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2013 Grant Recipient Winner
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The Maryland Zoo
[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]ZOOmobile is the Maryland Zoo’s educational outreach program. ZOOmobile is a traveling educational program featuring encounters with live animals and hands-on activities. Trained instructors travel throughout the state bringing this experience to schools. senior centers, day cares, libraries and other groups. The Zoo recognized that some schools would not be able to afford the costs involved in bringing this interactive experience to its children, so it sought funding to take this experience to Title 1 elementary schools.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”1048″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]
ZOOmobile is the Maryland Zoo’s educational outreach program. ZOOmobile is a traveling educational program featuring encounters with live animals and hands-on activities. Trained instructors travel throughout the state bringing this experience to schools. senior centers, day cares, libraries and other groups. The Zoo recognized that some schools would not be able to afford the costs involved in bringing this interactive experience to its children, so it sought funding to take this experience to Title 1 elementary schools.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]MCBF provided grant funding to help the Zoo to deliver six ZOOmobile programs to Title 1 elementary schools in Baltimore City. The target group is second graders because the ZOOmobile program aligns well with the curriculum for this grade level. It will provide one of 2 50-minute interactive experiences with various types of live animals, allowing students to understand the differences in nature classifications and to bring their classroom curriculum to life. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][blockquote text=”MCBF provided grant funding to help the Zoo to deliver six ZOOmobile programs to Title 1 elementary schools in Baltimore City.” show_quote_icon=”yes” text_color=”#57207e” width=”100″ line_height=”35″ quote_icon_color=”#57207e” border_color=”#d7d7d7″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]For example, students may learn the difference between a bird and a mammal; and by meeting a porcupine, students learn that quills are a special type of fur and that it is a mammal. The program as funded would reach approximately 65 students per session, reaching an estimated audience of 390 students.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Learn more about this program[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]