Volunteer Educators
Announcements
***Volunteers, please contact your day leaders for day to day needs.
To get help with technology or to sign up for trainings, contact Kate Aug (School Services Program Manager) at 513-559-7726 or kate.aug@cincinnatizoo.org
For all other questions, please contact Doug Feist, 559-7750 or doug.feist@cincinnatizoo.org
Click here for the 2012 Zoo Volunteer Calendar
Click here for the Volunteer Educator Program Description
Day Leader Resources
| Day | 2012 Day Leader Contact Information |
| Monday | George Hood, 859-814-6472, eftman@hotmail.com |
| Bill Sohmer, 513-738-3459, wsohmer@fuse.net | |
| Jamie E. Green, 513-403-1524, jamieegreen@aol.com | |
| Tuesday | Roz Schloss, 513-451-4594, rschloss@fuse.net |
| Jackie Dieckman, 513-947-0977, jdieckman@hotmail.com | |
| Clara Dantic, 513-521-1254 | |
| Wednesday | Joyce Rudowski, 513-791-8920, rudowski@fuse.net |
| Howard Haskins, 513-675-9624, hhaskins@cinci.rr.com | |
| Allan Beach, 513-761-0728, abeach@cinci.rr.com | |
| Thursday |
Cricket DeNamur, 513-385-9478, bcricket@cinci.rr.com |
| Dave Stentz, 513-851-1604, stentzdm@fuse.net | |
| Friday |
Nancy Ballantyne, 513-233-0144, kenyab@cinci.rr.com |
| Gay Bullock, 513-235-6636, jgkbullock@fuse.net | |
| Saturday |
Carolyn Friedman, 513-207-5640, caral@fuse.net |
| Debbie Harden, 859-331-9386, Deborah.harden@thechristhospital.com | |
| Mike Pleiman, 513-528-2068, mpleiman@smythautomotive.com | |
| Sunday |
John Stewart, 513-825-8613, j_stewart@cinci.rr.com |
| Chip Dieckmann, 513-732-9938, dieckmann@zoomtown.com |
NEW! Click here for the VE Monthly Schedule template - updated 2/6/2012
Click here for the Day Leader description
Click here for the Day Leader Application
School Days Event
March - April, September - October 2012. Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 12:00. Roll Call begins at 9:15 am.
Click here for the School Days Shift Schedule (Contact your Day Leader to sign up for shifts)
School Days, our new event, starts on March 1st and runs through the end of April. Activities are available Monday through Friday, from 9:00 am to noon. We are offering several facilitated activity stations, and are looking for volunteer educators to help lead these each day. Yes, there will be a bit of overlap when the Zones start on April 1st. The priority activities will depend on the lineup each day (if there are no groups signed up for School Days, the priority would be Zones). Teachers have to register for School Days, so we’ll know who’s expected each day.
Here's where we need help:
(These are 3 hour shifts, from 9 am – 12:00 pm, Monday through Friday, starting Thursday, March 1st)
- Bird Migration Game – Students, as migrating birds, move through a game-board riddled with challenges and different situations that demonstrate the adventures of bird migration. Staffing request: 1 - 4 people per day.
- Handy Primates - Students observe primates and gather data to determine if more are left handed or right-handed. Staffing request: 1 - 4 people per day.
- Animal Coverings – Students explore fur, hair, feathers and scales up-close and under a high-powered microscope, and discover how coverings help animals (and humans) survive. Staffing request: 1 - 4 people per day. Click here to watch a video showing how to set up the microscope, camera and laptop.
- Magnetic Story – Students express their creativity while practicing proper use and identification of nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc. during this magnetic poetry/MadLib-style activity. Staffing request: 1 - 4 people per day. *** CHANGE OF LOCATION, this will be moved to Manatee Springs, we will update you at roll call!
- Binocular Station - a carry-over favorite from past events, students learn how to use binoculars and practice their skills on the waterfowl on Swan Lake. Contact Allan Beach (abeach@cinci.rr.com, (513) 761-0728)to help staff this station.
To help with this event, please contact the Day Leader of the day you are interested in as soon as possible. We will be able to go over the activities with you on the day of your School Days shift. Please read the appropriate station description above before your shift.
Questions? Contact Elyse Lohrbach at elyse.lohrbach@cincinnatizoo.org, 513-475-6137.
Thanks in advance for making this new event a success!
Click here to see the teacher resource site for School Days. Password is rhino
Wild Discover Zones- 2012
To Sign up for Zone Training, there is one date left- April 21st. Session A is from 9-12 and Session B is from 1-4, please call Kate Aug. 513-559-7726.
Manatee Springs
- Zone Activity- There are lot's of ways to move through the water.
Gorilla Information
- Zone Activity- Who's the Boss?
- Gorilla in Camp Video
- Jomo- ID photo
- Chewie- ID Photo
- Kwashi- ID Photo
- Mara- ID Photo
- Mlinzi- ID Photo
- Samantha- ID Photo
Jungle Trails
- Zone Activity- Can you survive in the jungle?
- Click here for more information on ApeTAG
- Click here to learn more about how our shopping habits effect primates- Palm Oil
- Interpretive Guide Coming with the new sinage, summer 2012!
Night Hunters
- Zone Activity- Night hunters are the ultimate predators.
- Night Hunters Interpretive Guide
- Small Cat Conservation Article
Wild Discover Research Stations
Leaf-cutter Ant Information
- Video: Leaf-cutter ant biology talk with Randy Morgan
- Fact sheet
- Leaf Cutter Ant Article: Randy Morgan
Discovery Forest Information
- Biographical information
- Fact sheet (sensitive plant)
Gorilla World
- See Above
Past Research Station Information
Manatee Information
Penguin Information
- Biographical Information - little penguin 2011
- Biographical Information - king penguin 2011
- Fact sheet (little penguin)
Giraffe Information
Elephant Information
Mexican Wolf Information
Polar Bear Information
90-Second Naturalist 
