Fun for the whole family...we have activites for all ages. Bring your family to the Zoo — check out the adventure backpacks, then play and learn together or check out a Zoo Trunk and continue the fun and learning at home.

Plan an adventure to the Zoo with the whole family! We even have programs on weekday evenings and weekend days.

^{Classes meet in the Cargill Learning Center unless otherwise noted. Space is limited; therefore pre-registration is required. Please contact Cargill Learning Center to reserve your place. Classes take place rain or shine. Please remember, for everyone's safety and enjoyment all class participants must meet age requirements - no older or younger siblings allowed, including infants.}

Come experience this exciting new adventure at the Zoo! We will be showing the feature-length presentation of "Finding Nemo" in our Cargill Learning Center. Following the movie presentation, there will be a short presentation on ocean life. Cost is $5 for members, $6 for nonmembers.

• Aug 13 Fri — "Finding Nemo" 4:30 p.m.
• Aug 13 Fri — "Finding Nemo" 7:30 p.m.

The Zoo is such a great place for families to explore! Share these new tour experiences with your wives, husbands, kids or grandkids! These programs are 90 minutes long. The fee of $17 for members / $19 for nonmembers covers up to five family members ages 5 and above. Additional people are $8 each. Program times vary.

• Sep 18 Sat — Commissary

Learn about all sorts of animal-related topics in this new, FREE program!  All ages are welcome and no advance registration is required.

• No programs scheduled at this time

Learn to give back while having hands-on fun at the Zoo! Parents and children will be working together during class, and each class will also get you started on a family service project to do at home. All classes run from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. The fee of $17 for members / $19 for nonmembers covers up to five family members. Any member of the family old enough to pay and participate is welcome to attend. Each additional child is $3 and each individual adult is $8. Saturday classes are suitable for teachers, scout leaders, or other interested adults.

• Aug 12 Thu — Homeschool program: Water Magic
  One thing everybody needs – water. Learn scientific magic tricks to share with your friends. Learn how to save water and how to help keep our streams and rivers cleaner. Meet some of our education critters that depend on clean water. 
• Aug 21 Sat — Open to all: Water Magic
  One thing everybody needs – water. Learn scientific magic tricks to share with your friends. Learn how to save water and how to help keep our streams and rivers cleaner. Meet some of our education critters that depend on clean water.
• Sep 16 Thu — Homeschool program: Fly Away Home
  Let’s learn about birds, bats, bees, and butterflies. We’ll look at the ways they help us, and find out how to welcome them in our yards and help them survive the winter. We’ll also meet some of the Zoo’s winged creatures.
• Sep 25 Sat — Open to all: Fly Away Home
  Let’s learn about birds, bats, bees, and butterflies. We’ll look at the ways they help us, and find out how to welcome them in our yards and help them survive the winter. We’ll also meet some of the Zoo’s winged creatures.
• Oct 14 Thu — Homeschool program: Costume Time
  We love to dress up in outfits that make us look bigger, scarier, or more beautiful to each other. So do animals! Let’s explore skins, scales, and feathers, and what they do for the creatures that wear them.
• Oct 23 Sat — Open to all: Costume Time
  We love to dress up in outfits that make us look bigger, scarier, or more beautiful to each other. So do animals! Let’s explore skins, scales, and feathers, and what they do for the creatures that wear them.
• Nov 11 Thu — Homeschool program: Jungle Safari
  The Jungle Building is one of the Zoo’s most popular attractions, especially when it’s cold outside. Learn more about the mammals, birds, fish, and plants inhabiting this fascinating recreation of a South American rain forest, then go on safari!
• Nov 20 Sat — Open to all: Jungle Safari
  The Jungle Building is one of the Zoo’s most popular attractions, especially when it’s cold outside. Learn more about the mammals, birds, fish, and plants inhabiting this fascinating recreation of a South American rain forest, then go on safari!

These 90-minute programs for adult + stroller-age child include stretch period, power walk, exhibit tour, and social time. The fee of $10 for members / $12 for nonmembers covers one adult and child/children in stroller. Sign up for 3 programs for just $25. Programs begin at 9:30 a.m.

• No programs scheduled at this time.