Events

If you teach young children, this is the training for YOU! Expert educators from the Audubon Society of Rhode Island and Roger Williams Park Zoo will facilitate a Growing up WILD workshop that focuses on children’s natural sense of wonder about nature.  This workshop gives participants an opportunity to experience a wide range of FUN activities that are developmentally appropriate for children ages 3 to 7.  Each participant will receive a copy of the Growing Up WILD guide, filled with activities and ready-made materials that help create positive impressions about nature while also building lifelong social and cognitive skills among young children.

Date & Time: Saturday, March 23, 2019, 9:00am – 12:30pm at the Audubon Society of Rhode Island

Price: $25/person

Questions? Please contact the Audobon Society of RI at (401) 949-5454 ext. 3014.

Please note: Books are provided free of charge courtesy of RIDEM Division of Fish and Wildlife's Aquatic Resource Education program. This workshop is approved by the Center for Early Learning Professionals for professional development credits. 

Hands-on activities will take place inside and outside, so dress in layers and wear comfortable shoes. Light snacks will be provided, but feel free to bring your own refillable water bottle.

Amphibian species are disappearing at an alarming rate across the globe due to habitat loss, pollution, and disease. FrogWatch trainings cover the importance of amphibians in the environment, how monitoring our local population helps to protect them, factors to consider in choosing a site to monitor, how to tell frog species apart by their calls and how to report findings to FrogWatch USA. Become a citizen scientist with FrogWatch USA, and help save our frogs!

Dates:

• Sunday, March 31: 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
• Saturday, April 6: 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Price: $10/household (includes up to 2 adults and 2 children age 8+)

FrogWatch trainings cover the importance of amphibians in the environment. The instruction focuses on how to:

• monitor our local frog population to protect the species;
• determine factors when choosing a site to monitor;
• tell frog species apart by their calls; and,
• report findings to FrogWatch USA.

After passing a test on identifying frog calls at the end of the training, certified volunteers then commit to monitoring a local amphibian habitat (such as a pond or lake) approximately once a week for about 15 minutes, and collecting/submitting data on what they hear. Data collected will be added to a national FrogWatch USA database. 

Questions? Contact Programs@rwpzoo.org or call (401) 785-3510 ext. 358.

Please note: FrogWatch trainings will cover a large amount of information and protocols.  While FrogWatching is a great after-dark family activity for all ages, the trainings are designed for interested older children and adults.

Shake off winter with a week filled with crafts, hands-on and inquiry driven activities, encounters with wild animal ambassadors, and guided Zoo tours. Each Spring Adventures camper will get a ZooCamp t-shirt, the opportunity to feed the goats in the ALEX AND ANI Farmyard, and a ZooCamp Access Pass.

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 3:30 pm *SOLD OUT

Price: Members: $270 / Non-members: $295

Theme: It's a Feet Thing - Two feet, four feet, big feet, little feet. Animals use their feet for so much more than walking! Discover the many ways in a week of camp all about animal feet.  

To be placed on a wait-list, please contact programs@rwpzoo.org or call (401) 785-3510 ext. 358

Campers may be registered for a maximum of one session of each theme. Registrations beyond this maximum will be cancelled. 

It’s time to party, Party for the Planet that is April 16 & 17 (rain date April 18).  This year’s event will celebrate the importance of conservation and our environment represented at the core of the mission at Roger Williams Park Zoo. Discover animal encounters, keeper talks, hands-on activities and more!

Please note: Activities run from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm each day, and are FREE with Zoo admission.