Initiatives

Sharing Lincoln Park Zoo’s Living Classroom

Observe to Learn
This initiative, available to self-styled scientists of all ages everywhere, features a free iPad app developed by the Hurvis Center for Learning Innovation and Collaboration. Learn about ethology (the study of animal behavior) while observing animals at the zoo, a park or even in your own backyard.

Career Explorers
Chicago students will join a two-week career immersion opportunity at Lincoln Park Zoo, with special activities afterward maintaining a connection with the youth and their parents.

Research Apprenticeship Program
Chicago-area high school students can spend four weeks working alongside a Lincoln Park Zoo researcher and engaging in authentic research experiences.

Partnerships in Fieldwork
The zoo will partner with Chicago-area high schools to collect urban wildlife monitoring data from field stations set up on school grounds.

Malott Family Zoo Intern Program (ZIP)
This innovative paid internship offers 10–20 Chicago public high-school students the opportunity to gain valuable work experience while receiving training in public speaking, science and team-building.
Young Resarchers Collaborative partners with Chicago-area schools in a yearlong program aimed at empowering students to design and conduct original research projects

Young Researchers Collaborative
Zoo educators collaborate with Chicago-area schools in a yearlong program aimed at empowering students to design and conduct original research projects. The partnership culminates in the annual Science Celebration held at Café Brauer.

Past Initiatives

Community of Conservation
In partnership with the National Museum of Niger Boubou Hama, Lincoln Park Zoo’s Community of Conservation project brought together students from Niamey, Niger, and Chicago’s Francis W. Parker School to explore conservation and cultural collaboration.