List of Programs for School and Community Groups

Audience: elementary school students, though many can be adapted for middle and high school students as well as adults.

Please contact us if you have an idea for a different program, or would like to tailor an existing program to your curriculum!

Amazing Animals

This program highlights an animal from each of our five popular animal groups: a mammal, a bird, a reptile, an amphibian, and an arthropod.

Birds of Prey

Check out some of our bird residents! Program includes Sophie the Great-horned Owl, Ollie the Barred Owl and Hank the Red-tailed Hawk. Get up close and personal with these high-flying species and learn what makes birds special in the world of animals.

Animals that Hatch

Of course our owls and hawks were hatched from eggs, but students will learn that salamanders, turtles, snakes and insects also emerge from shells.

Reptiles and Amphibians

The delightful cast of characters may include reptiles and amphibians such as a salamander, toad, leopard gecko, tree frog, ball python, and a large variety of turtles.

Pond-ering Water

Students observe our ponds and wetlands and the organisms that call them home, from mammals to microscopic organisms. We test water quality and threats to aquatic ecosystems. (this program is for onsite at Tanglewood only!)

SSSSnakes!
Some people love them, some don't, but everyone is fascinated by them! Tanglewood has a great variety of snakes and we would love to show them to you and talk about their interesting characteristics and behaviors.

Insects & Spiders
Arthropods outnumber all other animals on Earth, so education on this group is critical. The cast of characters encountered at Tanglewood might include Madagasgar hissing cockroaches, a tarantula and other arthropods like millipedes and scorpions.

Animal and Plant Defenses

Learn how animals and plants defend themselves from being eaten. Armor, poison, rolling into a ball, having sharp spines- they do it all!