AR-News: (US KY) Classes at the zoo inspire students

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Program uses experiences to illustrate science concepts  

By CHRIS KENNING
ckenning at courier-journal.com 
The Courier-Journal 
 
PHOTOS BY SAM UPSHAW JR. / THE C-J 
Zoo educator Nancy Shives displayed a box turtle. School at the Zoo lessons 
often include demonstrations of animals. 
 Moore Traditional Middle School students Allison Nichols, 13, left, and 
Jerrica Mayes, 12, were amused at the antics of Stevie the pygmy goat as it waved 
a hoof at them at the Louisville Zoo. 


A dozen seventh-graders lined up along a rail at the Louisville Zoo, craning 
to hear docent Karl Baker talk about the ostriches that live in a grassland 
ecosystem. 
"These birds can run 35 mph," he said as the students, visibly impressed, 
trotted off to visit lions and later horned goats, which they were able to pet as 
they imagined them crossing an African plain. 



 







full story:

http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2004/01/26ky/met-2-zoo01260-6415.html



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