Author: North Carolina Zoo
Designed with school groups in mind, the North Carolina Zoo App enhances the educational experience of your students during your field trip to the North Carolina Zoo. The free app provides four self-guided learning experiences, which are available in both English and Spanish.
- Audio Description Tour: Designed for the blind and low vision, each stop paints a picture of the habitat and animal(s), shares some natural history about the animals or a connection to one of their keepers, and provides navigation to and from each habitat.
- Virtual Tour: An entertaining and insightful tour featuring short videos about our animals. These can be watched before or after a visit to add even more depth to your field trip experience.
- EdZOOcational School Activities: For each grade level (K-12) we have an in the Zoo interactive activity designed to meet one of the updated North Carolina Science Standards. From botany to physics, we have something for everyone. Once at the starting location, each activity takes approximately 15-20 minutes to complete.
- Career Quests: Explore what it is like to work at the North Carolina Zoo. Put yourself in the shoes of a zookeeper, a zoo veterinarian, an animal behavior researcher, a horticulturalist, or a conservation biologist.
- Teachers: you can sign up for a free pre-visit virtual program for your class that highlights one of these careers. Students will learn about the career, what education and training they need for that career, and how that career relates to the Zoo and its animals. As part of the program, you will meet one of our animal ambassadors. Email schoolprograms@nczoo.org to learn more.
Don’t have devices for your students? Don’t worry! As part of the grant provided by North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation to build the app, we have tablets available for school groups to borrow during their visit. Reservations for the tablets must be made in advance of your visit. Email schoolprograms@nczoo.org to learn more.
Visit the North Carolina Zoo App to learn more about the app and discover additional resources available to students, teachers, and Zoo guests!
The North Carolina Zoo app is free to download from the Apple app store and Android Google Play. Use it on your next field trip to the North Carolina Zoo to engage your students of all ages in a new and exciting way.