Project Polar Bear, a challenge for teens
Help our Zoo help polar bears and the environment!
1. Assemble a team of two or three teens aged 14 to 18.
2. Find an adult advisor to guide you.
3. Set a meeting schedule for your group.
4. Decide on your project area. Choose from Power Down, Buy Recycled, Do it Better, Make it Better, and Increase the Green to Suck up the CO2. Read more about the categories at www.polarbearsinternational.org.
5. Register your team and outline your project at www.polarbearsinternational.org by September 30, 2010.
6. Complete the Project Polar Bear Success Report at the Polar Bears International website by December 31, 2010.
Grand Prize: Trip to see polar bears in the wild with Frontiers North Tundra Buggy Adventures!
PLUS! All finalists win a VIP trip to San Diego!
Join us for an information session on Tuesday, Sept. 21 from 7 to 8 p.m. in Classroom A in the Education Building.
Polar Frontier
This engaging new area – the first expansion onto Zoo land – will transport you from central Ohio right into the heart of the Arctic. There you will watch polar bears swim overhead and Alaskan brown bears practice their swimming techniques. Arctic foxes will watch you from their homes as your kids explore a polar-themed play area. The Battelle Ice Bear Outpost offers interactive games and information, detailing the wonders of the icy Arctic world – and what we can do today, right here in central Ohio, to help save it.
Our New, Young Rescued Manatees
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium recently welcomed four new, young manatees to its Manatee Coast. As a partner in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation program, the Zoo takes in manatees rescued from the wild and cares for them until they can be released back into the wild. The four new manatees – all estimated to be between a year and a year and a half old – are named Fraulein, Bartlett, Hamilton, and Tippecanoe. Be sure to stop by Manatee Coast the next time you’re at the Zoo and say “hi” to these little manatees!