Bring Elmwood Park Zoo to you!

Let us bring the Zoo to your school, club, church, senior center, library or other public venue with our traveling Zoo-On-Wheels. Live animals and interesting artifacts help bring learning to life. Most Zoo-On-Wheels programs are offered daily, year-round during business and evening hours. Each program is tailored to the age of the audience. We can also design a program around your curriculum. Call 610.277.3825 ext. 235 or 236 for details and pricing, or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Ask about our adaptive programs for your special needs class!

Special Pricing for Fairs and Events -- Call For Details!

Preschool, Kindergarten, First Grade

30 minute program with a maximum of 50 children in attendance

Good Pets – Bad Pets: What animals make good pets or bad pets? We let our zoo animals help us find out.

Sensational Animals: Let’s look at our five senses and see how our zoo animals use their senses in similar of different ways.

Critter Coats: Find out what coverings our zoo animals wear that make them unique and help them to survive.

All About Animals: Meet three of our zoo animals and find out features that make each animal unique.

Second to Ninth Grades

Add an exciting hands-on addition to your classroom curriculum with live animals and artifacts from the Zoo. Our programs are designed to aid teachers in meeting Pennsylvania Academic Standards for environmental and natural science in their curriculums. 50 minute program

Who Lives Here: Students will discover the differences in various animal homes and the necessary components of a habitat.

Animal Adaptations: Through hands-on demonstrations and live animals, students will discover different features of small animals and learn how they survive in an ever-changing world by using amazing defenses, colors and other adaptations.

Suitcase for Survival: Using confiscated products from wild animals, students will learn more about the threats many animals face, why many are animals are endangered and what we can do to help.

Good Pets – Bad Pets: Exotic pets are very popular, but many are captured illegally every year. Students will learn the good, the bad and the ugly truth about conservation issues facing pet trade animals.

All About Animals: Meet three of our zoo animals and find out features that make each animal unique.

Fairs and Events

The Zoo provides a fun and educational addition to any fair or event. We will provide live animals and fill the table with feathers, furs, shells and skulls to touch and explore. There is a two hour maximum time limit for this venue.

Option #1

Informational display table, live animals and touchable artifacts without a formal program.

Option #2

Informational display table, live animals, touchable artifacts and a 30 minute formal program using live animals.

For more information about Zoo-on-Wheels, contact our Education Department at 610.277.3825 ext. 236 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it