Earth Day
presented by SRP
It’s a party for the planet!
Pollinators edition
“Spring into action” at the Phoenix Zoo as we explore ways to connect with nature and our pollinator friends while creating a better world for all creatures great and small.
Themed Stations:
CONNECT with Nature
CARE for our Environment
CREATE New Habitats
Other Activities:
DJ Dance Party for the Planet
Bag-Making
Creature Features
Animal Shows
MUCH MORE!
Event Details
Date:
Saturday, April 15, 2023
Location:
Phoenix Zoo
Time:
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Price:
Members –
- All activities included with membership
STANDARD PRICING –
- All activities included with general admission
Activities
- Party for the Planet with Rockin’ Rob
- Music, games & activities
- Arizona Monarch Collaborative and Desert Botanical Gardens
- Flower matching activity
- Pipe-cleaner caterpillar
- US Fish & Wildlife Service – Homes for Wildlife
- Get to know our friends, the worms!
- Plant Station
- Plant seeds to take home and grow on your own!
- Trex Science Experiments
- Science experiments for the whole family!
- Flood Control District of Maricopa County
- Zero Waste
- Green Living Magazine
- Semper Fi Heating & Cooling
- Beechnut
- Renewal by Andersen
- AZ Milk Producers
- Citizen’s Climate Lobby
- Earth Day trivia & games
- Maricopa County Air Quality
- Activity to educate students about particle pollution in the air by asking them to identify four “mystery particles.”
- Maricopa County Public Health
- T-Shirt Bags
- Repurpose t-shirts into fun bags that you can use every day!
- Make a bee habitat!
- Make a bee habitat to take home and learn all about these special creatures
- Butterfly Wonderland
- FrescaZona
- Community gardens & pollinators
- Seed packet giveaways
- Phoenix Children’s Bike Rodeo
- Magnum Electric Bikes
- iNaturalist Bird Watching Station
- Learn to bird watch! Binoculars & telescope will be available for use.
- Hug a Tree (Selfie) Photo Op
- Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar Craft
- Kids will use sticks and fabric to make their very own hungry, hungry caterpillar to take home!
Check out the Zoocademy Award Show at 10:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. at the Doornbos Discovery Amphitheater!
And a special third Animal Show at 1:30 p.m.!
9:30 a.m. | AZ Aviary: Birds/Prairie Dog
9:45 a.m. | Arizona Trail: Javelina
10:00 a.m. | Arizona Trail: California Condor
10:45 a.m. | Tropics Trail: Andean Bear
11:10 a.m. | Tropics Trail: Galapagos Tortoise
11:30 a.m. | Tropics Trail: American Alligator
Noon | Tropics Trail: Greater One-horned Rhino
12:30 p.m. | Tropics Trail: Bornean Orangutan
- Sheep Sheering Demonstration | Noon | Harmony Farm, Children’s Trail
- Family Nature Walk | Arizona Trail
- 10:30 a.m. | 11:15 a.m. | Noon
- Worm Release | Wiggly Worm’s Bed on Harmony Farm
- 10 a.m. | 11 a.m. | Noon | 1 p.m.
- Dino Dig Sponsored by Beech-Nut – Stop by the Dinosaurs in the Desert interactive fossil dig and unearth dino-mite Beech-Nut goodies!
- Cheetah Conservation Fund Arizona Chapter Booth
- Wild Side Art Gallery
- Phoenix Children’s Hospital will be running a bike safety course for those children 8 years and under. The children will learn: helmet safety, riding skills and rules of the road. Bikes and scooters will be provided for the children to borrow, while on the course. Bike helmets will be given-a-way, while supplies last.
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Sponsors
Interested in having a booth at Earth Day?
Contact Sponsorship Manager Christine Boisen at cboisen@phoenixzoo.org.
Earth Day Sponsors
