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February – the love month!- is finally here and it has brought a lot of lovely new books for us to read with you and your family during Story Safari in the Houston Zoo’s Butterfly Stage. We will be reading two different books per month this year. Because February is all about love and friendship, for the next [...]
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I am so excited about a new opportunity that we are offering here in the Education Department! My favorite class to teach is Point, Click, Zoo, our beginning-level adult photography class. Last fall I trained all of my coworkers on the program so they could start teaching it as well. I can now reveal the [...]
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We recently hosted our 2nd Teen Career Conference on Sunday, January 22nd, which happened to be another huge success! We had over 200 participants register for the event which was great for only our 2nd year. It turns out that teens all over the Houston area are getting a jump start on their future. Along [...]
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It’s that time of the year again, when we all promise ourselves 12 months of better living resolutions. While some of the most popular resolutions may be to eat better, stop an unhealthy habit, or visit the gym more often, we rarely think about improving ourselves for the benefit of the world around us. A [...]
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…and it’ll be here before you know it! Just when the weather starts to get a bit cooler and Summer Camp Zoofari is but a distant memory, our department gets geared up for round 2-Winter Camp Zoofari! What better way to spend your Christmas vacation than here at the Zoo? Winter Camp Zoofari will host [...]
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December is here and you know what that means? It’s time to bundle up with a new story at Story Safari in the Houston Zoo’s Children’s Zoo. Join us every day at 10:30AM and 11:00AM at the Butterfly Stage to listen to this month’s book: “Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed” by Mo Willems. I [...]
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I have mentioned before that my favorite program to teach here at the Houston Zoo is our beginner-level adult photography class called Point, Click, Zoo. It’s a good thing that I like it, because until recently I was the only person in the department who could teach it! Now, there are six of us [...]
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Ever wonder what an Education Specialist at the Houston Zoo does on a daily basis? You may remember being introduced to all the specialists in earlier posts and we all gave you our own description of what we do around here. Well, in this series I’m going to take you through a day (or three) in [...]
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Ever wonder what an Education Specialist at the Houston Zoo does on a daily basis? You may remember being introduced to all the specialists in earlier posts and we all gave you our own description of what we do around here. Well, in this series I’m going to take you through a day (or three) in [...]
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It seems like just yesterday I was blogging about summer camp and now… POOF! It’s almost December and we’ve just hosted another successful Educator Day. I’m sure most of you reading this blog feel the same way. Time just passes by, and no matter how hard I try, I can’t stop it! With busy schedules, [...]
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