Archive February 2009

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By Replanting the Earth's Trees, We can Rebuild our Planet

On July 5-9, 2009 two of our members from Zoo Crew, a teen volunteer program here at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, will be going to Ottawa Canada to represent our Zoo at the Second International Youth Symposium on Biodiversity sponsored by biodiversitymatters.org. They will meet other teens and talk about their particular project "Replant and Rebuild." Who are they? Find out right here.

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Zoo has Heart-to-Heart Chat with 'Biggest Loser' Star

  • Posted at 4:10 pm on February 10, 2009 by ZooSara
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In preparation for Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's "Heart to Heart Day" -- a fun-filled way to learn about cardiac health in both gorillas and humans -- the Roar Report caught up with one of the event's stars. Find out what Jerry Skeabeck, "The Biggest Loser" star and Cleveland native, told us about his weight loss journey and his experiences on the set.

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Back Home Update (from Maribeth)

Maribeth Flowers has been hard at work giving presentations and inspiring others since coming back home from her trip to Polar Bears International's Leadership camp in Churchill. Read more about her new-found fame, her busy schedule and her newest project: "Replant and Rebuild."

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Knee Deep In It: Forest Hills Nature Hike

Saturday January 31, 2009, Zoo Crew teen volunteers went on a naturalist hike at Forest Hills Park in East Cleveland, Ohio. The volunteers needed to dress warm for the trip. Most of the hike consisted of trudging through snow that was knee deep, even on the down hill slopes.

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Calling ALL Teachers!!

The Zoo is polling our terrific teacher bloggers and blog readers out there to see which online sites and resources you, as educators, use for professional networking. The Zoo has a lot of WILD educational resources to share with Ohio educators and we are looking for the most useful online avenues to reach you! If you don't use online networking, be sure to let us know that too!

Please chime in and let us know by leaving your comments below (or feel free to email us directly and include "Teacher Blog Reply" in the subject line).

And thanks for your input

Zoo Crew Take a Hike

Did you ever want to take a guided hike through one of Cleveland's parks? Zoo Crew teens Jessica Pontious and others did just that. Read on to find out more about their hike at Forest Hill Park in Cleveland Heights with naturalist Wendy Weirich.

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