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microscopes. In the “engineering month” of June, the museum hosts the Summer Manufacturing Institute, an annual camp where kids explore manufacturing fields like boat building, music technology and construction.
TOLEDO ZOO AND AQUARIUM TOLEDO
The Toledo Zoo and Aquarium introduces visitors to some of the most colorful creatures in the world. One of the zoo’s most prized areas is the five-acre “Africa” exhibit, which houses giraffes, gazelles, warthogs, wildebeests, kudus and more. At the “Tower Ridge Giraffe Experience,” guests can hand feed the Masai giraffe herd, whose newest member, Kipenzi, was born just last year. In 2015, the zoo expanded its aquarium to include over 3,000 aquatic critters like sharks, sea turtles, stingrays and tropical fish. The zoo also recently opened an Aerial Adventure Course with two rope-challenge towers, a 30-foot drop and a 763-foot zip line above the “Africa” exhibit. For a close encounter with many of the exotic animals, students can take advantage of behind-the-scenes tours like Cheetah Encounter, the
Toledo Zoo’s Adventure Course
A Toledo Zoo mongoose Photos courtesy Toledo Zoo
THE MUST DO ZOO www.ohiohasit.com
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With over 10,000 animals representing more than 720 species, the Toledo Zoo is the must- do destination for family fun! Be transported from the Arctic tundra to the wilds of Africa and the tropical rainforest to the Sonoran Desert -- and all points between-- in one amazing day! For more information and a complete schedule of your-round fun, please visit toledozoo.org
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