Learning Labs

Let the Zoo come to your classroom!  Learning Labs are education programs lead by a Zoo Educator visiting your classroom.  Each lab teaches students about wildlife and nature.  Labs are designed to meet state curriculum standards while being engaging, hands-on, and relevant for each student.  

Hellbender

Hellbenders & Watersheds

Compatible with Grades 4th-6th and HS Biology Curriculums

Learn about Indiana’s largest salamander, the hellbender! In this interactive program, students will gain an appreciation of their watershed and an understanding of how humans and wildlife rely on our rivers. The full program includes: 

  • A hands-on activity using a 3D printed topographic map of Tippecanoe County 
  • Interactive model of the local watershed.
  • Discussions on actions to protect river resources and ecosystems.
  • Meeting a live animal representing a local species.  
Image of children using paper maps to draw landmarks on a 3d topographic map.
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Related Documents

  1. Zoo Outreach Program Agreement and Acknowledgement
Time45 min*
Program duration can be flexible to fit your class restraints.
Dates OfferedJan-Mar 2026
Grades4th-6th and High School Biology*​
TopicsEcology, Wildlife, Habitats, Watersheds, Geography
Cost$75 per program**

*This program has built in flexibility. Let us know if there is a way we can best accommodate your classroom needs by adjusting time duration or focusing on specific standards.  

Contact zooeducation@lafayette.in.gov or submit an interest form to book your program today! 

**A limited number of programs will be available FREE OF CHARGE to LSC, TSC, and WLCSC schools. Click here to submit a free program request form: 

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Thank you, Wabash Riverfest Conservation Award, for helping us to offer this program at low cost to area schools.