Education

One of the most important missions of the Potter Park Zoological Society is to educate the public about the world's wildlife and what we all can do to help preserve it. Toward that end, the Society has established a wide array of fun and educational programs for both adults and children.

In addition to offering tours of the zoo where you will be guided by volunteer educators known as "docents" (these are the friendly men and women wearing blue shirts or aprons), you can have docents visit your classroom or organization, or you can have us come to special events and talk about our animals--we'll even bring some with us! We also have classes in our new Discovery and Education Center.

Other fun programs include our Sundown Safaris, where you and the kids can camp out on the zoo grounds and get a tour, Zookambi, where kids get lots of hands-on activities, our Teen Keeper program, the new BIG Zoo Lesson, and so much more!

New Program—V.E.Z.U.

Nope, not a new species of antelope. It stands for Vets, Education, Zoos and You! It is our latest educational program. It combines a veterinarian, a vet student or tech and a Docent to bring 3 levels of programming to schools. We are in partnership with our wonderful friends at the MSU Vet Clinic and they are rarin' to go! Response from the students visited has been extremely positive. We are now planning on introducing it as an'on grounds' program here at the zoo. Our Education Department!!!! I put it up against any other zoo! We rock when it comes to teaching!!!

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Did you know there are over
4,300 species of mammals on
our planet? And there are
over 8,600 species of birds! We
can't house them all at the Potter
Park Zoo, but you can learn
about many of them by attending
one of our education programs!

If you don't see a program
that meets your needs, then
you can design one yourself!
Feel free to contact us
to learn more . . .