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"Where else do you get to hear the roar of lion while at school?" The play-based Early Explorers education program focuses on teaching through experiences. Participants will learn appreciation for the natural world through gardening, outdoor play, art, and exploration in the zoo’s 28-acre outdoor classroom. With a student-to-teacher ratio of 9 to 1, students are placed in mixed-age groups to enhance development of academic and social skills through STEAM activities; and prepare them for kindergarten. Animal encounters, sustainability and garden education, art, and zoo train rides are incorp...

Early Explorers: Ferdinand Magellan & Antonio Pigafetta Portuguese-born, Spanish-crown-commissioned captain  Ferdinand Magellan  may be the most renowned of all early explorers. His circumnavigation of the globe was the first in recorded history and is arguably the greatest sea voyage in the  Age of Discovery . Between 1519 and 1522 AD the intrepid crew of the carrack, aptly named “The Victoria,” rounded the southern tip of South America. They named this land  Patagones, the Spanish  pata meaning foot hence this name means “the land of the bigfeet.” According to the official...