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Zoo Animals Visit High School For Science Lesson

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Tom Sofield

The zoo came to a group of Neshaminy High School ninth-grade students on Thursday.

The Philadelphia Zoo on Wheels program stopped by the Middletown high school as an extension of the students’ in-class curriculum. The lesson provided by the zoo program relates to the students’ ecology unit dealing with adaptations and survival strategies of animals.

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A Philadelphia Zoo employee shows the students a chinchilla. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
A Philadelphia Zoo employee shows the students a chinchilla.
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An armadillo was among the animals displayed. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
An armadillo was among the animals displayed.
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Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
A student takes a cellphone photo of the armadillo. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
A student takes a cellphone photo of the armadillo.
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Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
The skink shown to the students perched on a branch for much of his visit. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
The skink shown to the students perched on a branch for much of his visit.
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An horned owl captivated students during the assembly. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
An horned owl captivated students during the assembly.
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The owl featured a five-foot wing span. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
The owl featured a five-foot wing span.
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com

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Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.