Build Week 18: Working to Improve the Lives of Animals in Captivity

It’s Thursday afternoon, and Build Week 18 starts with a call to action. Kenya Bostic, a certified veterinary technician and an animal enrichment expert from The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado, calls in via Zoom to teach us about why animals in captivity so sorely need enriched environments that replicate the cognitive and physical challenges they would experience in the wild. She asks us: “How could you support animals in your community in this way?” We’ll answer the call across the course of the next week, as we build enrichment items for animals who need them at Austin Nature and Science Center, a haven in Zilker Park for a small group of native Texas animals who are disabled or otherwise unsuited to life in the wild….

build weekLisa ZapalacDecember 3, 2024Long-View Micro Schoolbuild week 18, makerspace

Build Week 9: An Enriching Endeavor

Build Week 9 began with an unusual sight: two yellow school buses parked outside of Long-View. The kids arrived bundled up for the sub-freezing weather and brimming with guesses about where the buses were headed. But the tight-lipped teachers weren’t about to let the cat out of the bag. Instead they ushered the kids inside to find the lanyards designating their team names.

Build WeekLisa ZapalacMarch 12, 2019Long-View Micro Schoolengineering challenge, makerspace, building, writing, collaboration, animal enrichment

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