Zoo Crew Review: Education Open House

Zoo Crew teen Miranda Beran wrote a quick report on the Zoo's Conservation Education Division's Educators Open House held in The RainForest last week. Why was she there? She was presenting Zoo Crew community projects to hundreds of local educators.

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Zoo Crew Teens Clean Up Euclid Beach Park

Zoo Crew teens hosted a beach cleanup on Saturday, September 19, as part of Ohio's Coastweeks - they shared with us some photos of the event.

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Help the Zoo Crew to Help Lake Erie

International Coastal Cleanup Day is coming soon, and the teen volunteers at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo are asking for your help in helping to clean up Lake Erie and its beaches.

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Zoo Crew Enters Natures Backyard

Zoo Crew teens participate in a bio-blitz in Huron, Ohio. Don't know what a bio-blitz is? Read on and find out! The article was submitted by Garrett Morgan Cleveland School of Science Academy Senior, Rachel Littler.

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The Gardeners of Tomorrow

Zoo Crew teens learned from an even younger generation when they visited and took care of Benjamin Franklin Elementary School Garden at the invitation of the Master Gardeners of Cuyahoga County. The article was written by Brandon Garnet, a 10th grade student at North Royalton High School.

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The World is One Beach Cleaner Thanks to Zoo Crew

On June 23, Zoo Crew teen volunteers took part in Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program. We received two reports of the day's events, one from Connor Hann, a 10th grade student at Chagrin Falls High School and the other from Arlene Kostyack, an 8th grade student at Hillside Middle School.

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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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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