Grades 7-9: Week-long Classes

All-Day Sessions: 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

For your convenience, Zoo Camps that are based at the Wells Fargo Family Farm will have a separate drop-off and pick-up location directly at the farm exhibit site. Check your confirmation letter for details.

Farm Crew
All Sessions: 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Join us for a hands-on week of fun while learning about all the care given to different animals at the Zoo farm. As part of camp, students will learn training techniques and be given the opportunity to “train” a farm goat.

Tiger Stripes and Beaver Tales—A Fur Trade Adventure
All Sessions: 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Rendezvous with the Minnesota Zoo in this camp exploring the historical era of the fur trade. We will uncover the many ways that both Native Americans and European explorers depended on animals such as beaver and lynx here in Minnesota. Then we will travel to our new Russian exhibit to learn how illegal hunting today is endangering populations of leopards and tigers.

Zoo Crew
All Sessions: 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
If you’re interested in working at a zoo then this camp’s for you! Explore a day in the life of a zookeeper, a zoo vet, a dolphin trainer, and many other exciting careers to see if the Zoo is the place for you. During this week we’ll get to know each other and try our hand at different zoo jobs.