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Wildlife Theater: From the Zoo to the School
The Tale of Flutterby and Piggle
©WCS | Feel like sending your students to the rain forest? Wish a life-size puppet could teach your class? Bring Wildlife Theater to your school!
Auditorium Series: Grades K–4
The interactive performances of our Auditorium Series are designed to engage up to 300 students through drama, puppetry, and music. These exciting shows highlight wildlife conservation and tips for students to make a positive impact on the environment.
Shows in the Auditorium Series include a wetland- or rain forest-themed HELP (Habitat Ecology Learning Program) curriculum guide. Each guide features a multimedia element, classroom activities, and fully developed lesson plans. The curriculum is supported by the National Science Foundation and provides pre- and post-visit learning modules that extend the Wildlife Theater visit beyond the auditorium.
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The Adventures of Captain Cocoa
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The Great Migration Adventure
©WCS/Mike Birch | Cool Rainforest Connections
Students learn how conservation in New York City can affect the rain forest habitat a continent away. The show stars our intrepid heroine Jungle Jane and her puppet sidekick, Youcan the Toucan, and features an engaging audience-participation poem. Also included is our play The Adventures of Captain Cocoa, in which the audience joins Captain Cocoa on an adventure to save the rain forest. This superhero’s funny antics will help students discover that it might be the common person who can really save the day. Recommended for grades K–4.
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Migration Sensation
In this multi-layered performance, students learn about the importance of wetlands through poetry, songs, games, and a musical, The Great Migration Adventure. Your students help two birds on a musical journey from North America to the tropics and then back to New York City.
Recommended for grades K–4.
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Butterfly Boogie
Take off on a 3,000-mile adventure with our butterfly-themed show featuring The Tale of Flutterby and Piggle. This heartwarming story depicts the relationship between a monarch butterfly and the plant that sustains him. Students learn about the interdependence between plants and animals through science, song, and audience participation.
Recommended for grades K–4.
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Polar Opposites
Antarctica and the Arctic Circle are two sides of the world that may look and feel the same, but each pole is home to very different types of animals. Students explore both icy lands in two participatory shows, Polar Bear and the Beat and A Penguin State of Mind.
Recommended for grades K–3.
Auditorium Series Rates and Restrictions
Time: 30 minutes
Maximum audience: 300
Cost: One performance: $500; Two performances: $750
Classroom Series: Grades Pre-K–1
Bring Wildlife Theater right into your classroom with our WILD (Wildlife Integrated into Language Development) Achievements Program. The WILD program provides an unforgettable classroom experience for a smaller group of students, 25 or fewer. Shows combine language development, science, and theater, and offer one-on-one, hands-on learning opportunities with our instructor-performer team.
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A Sense of the Rain Forest
©WCS/Alison Saltz
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Petunia the Penguin Goes to School
©WCS/Robert Sikora | Youcan the Toucan’s Rain Forest Adventure
Add a touch of the tropics to your classroom with a visit from our Youcan the Toucan puppet and explorer Jungle Jane. Together these characters embark on an adventure with your students in tow as a tropical jungle exploration team. Relying on their five senses, students experience a unique introduction to the rain forest, which also features creative drama, storytelling, and puppets.
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Petunia Penguin Goes to School
Petunia Penguin transforms your class into a team of Antarctic scientists. Using drama, games and songs, we lead students on a chilly exploration. A giant, talking penguin demonstrates the adaptations that help these birds survive the harsh polar habitat.
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Animal Adventures Medley
Our puppet "pond town" comes to your class with Frankie the Frog and other characters. These short and interactive shows feature singing, guessing games, and storytelling about the animals you might find in a pond or barnyard. Students learn basic animal concepts such as animal shapes, sounds, locomotion, and metamorphosis.
Classroom Series Rates and Restrictions
Time: 30–45 minutes
Maximum audience: 25
Recommended grades: Pre-K–1
Cost: One performance: $250; Two performances: $450
To Book Wildlife Theater
We offer many other exciting auditorium and classroom programs. Please call 212-439-6540 or email us at asaltz@wcs.org for more information regarding any specific education needs or questions. We look forward to working with your staff and students soon!
Wildlife Theater is sponsored in part through a generous grant from Citigroup.
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