Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Nocturnal Adventure School Overnights
Animal Adaptations (Grades 2-4)
Investigate physical and behavioral adaptations of animals and how adaptation diversity in different habitats is the
key to survival!
OHIO
Grades 2 -3 Observations of the Environment; Grade 4 Interconnections within Systems
KENTUCKY
Grade 2 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems; Grade 3 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems/Inheritance and
Variation of Traits; Grade 4 Structure, Function, and Information Processing
INDIANA
Grade 2 Life Science; Grade 3 Earth Science; Grade 4 Life Science
African Predator Prowl I (Grades 2-5) & II (Grades 6 & up)
Prowl the Zoo at night in search of predators from Africa and beyond while learning about the vital role of
predators and humans in a healthy ecosystem.
OHIO
Grades 2 -3 Observations of the Environment; Grade 4-5 Interconnections within Systems; Grade 6-8 Order and
Organization; High School Evolution & Diversity and Interdependence of Life, Earth Systems
KENTUCKY
Grade 2 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems; Grade 3 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems/Inheritance and
Weather and Climate; Grade 4 Energy, Waves and Information, Structure/Function/Information Processing, Earth’s
Systems; Grade 5 Matter & Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems, Earth’s Systems; Middle Level
Structure/Function/Information Processing, Matter & Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems, Interdependent Relationships in
Ecosystems, Earth’s Systems, Weather & Climate, Human Impacts; High School Matter and Energy in Organisms and
Ecosystems, Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems, Natural Selection & Evolution, Earth’s Systems, Human
Sustainability
INDIANA
Grade 2 Life Science & Science/Engineering/Technology; Grade 3 Earth Science & Science, Engineering, Technology;
Grade 4 Earth Science & Life Science; Grade 5-6 Life Science; Grade 8 Earth & Space Systems; High School Matter cycles
& Energy Transfer, Interdependence, Evolution, The Earth, Earth Processes
Sleep with the Manatees (Grades 5 & up)
Explore the diversity of life on Earth while spending the night with our resident manatees!
OHIO
Grade 5 Interconnection within Systems; Grade 6-8 Order and Organization; High School Evolution & Diversity,
Interdependence of Life, Earth Systems
KENTUCKY
Grade 5 Matter & Energy in Organisms & Ecosystems; Middle Level Structure/Function/Information Processing, Matter &
Energy in Organisms & Ecosystems, Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems, Growth/Development/Reproduction of
Organisms, Natural Selection & Adaptations; High School Matter & Energy in Organisms & Ecosystems, Interdependent
Relationships in Ecosystems, Natural Selection & Evolution, Human Sustainability
INDIANA
Grade 5-8 Life Science; Grade 8 Earth and Space Systems; High School Matter Cycles & Energy Transfer, Interdependence,
Evolution, The Earth, Earth Processes
For more information, go to www.cincinnatizoo.org/education/schools-teachers/