ZOO CAREERS & BEHIND THE

SCENES TOUR

By: Alexia

10-19-10

What I would like to know….

Questions Answers

Why did you want to be a zookeeper?

Do you like working with animals?

Do you think this is a good career?

For them to learn about animals and spend time with animals.

They liked working with animals and spending time with them.

I think they thought it was a good career by how the lady described it.

Zookeeper Duties

Before the visit

I thought zookeepers…

After the visit

I learned zookeepers…

They clean the animal cages

They feed animals and sometimes give them a bath

They help keep the zoo in order

They help with animals for the most part of the time

They don’t actually even have to touch the animals most of the time.

There are other jobs besides just zookeepers at the zoo.

There are a lot of responsibilities as a zookeeper.

Zookeepers don’t have to deal with dangerous jobs, but before I thought they did.

Zoo Visit Reflection

I was most surprised by all the other things done at the zoo besides just taking care of animals.

I would not like a zoo related career because I am not the biggest fan of working with animals and spending time with animals.

My favorite part of the zoo visit was learning new information about animals and the zoo.

ARCHITECTURE & CONSTRUCTION

CAMP

By: Alexia

10-20-10

What I did at Architecture/Construction Camp

I got to work with construction tools. I got to see and learn some new things. We learned new information about a

career even if it’s not what we want to do. Got to go on computers and talked about

SD My Life. We cut wood and hammered nails for

construction work, also we saw where the new police building was being built.

Architecture/Construction Camp Reflection

I was surprised by you don’t have to do as much manually labor with certain things.

My favorite activity at camp was learning about the SD My Life part because it was interesting and fun.

I would not like to pursue a career in the Architecture/Construction related cluster because it is not what I am interested in and is not the career for me, but I have respect for people who have this job.