NOTICES
Zoo Offers New
Program for
Home-Schooled
Children
Proposals Wanted for
Tsunami Hazard Sign
Tsunami Hazard Interpretive Sign for Siletz
Bay: Native Legend Format
Objective: Create a graphic for a native legend
The Oregon Zoo has announced a
tsunami interpretive sign for Siletz Bay that takes into
new education program for home-
consideration Native oral histories/legends and scientific
schooled children age 6 and older.
information. The educational sign should be both
The second of two Home-School
scientifically accurate and dramatic, so more people will
ZooSnooze programs is scheduled for
be attracted to read the sign.
March 6-7 from 5 p.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Description: The graphic should include the following:
According to Rex Ettlin, the zoo’s
education program coordinator, home
Text about the event should be concise (owing to
The turnaround in the Taft area of Lincoln City
schoolers will see the zoo in a whole
space limitations) and written like a good story. It
new light-moonlight! Participantswill
should incorporate:
enjoy a pizza dinner and go on a guided
c. Accurate depiction of people and their response
a. date and time of event (9 p.m. on Jan. 26,1700)
nighttime safari. The highlight of the
to tsunami (people running away but looking over
b. geologic evidence (tsunami sand layers
evening will be a behind-the-scenes tour.
their shoulders; some standing in shock before
covering buried soils in the marshes of
the tsunami surge)
“ZooSnooze promises to be a great
Siletz Bay)
educational adventure for home-
d. Black and white or color drawings are acceptable;
c. estimated height (~3O-35 feet)
schooled kids,’’ says Ettlin, “We’re
either format can be accommodated
d. quotes from oral histories/legends if
teaching kids about the importance of
available; description of what it probably felt
animals and conservation, while
Site Visit: A site visit is recommended; the photo above
like to go through a big earthquake with
creating great childhood memories.’’
rolling motions lasting four minutes that were is for reference.
During ZooSnooze, home
Budget: $2,000
strong enough to knock you off your feet;
schoolers will come face to face with
Applicant profile: Open to all
then, 20 minutes later, a surge of ice cold sea
insects and reptiles, and also will enjoy
Application: Submit a sketch (11 x 17) or sketches, along
water flooding into the village in the darkness
some fun hands-on opportunities with
faster than people could run away. The de with a letter discussing your interest in and approach to the
certain animals. In addition, kids will
scription should include the horror of watch- project, to George Priest, DOGAMI, 313 SW 2nd, Suite D,
make an enrichment item (animal toy)
ing loved ones sucked out to sea as the wave Newport, OR 97365.
and later watch the animal play and
Application deadline: April 15,2003. A committee will
withdrew; then more people lost when addi
interact with it, go behind the scenes to
tional waves struck over the next several hours. evaluate and make a choice from submitted proposals.
see the zoo’s popular birds of prey, and
Finalists may be asked to present their proposals and
Drawings
on the next day enjoy a continental
a. Accurate depiction of Siletz Bay and village answer questions.
breakfast. At the conclusion of the
at Taft (and possibly Salishan Spit)
program, home-schoolers can explore
b. Accurate depiction of tsunami (surge of
If you have any questions, the primary contact is
the zoo on their own.
water carrying debris, like logs and splintered Mark Darienzo at 503-378-2911, ext. 237, or
“Kids will long remember how they
longhouses)
mdarien@oem.state.or.us.
learned all about wildlife and saw many
rare animals under the cloak of
“Education is our number one
darkness, one of their liveliest times,’’
before, during, or after a trip to
For more information on the zoo’s
priority at the Oregon Zoo,” says Roger
Ettlin adds.
the zoo
education programs for students or to
Yerke, education programs manager.
• ZooSnooze overnights with hands-
Cost for Home-School ZooSnooze
reserve a kit, call 503-220-2781.
"Through a variety of programs
on learning activities and behind-
is $40 person for youth or adult.
The Oregon Zoo, located five
throughout the year, we educate more
the-scenes tours
Children may not attend without a
minutes from downtown Portland just
than
188,000
students,
introducing
•
Internships for teen-agers that offer off Highway 26, is open from 9 a.m. to
registered adult. Up to five children may
them to seldom-seen animals and
career exploration opportunities
accompany one adult.
4 p.m. through March 31. The zoo also
educating
them
on
the
importance
•
ZooTeens summer volunteer
is on the MAX light rail line.
Call 503-220-2781 or e-mail
of conservation.”
program (applications are now
moddet@metro.dst.or.us to register.
General admission is $8 (12-64),
The zoo offers the following
available)
seniors $6.50 (65+), children $5 (3-11 ),
educational programs to home- •
Day camps during the summer,
and under 3 are free. For additional
Other Programs
schooled students:
winter, and spring school breaks
The Oregon Zoo has several other
• On-line opportunities include the information, please visit the zoo’s
Web site at www.oregonzoo.org or call
programs for home-schooled students.
• Discovery boxes filled with insects,
zoo's Web site, an excellent source
503-226-1561.
Educational programs give students
magnifying
glasses,
and
for homework and school reports.
attending school at home the
educational literature
This information also can be obtained
opportunity to explore the zoo’s animals
• Curriculum guides (downloadable
by calling the Animal Information
and the habitats in which they live.
SERVICE OF METRO
from www.oregonzoo.org ) to use
Line at 503-226-1561, then press 2.
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