Do you want to be a wildlife biologist for a day? The Houston Zoo Toad Trackers class is for you!
The Houston Zoo would like to offer a special opportunity for Houston Home School families to take part in a one of a kind wildlife conservation education program called Toad Trackers. This exciting program was made possible by a grant from the Texas Parks and Wildlife, Community Outdoor Outreach Program. This program aims to teach students real world field research methods used by conservation biologists and wildlife professionals. Through the course of the class, students will be introduced to the equipment a field biologist would use in their research and some of the methods used in the scientific study of wild animal populations. Students will also learn about global amphibian extinctions and why monitoring local amphibian populations are important to detecting declines in our own region.
In the second part of the class, students will be able to apply their newly acquired skills by actively searching for real toads on Zoo grounds and weighing and measuring them under the supervision of Houston Zoo biologists!
This important information collected by students will help Houston Zoo amphibian biologists to track the toad’s movement and health on Zoo grounds!
This is a two part class, the first class is on Monday, May 24th from 1-3 pm and Wednesday, May 26, from 8-10 pm. Space is limited.
Check out the website for more information and to register!
