Self Guided Activities

Print these and try them out the next time you come to the Zoo!

Nature Scavenger hunt using our senses (Ideal for grades K-2)

Coming to the Zoo at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm on your own or with your class?
Try our Scavenger Hunt-style questions. (Last updated March 2021.)
There are 35 questions. Please modify the length to suit your needs!
Click Here for our Scavenger Hunt Questions. Click Here for the answer sheet.

Owl Pellet Kits for rent:
We rent Owl Pellet Kits. These kits contain 5 owl pellets along with a teacher’s guide and bone charts. The cost for the kits is $45.00. One pellet can easily be broken into two parts to share. If you require additional pellets, you may request them at an additional charge of $7 per pellet (while in stock).
Call 975-3395 for more information.

If you are a teacher from the Saskatoon Public School Division or the Saskatoon Catholic School Division,
the Saskatoon Zoo Society has developed special kits for teachers that you can order directly from your school board.

Here is the information we have received from the Saskatoon Public School board on the kits:
Rental of the biofact kits are available from the Saskatoon Public School Board Central Office. There are three biofact (biological artefact) boxes available for loan. Telephone 306-683-8329 or 306-683-8301 to book. Carnivore Biofact Box 1073482; Herbivore Biofact Box 1074679; Bird Biofact Box 1074685
Rental is free for the school-board kits.

For rental of kits from the Saskatoon Catholic School Board, please contact their school board to be directed to the appropriate area. Rental is free for the school-board kits.

Curriculum Connections:

– Grade 1: Needs & Characteristics of Living Things
– Grade 6: Diversity of Living Things