Zoo mobile

Zoo Mobile – Galgal Noach!

New at the zoo! Zoom with the Zoo – online activities from the Biblical Zoo

Until everyone can return to visit the zoo and enjoy its grounds, we are happy to visit you on Zoom!

We offer a variety of fascinating programs:

Virtual tours of the exhibits at the zoo: together with you, we will choose two interesting exhibits and spend an hour together in a fascinating guided experience, from the elephant yard, the giraffes, or any other location you choose.

The costs is 400 ILS per session and covers a class of up to 40 students.

Online classes through the Jerusalemite Benefit Initiative: (Hayitaron HaYerushalmi, an online array of cultural educational programs and tours in Jerusalem) we offer a rich program of classes on a variety of topics, tailored to students’ ages. Each class receives an introduction, which we provide to the teachers to deliver on their own. The class itself includes videos from the zoo, an online meeting with a guide, activities, and games. A summary activity is provided to the teachers to facilitate on their own with the class.

Suggested Topics (you may also choose another topic customized for other classes)

First grade- Elephants: How do we care for these giants?

Second grade- Nutrition: What do the residents of the zoo eat, and how do they and we maintain their health?

Third grade- Classifying animals: Who are mammals? Birds? Reptiles? We will meet all of them and learn together!

Fourth grade- Health: Everything you ever wanted to know about the work of a zoo veterinarian

Fifth grade- Communication: How do we communicate with animals, and what do they have to say?

Sixth grade- Enrichment: How do we maintain the mental health of the zoo animals?

Zoom with the Zoo is an experiential online close encounter with animals from our petting zoo. It is especially suited for kindergarteners and younger grades.

Activity length: 45 minutes     Price: 175 ILS

Sounds good? Call us to get more details and pricing information at 02-6750120 or email us at hadracha@jerusalemzoo.org.il.

Additionally, you can reserve the Zoo Mobile to visit your kindergarten, school, assisted living facility, or foractivities with other groups in accordance with Health Ministry guidelines.

Zoo Mobile is a mobile unit that comes to you with animals and activities which are customized for each audience, from age 5 and up. Zoo Mobile is facilitated by Yonatan Bor Halevi, an experienced and expert zoo guide for over 14 years. Yonatan and the animals, which are accustomed to touch and connection with humans and are specially trained for this, come to visit assisted living facilities, classrooms, kindergartens, day clubs, special education facilities, and more. You can reserve a one-time event or an ongoing class.  

All activities are in accordance with safety guidelines from the Health Ministry and the Purple Badge.

Sounds good? Call us to get more details and pricing information at 02-6750120 or email us at hadracha@jerusalemzoo.org.il.

The ZooMobile offers an educational opportunity for children to enjoy a variety oftopics connected to animals and nature conservation.

Theactivity is academic, educational, and experiential all at once, with thestudents also enjoying fascinating stories that take place behind the scenes atthe zoo.

·        These activities are intended for grades 1 – 6.

·        The Zoo Mobile can visit anywhere inthe country.

·        Workshops can be customized to the topics being learned in the class.

·        Activity length is 45 minutes, and continual workshops can be scheduled for a number of classes

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Workshop Topics:

·        The zoo’s nature conservationactivities for Israel and throughout the world

·        From elephants to lions: how do wecare for zoo animals?

·        Animal nutrition: what and who doeseveryone eat?

Anunmediated encounter with a variety of friendly animals, and more…

Jonathan: 050-6478878 (also whatssapp) or Tel. 02-6750111 , email info@jerusalemzoo.org.il

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Birthday celebration activities –want to celebrate a birthday with an original workshop or activity with animals? Reserve the Zoo Mobile!

·        The birthday workshop is intendedfor a maximum of 25 children and includes interactive activities with friendly animals.

·        The workshop is intended for children age 6 and above.

·        The workshop is one hour in length,and it is recommended to invite your guests to arrive a half hour before.

·        It is preferable to schedule the activity in a closed space with seating arranged in a semi-circle.

·        Make sure to allow for hand washing and wet wipes during and after the workshop.

·        We recommend having the birthday celebration with cake and refreshments at the end of the workshop.

Pricing:

60-minute workshop in Jerusalem     500 ILS

50 ILS for additional 15 km distance from Jerusalem

100 ILS for additional distance (outside of Jerusalem)

Zoo Mobile is not operational on Friday or Saturday.

The Community Initiative of the ZooMobile – The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo Comes to You!

For over a decade, the Biblical Zoohas operated a special initiative in which the Zoo Mobile goes out for ten daysper year to communities throughout the country. The Zoo Mobile arrives at alocation and offers several workshops throughout the day, at schools, youthclubs, senior clubs, youth centers, and community centers, among others. The activities are customized in advance and according to the changing needs ineach community and the various organizations we want to reach.

Towns visited in the past by the Zoo Mobile include Kiryat Shemona, Acre, Tiberias and Beit Shean, Ramle/Lod, Ofakim, Sderot, Netivot, Jisr az-Zarqa, Rahat, and others. The workshops are facilitated free of charge and are funded by the Friends of the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo Association.

The feedback the zoo receives inresponse is extremely passionate. All workshop participants enjoy the encounterand the contact with the animals, are fascinated by the zoo’s behind-the-scenes stories and learn so much this way – about nature and the environment, about the need to preserve the nature which still remains within our world, and about the animals we must preserve and protect. Often, we receive requests for additional visits to these towns.

Call Yonatan Bor Halevi to arrange a visit at 050-6478878, or send him a WhatsApp message.

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