focuses on one of our Zoo exhibits or animals. Click on program titles below to download.
Chaperone-Led Discovery
(K-2nd Grade)
Asian Forest Animals
Arctic Tundra Animals
Marine Mammals (Rocky Shores)
Ocean Invertebrates (North Pacific Aquarium)
Polar Bears
Red Wolves
Sharks
Student Logs and Chaperone Guides
(3rd-5th Grades)
(6th-12th Grades)
Marine Mammals
Polar Bears and Climate Change
Red Wolves
Skulls 101
Sharks
Zoos: Working for the World's Wildlife
Zoological Careers
The following Focused Discovery Activities were developed to support our Discovery Programs, however they can be used even if your students do not participate in a formal program offering at the Zoo. Each Focused Discovery Activity focuses on one of our Zoo exhibits or animals. Click on program titles below to download.
Chaperone-Led Discovery
(K-2nd Grade)
Asian Forest Animals
Arctic Tundra Animals
Marine Mammals (Rocky Shores)
Ocean Invertebrates (North Pacific Aquarium)
Polar Bears
Red Wolves
Sharks
Student Logs and Chaperone Guides
(3rd-5th Grades)
Asian Forest
Arctic Tundra
Rocky Shores
Polar Bears
Puget Sound (North Pacific Aquarium)
Red Wolves
Sharks
(6th-12th Grades)
Marine Mammals
Polar Bears and Climate Change
Red Wolves
Skulls 101
Sharks
Zoos: Working for the World's Wildlife
Zoological Careers
Prepare Your Students
Studies show that the more familiar students are with their field trip destination, the more prepared they will be to learn during their visit. We hope that you will be able to take the time to share this presentation with your students before they visit the Zoo.
Click here to download the "Zoo Preview" PowerPoint presentation to help prepare your students for their field trip.
