Outreaches

From $255 • Bring the critters to your classroom

by Helen Woodward Animal Center· Rancho Santa Fe, CA
From$255
Group sizeMaximum 3 classes for 60-minutes or 2 classes for 90-minutes in a day

What to Expect

Interacting with animals is a fun and unique way for students to learn about the world around them. We offer a variety of programs that give kids in San Diego the chance to meet cute critters while learning lessons that complement their grade level’s NGSS and incorporate STEM. Year-round field trips to the Center or outreaches to your classroom are offered for preschool, elementary, middle and high school classes.

  • If you are a school, please call us at 858-756-4117 ext 318 or email us at [email protected] to reserve your spot, this way we can book you without upfront payment, and then we will invoice you at the time of program completion to get an accurate and final headcount.

Includes

All grade lesson
* “Remember Me Thursday®” – Discuss pet overpopulation and how we can make positive change for orphan pets by remembering pet adoption. We encourage your class to celebrate with Helen Woodward Animal Center’s Remember Me Thursday® event in September!
* Outreaches will meet a dog, rabbit, dove, and box turtle.

Preschool & Elementary School lessons
* Preschool and Kindergarten: “Plants and Paws” – Understand the needs of plants and animals and how they’re connected to each other and their environment.
* Outreaches will meet a dog, rabbit, dove, and leopard gecko.

  • 1st Grade: “The Wonderful World of Animals” – Discover the different ways animals interact with the world and why these interactions vary depending on the species.

  • Outreaches will meet a dove, guinea pig, bearded dragon, and Madagascar hissing cockroach.

  • 2nd Grade: “Home is Where the Heart Is” – Explore different habitats and discover the types of animals that live in each one.

  • Outreaches will meet a guinea pig, leopard gecko, parrot, and beetle.

  • 3rd Grade: “Learning about Life Cycles” – Investigate the many unique life cycles of animals and why it is appropriate for their environment.

  • Outreaches will meet a skink, frog, dog, and dove.

  • 4th Grade: “The Senses of Survival” – Dive into the animal world where our five senses have gone wild and learn how animals perceive the world. It can be similar to the way that we do, or it can be very different!

  • Outreaches will meet a snake, Madagascar hissing cockroach, rabbit, and parrot.

  • 5th Grade: “You Are What You Eat” – Explore the food web and how everything in our ecological community is connected.

  • Outreaches will meet a snake, rabbit, dove, and Madagascar hissing cockroach.

Middle School lessons
* 6th Grade: “System Overload” – Understand the way that animals have adapted, or failed to adapt, to the environmental changes that humans have created with the growth of civilization. Discuss ways we can improve our energy usage and be more aware of our actions on the ecosystem.
* Outreaches will meet a frog, dove, dog, and California desert tortoise.

  • 7th Grade: “We’re All in This Together” – Discuss some of the ways that people impact the world around them and what we can do to provide positive change.

  • Outreaches will meet a blue-tongued skink, Madagascar hissing cockroach, rabbit, and parrot.

  • 8th Grade: “Diversity by Design” – Classify animals into different groups based on their external characteristics and understand how this isn’t the only method. Plus, understand how even animals in different classifications can have similarities.

  • Outreaches will meet a parrot, beetle, frog and guinea pig.

High School lessons
* 9th – 12th Grades: “Biodiversity and Beyond” – Analyze how organisms maintain life through diversity and how they adapt to their surroundings.
* Outreaches will meet a frog, snake, parrot, and rabbit.

  • 9th – 12th Grades: “Wild at Work” – Most people think of veterinarians when they think about careers with critters, but there are so many options out there! Discover all the unique careers that allow you to work with animals!
  • Outreaches will meet a dog, guinea pig, parrot, and snake.

Restrictions

  • Indoors is best in order for us to safely present our animals. Outdoors can be done if there's no indoor option, but it will restrict the species we can bring to mainly reptiles and invertebrates.
  • Minimal movement for our animals is best, so setting up in one space and having classes come to us is ideal for animal health and safety.
  • We operate on a per class basis and do not provide experiences as an assembly-style with numerous classes. In order to get the full effect of our animals and to be able to provide interactions, the presentations per class are necessary.
  • We can only do 1 curriculum per day, so if you are planning for us to visit multiple grade levels in 1 day, you'll need to select the curriculum that will work best for all of them.
  • Outreaches only available for schools. We do not visit people's residences.

Duration

1 hour to 1.5 hours

Address

At your school

Pricing

60 Minute Outreach (per class) · Outreaches only available to schools$255
90 Minute Outreach (per class) · Outreaches only available to schools$315
Grant Outreach · Outreaches only available to schools - must be on grant listFree
Outreach Event · Outreaches only available to schools or companies - marketing boothFree

Prices are typical; see the booking calendar for live availability and rates.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel up to 31 days before the start time.

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