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Name the Baby Giraffe Contest(cont.)

Global Wildlife Center needs help naming its newest baby giraffe born August 4, 2007! We’re asking school classes to send in their suggestion for our new baby male giraffe’s name. The winning class will receive a free fieldtrip to Global Wildlife Center (limit 30) and 3 sacks of animal feed. Teachers, in order to complete your entry, have the students complete the “Wish We Weren’t Here” postcard activity found in Global Wildlife Center’s free lesson plans, the E.L.A.N.D. Project. Click Here to access the Free Lesson Plans . All entries must be received by December 1, 2007. Send in your suggestion, along with the postcards the students have created to:

Name The Baby Giraffe Contest

Global Wildlife Center

26389 Hwy. 40

Folsom, LA 70437.


Free Animal Feed for Fieldtrips in September, January and February

Show your support for the animals at Global Wildlife Center by booking your school fieldtrip early this year. Every reservation made for a tour in September, January or February will receive a free cup of animal feed per person! And remember one teacher per class always tours free! Come see for yourself how exciting education can be at Global Wildlife Center! Global Wildlife was even featured in the Life Science Unit of Harcourt Science Textbook, the text used across the country for students in third grade. Click here to see what Harcourt Science had to say about Global Wildlife Center!

Global Wildlife's mission of education is very important to the Center. Louisiana State Educational Benchmarks and Standards met through Global Wildlife Fieldtrips are as follows, as determined by Louisiana Resource Center for Educators.

K-4th grades: SI-E-A1-7; LS-E-A1-4;LS-E-B1-3;LS-E-C1-3;SE-E-A1-3,5   

5th-8th grades: SI-M-A1-8;LS-M-A3;LS-M-B3;LS-M-C1-4;LS-M-D1-2;SE-M-A1-2,4

9th-12th grades: SI-H-A1-7; LS-H-B3-4; LS-H-C4-5; LS-H-D4; SE-A1-3, 8-10; SE-H-D1-2

Book your fieldtrip today! Call (985) 796-3585 ext. 0. For more information about school fieldtrips, or to access our free lesson plans for teachers, click on Teacher's Resource.



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