AWARD-WINNING CURRICULUM INTEGRATES SCIENCE,
MATH, MAPPING, AND ECONOMICS

4TH-6TH GRADE TEACHERS—NO ECONOMICS BACKGROUND NECESSARY

This workshop presents an award-winning unit that allows your students to work together to design a new zoo. Students research animals (habitat, diet and special characteristics) they would like to display at their zoo. Of course, all of these animals have special needs and the zoo has limited resources. The students face a decision: what animals can they include and which must be given up? Zooconomy: Zoo Decisions has five lessons that teach basic economic concepts and develop analytical-thinking skills through economics, with an integration of science, math, language arts and map skills. A representative of the Memphis Zoo will be on hand to talk about the acquisition of the pandas and teachers will learn how to incorporate the zoo’s latest residents into this material. Continental breakfast, lunch, curriculum materials, and panda prizes provided.

Date : July 24th, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Location : Teaching/Learning Academy, Room W116 Workshop & curriculum materials are free. Workshop made possible by funding from