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AT CLEVELAND METROPARKS ZOO, YOUR STUDENTS CAN BE VETERINARIANS FOR A DAY!
(or at least for an hour!)
 During your visit to Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, be sure to stop by the Sarah Allison Steffee Center for Zoological Medicine, located next to the rhino exhibit. Here, students may be able to see a real veterinarian at work and check out actual vet bags stocked full of veterinary tools of the trade. The activities in the bags are not only fun but will also assist you in meeting science academic content standards for your 4th - 6th grade students.
Vet bag tools include
- Stethoscopes and stopwatches to count heartbeats
- Calculators to decide how much medicine to give a sick animal
- Bandages to wrap an "injury"
- Actual x-rays
- Other fun tools
Please note:
- Use of vet bags is free with Zoo admission
- A photo I.D. of the group leader(s) is required to use vet bags
- All vet bags are on loan, to be used in the Sarah Allison Steffee Center only
- Vet bags can accommodate four students per bag
For more information, contact the Conservation Education Division at (216) 635-3391
This program is supported by the William J. and Dorothy K. O'Neill Foundation, Inc.,
The Kenneth Scott Charitable Trust, a Key Bank Trust and the Rockwell Foundation
Listed below are examples of the activities found within the vet bags. Identifying signs within the Sarah Allison Steffee Center for Zoological Medicine alert visitors to look in the bag for the accompanying activity card and tools. Please keep in mind that the activities are designed for use in a certain location within the exhibit and generally incorporate the use of exhibit graphics and interactives. The activity card text may not be completely clear when presented out of context.
Sometimes the Zoo decides to allow certain animals to become parents. Can you find the animal pictures in your medical bag? Look at the pictures on the cards. Some of the pictures are of grown-up animals (parents) and some are of baby animals. Can you match the animal parents with their babies?
Can you find an item in your medical bag that is used to give shots? (hint: pull out the drawers; look for the picture of an animal getting a shot). Can you give someone in your group a "shot" just like a veterinarian shown in the picture?
Find your stethoscope and stopwatch. Look in the middle, top drawer. The veterinarian in the picture is listening to the heartbeat of an animal called a jaguarundi. Can you listen to the heartbeat of someone in your group? How many heartbeats can you hear in one minute?
Find the Ace bandage in the bag. Look on the wall for the picture of a dog with a cast on his leg. Can you use the bandage to wrap someone's arm just like the dog's leg?
Look at the menu for the African elephant in the exhibit. Can you find the correct amount of food that the elephant eats & put it in a basket? What kind of food do you like to eat?
Sometimes an animal may become sick and die. Have you ever had a pet that died? Did you do anything special to say goodbye to your pet? Take a look at the pictures in the exhibit. What kind of memories do you have of your pet?
Find the x-ray in the bag. What is the problem? This animal has a broken limb. Have you ever had an x-ray? The x-ray helps the doctor see inside of your body. Then the doctor can help you feel better.
Look at the menu for the African elephant in the exhibit. Can you find the correct amount of food that the elephant eats & put it in a basket? Can you eat four apples a day?
Look at the map on the wall. This map shows the places where the Zoo has conservation projects. What kinds of projects does the Zoo have in Venezuela?
OHIO ACADEMIC CONTENT STANDARDS
| 4th Grade Standards |
ACTIVITIES |
BREEDING
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MEASURING MEDICINE |
COUNTING HEARTBEATS |
WRAP IT UP |
| Life 5 - Describe how organisms interact with one another in various ways (e.g., many plants depend on animals for carrying pollen or dispersing seeds). |
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| Science & Technology 1 - Explain how technology from different areas (e.g., transportation, communication, nutrition, healthcare, agriculture, entertainment, manufacturing) has improved human lives. |
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| Science & Technology 2 - Investigate how technology and inventions change to meet peoples' needs and wants. |
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| Science & Technology 3 - Describe, illustrate and evaluate the design processes used to solve a problem. |
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| Scientific Inquiry 1 - Select the appropriate tools and relevant safety procedures to measure and record length, weight, volume and area in metric and English units. |
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| Scientific Inquiry 3 - Develop, design and conduct safe, simple investigations or experiments to answer questions. |
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| Scientific Inquiry 4 - Explain the importance of keeping conditions the same in an experiment. |
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| Scientific Inquiry 5 - Describe how comparisons may not be fair when some conditions are not kept the same between experiments. |
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| Scientific Inquiry 6 - Formulate instructions and communicate data in a manner that allows others to understand and repeat an investigation or experiment. |
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| Scientific Ways of Knowing 2 - Record the results and data from an investigation and make a reasonable explanation. |
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| Scientific Ways of Knowing 3 - Explain discrepancies in an investigation using evidence to support findings. |
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| Scientific Ways of Knowing 4 - Explain why keeping records of observations and investigations is important. |
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| 5th Grade Standards |
ACTIVITIES |
BREEDING
CARDS |
MEASURING MEDICINE |
COUNTING HEARTBEATS |
WRAP IT UP |
| Scientific Inquiry 1 - Select and safely use the appropriate tools to collect data when conducting investigations and communicating findings to others (e.g., thermometers, timers, balances, spring scales, magnifiers, microscopes and other appropriate tools). |
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| Scientific Inquiry 2 - Evaluate observations and measurements made by other people and identify reasons for any discrepancies. |
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| Scientific Inquiry 3 - Use evidence and observations to explain and communicate the results of investigations. |
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| Scientific Inquiry 4 - Identify one or two variables in a simple experiment. |
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| Scientific Inquiry 5 - Identify potential hazards and/or precautions involved in an investigation. |
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| Scientific Inquiry 6 - Explain why results of an experiment are sometimes different (e.g., because of unexpected differences in what is being investigated, unrealized differences in the methods used or in the circumstances in which the investigation was carried out and because of errors in the investigation). |
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| Scientific Ways of Knowing 1 - Summarize how conclusions and ideas change as new knowledge is gained. |
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| Scientific Ways of Knowing 3 - Explain why an experiment must be repeated by different people or at different times or places and yield consistent results before the results are accepted. |
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| Scientific Ways of Knowing 6 - Identify a variety of scientific and technological work that people of all ages, backgrounds and groups perform. |
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| 6th Grade Standards |
ACTIVITIES |
| BREEDING CARDS |
MEASURING MEDICINE |
COUNTING HEARTBEATS |
WRAP IT UP |
| Life 4 - Recognize that an individual organism does not live forever; therefore reproduction is necessary for the continuation of every species and traits are passed on to the next generation through reproduction. |
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| Life 6 - Describe that in sexual reproduction an egg and sperm unite and some traits come from each parent, so offspring is never identical to either of its parent. |
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| Life 7 - Recognize that likenesses between parents and offspring (e.g., eye color, flower color) are inherited. Other likenesses, such as table manners are learned. |
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| Science & Technology 1 - Explain how technology influences the quality of life. |
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| Scientific Inquiry 2 - Choose the appropriate tools or instruments and use relevant safety procedures to complete scientific investigations. |
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| Scientific Inquiry 4 - Explain that a single example can never prove that something is always correct, but sometimes a single example can disprove something. |
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| Scientific Ways of Knowing 2 - Describe why it is important to keep clear, thorough and accurate records. |
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| Scientific Ways of Knowing 3 - Identify ways scientific thinking is helpful in a variety of everyday settings. |
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| Scientific Ways of Knowing 4 - Describe how the pursuit of scientific knowledge is beneficial for any career and for daily life. |
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| Scientific Ways of Knowing 5 - Research how men and women of all countries and cultures have contributed to the development of science. |
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