Week Overview

Daily Schedule Subject to Change

**Ask your camper the questions below to learn about their day!

Monday

• Question of the Day: Can you create new enrichment that will improve the life of an animal? 
• Zoo Exploration:
  • Look for enrichment and exhibit design styles
  • Primate Panorama
• Animal Experience: Who did we meet today?
• Engineering Challenge:
  • Campers design new enrichment for an animal that will help it to exercise its body and brain
  • What did you design? How will it help an exercise its unique skills or body type?
• Further Exploration
  • Training Game - what is positive reinforcement?

Tuesday

• Question of the Day:
  • AM: How can animal behaviorists tell if training, enrichment, and exhibit changes are needed and if they are working for the desired results? 
  • PM: Can you design a new and unique exhibit feature?
• Zoo Exploration:  
  
  • Predator Ridge or Northern Shores, and Sting Ray Cove
  • Behavior/health observations
• Animal Experience: Who did we meet today?
• Engineering Challenge:
  • Campers design a cool, new exhibit feature
  • What did you design? How could this be useful or fun for the animal?
• Further Exploration 
  • Toyota Elephant Passage
  • What training, enrichment, and exhibit changes has Denver Zoo implemented that have improved the lives of our elephants?

Wednesday

• Question of the Day:
  • AM: Can you help Denver Zoo by doing Conservation field work?
  • PM: Why does Denver Zoo support animal conservation?
• Zoo Exploration: 
  
  • "Field" Work led by Denver Zoo Conservation Experts!
  • Campers’ Choice – explore a species related to DZ’s conservation efforts – e.g., Cinereous Vultures, Bighorn Sheep, Lake Titicaca Frogs in Tropical Discovery
  • Where did we go and what did we get to do?
• Animal Experience: Who did we meet today?
• Further Exploration:
  • Outdoor Bird Exhibits or more exhibits related to conservation efforts – e.g., Bactrian Camels, Przewalski’s Horses, Tigers, Rhinos
  • Which animals are success stories in Conservation?

Thursday

• Question of the Day: 
  • AM: How and why are plants an important part of Denver Zoo?
  • PM: Can you design a new way to incorporate plants into a part of the zoo that doesn't have any?
• Zoo Exploration: 
  • Horticulture Experience - look at unique ways that the zoo uses plants!
  • Tropical Discovery – look for the ways plants are used in exhibits and to improve the visitor experience
    
• Animal Experience: Who did we meet today?
• Engineering Challenge: Campers design a new way to incorporate plants into a part of the zoo
  • What did you design? What plants did you use?
• Further Exploration: 
  • Campers' Choice!
  • Where did we go?

**City Park Fountains!

Friday

• Question of the Day: How do we do medical procedures on huge or difficult-to-move animals?  
• Zoo Exploration: 
  
  • Giraffes and "difficult to care for" animals
• Animal Experience: Watch an animal receive camper-made enrichment!
• Engineering Challenge: Design a medical procedure for a zoo animal that is difficult to move or treat
  • What did you design? What animal is it for?
• Further Exploration: 
  • Vet Hospital
  • Lorikeet Observation
  • What interesting things did you notice or observe?