Students from the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation hear a talk by zoo employee Linda Corcoran.
Hands on: Students Aber Hajdarmataj (l.), and Yuliana Hernandez take measurements from a miniature ecosystem they created in class.
| Typical school day: Students from the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation record field observations at the Bronx Zoo’s grasslands-habitat exhibit. |
Wildlife on Top List of Studies For One Bronx School
At the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation, the zoo is more than a field trip
When Elijah Maderon attended a class at the Bronx Zoo in January, he and his fellow sixth-graders gave presentations on how they might protect peregrine falcons from the pesticide DDT if they were conservationists on a tight budget.
Inspired by the activity, Elijah quickly prepared a proposal afterward. With the silver tongue of an experienced entrepreneur, he described a video game to an intrigued teacher. Called Zoo Tycoon, the game allows players to work within a budget to build and maintain a zoo with the goals of ensuring its animals’ health and happiness while still turning a profit. The game, Elijah maintained, would fit right in with his school’s curriculum.
That kind of thinking is encouraged at the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation (UASWC) in the Bronx, where Elijah and 148 other students represent the inaugural class. This is one of 19 themed-curricula public schools throughout New York City funded partly by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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