Zoo Zones Online Open the World to Kids!

Imagine riding a hot air balloon over zoo grounds for a birds eye view of animals. Zoo zones online open the world to kids!

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Sports fans from around the world have their attention focused on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, host of the 2016 Olympic Summer Games.

I haven’t traveled (yet) to Rio de Janeiro, but I was imagining myself in the city’s conservation-minded zoo.

Elephants are popular at zoos around the world!

Look closely at a picture of me in front of one of my writer residency schools.

Okay, it’s only a small garden of ground cover near the entrance to a school and yes, the elephant is (only) a stone sculpture but…I’m traveling to Rio’s Zoo through my imagination!

Travel Your Imagination! – Imaginary travel is a popular and effective attentionology trick with elementary school students.

It’s a great way to help kids learn about countries around the world.

Head to Zoo Zones Online – Introduce each country you plan to include in your virtual zoo visits by offering children a ticket.

Choose zoos in countries that carry special meaning for your community or curriculum; ones that offer virtual visits online.

Zoom In! – Put this trick to best use with an enhancement: an online resource that allows your class to zoom in LIVE on zoo zones worldwide!

Visit www.zoos-worldwide.de/zoocams.html.

You can also Google world zoos to discover them.

Australia’s National Zoo in Canberra, the capital, is in Yarralumla at the western end of Lake Burley Griffin, next to Scrivener Dam.

Australian animals, including dingoes, koalas, kangaroos, penguins and Tasmanian devils that reside in the zoo offer visitors exciting educational experiences. Heading back to Brazil…

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