Zoo Snooze

Third, fourth, and fifth grade Bodine students – along with fourth grade teachers Ms. Lee and Mr. Daugherty, second grade teacher Ms. Shaw, and several brave dads – showed up at The Memphis Zoo Friday, February 25, 2011 with sleeping bags, snacks, and tons of energy in hand. The students definitely had an experience of a lifetime! Creatures of all different types visited them in the classroom as the group learned about endangered animals. Then a trek was taken in dead silence and pitch black to places like The Herpetarium and the Nutrition Center. By the middle of the night, everyone was a bit on the animal side! Bright and early the next morning – though little sleep had been had by most – participants had the opportunity to walk around the zoo spotting animals and learning attention-grabbing facts not known by average zoo-goers before the crowds arrived.