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Zoo to You: Outreach & ZooMobiles

Bring the natural world indoors! Let the ZooMobile come to you as an educational, rewarding, and enjoyable program for your group.

ZooMobiles are fun, interactive learning experiences where students may touch live animals and biofacts such as animal skins, skulls, and mounts, and participate in educational games and activities.  We present educational programming for gatherings of 20 to 2000 or more.

We travel throughout Houston as well as areas within an 8 hour round-trip drive from the Zoo, although we are unable to take live animals outside the state of Texas.  Live animals may include reptiles, birds, mammals and insects, although the exact animals we bring will be a surprise.  We do not provide animals for a "petting zoo" experience, nor for birthday parties.

 
Registration Information

Registration and payment must be received at least 3 weeks (21 days) prior to the program date.
 
Download and submit the completed registration form via email to group.reservations@houstonzoo.org.
 

 

Please view our registration policy page for more information.

Program Information

The ZooMobile is available in four different style programs to meet your group needs.  Each program style has a number of topics and themes to choose from.  For a full list of topics, visit our Program Topic page.
 
Classes may be taught to multiple grade levels as long as they are no more than three grades apart, for example, 4th-6th or 10th-12th.
 
Program Style

Ages or Grade Levels

Program Length Group Size Program  Cost
Preschool

Ages 2-5

PreK only

 30 minutes maximum 30 participants $100 for the first program; $75 for each additional program
School and Community Classroom

Ages 5-adult

K-12th

30-60 minutes maximum 40 participants $100 for the first program; $75 for each additional program
School and Community Assembly Ages 5-adult

K-12th

30-60 minutes No participant limit $250 for the first program; $200 for each additional program
Library and Non-Profit Groups Ages 5-adult

K-12th

30-60 minutes maximum 60 participants $75 for the first program; $50 for each additional program
School and Community Festivals or Fairs All ages 1-4 hours No participant limit $150 for up to 2 hours; $75 for each additional hour
 

 

TEKS

All our educational activities are aligned with the TEKS and are ideal supplements to your classroom curricula. 

 

Additional Information

For additional information, please contact the ZooMobile or see our contact page.  The Houston Zoo also features a Career Day Speaker's Bureau.
 
We also have field trip programs available at the Zoo. Click here for details.