How do the animals at our Kids' Farm keep their bodies healthy year-round?
Our Bodies and the Five Senses
National Portrait Gallery
Supports Head Start ELOF Goals P-SCI-1; P-SCI-2; P-SCI-3
Classroom Resources: Our Bodies and the 5 Senses Unit
The Five Senses with George Washington Carver Portrait ›
With the National Portrait Gallery, discover this portrait of George Washington Carver, and use your five senses to learn about his job as a scientist, inventor, and teacher.
Resource Description:
- Type: Activity Guide, Coloring Page, E-Learning Course
- Project Time: 10+ minutes
- Best for Ages: 2+
Music Playlist ›
Join Nick the Music Man, Pinky Jackalope, and other guest stars as they sing about healthy bodies and the way bodies experience the world through the five senses.
Resource Description:
- Type: Music
- Best for Ages: 0+
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Take a Tour of the Zoo Grocery Store! ›
Have you ever wondered where the Smithsonian's National Zoo stores all the food needed to feed its animals? It's called the commissary, and it's a large grocery store just for Zoo animals! In this video, join keeper Antar and Pinky Jackalope as they chat about what food the animals eat. Then, follow along with them as they prepare a special birthday meal for Zahra, the gorilla.
Resource Description:
- Type: Video
- Length: 7:52
Meet the Goats! ›
Want a brief introduction to our Nigerian Dwarf Goats? Watch this video of Pinky and keeper Nikki as they chat about what the goats do during the day, including eating, playing, and sunbathing!
Resource Description:
- Type: Video
- Length: 1:31
Make a Birthday Cake for a Kunekune Pig ›
Everyone loves celebrating their birthday with a special treat, including the kunekune pigs at the National Zoo! Help our pigs celebrate turning one year old by making them a birthday cake using their favorite foods.
Resource Description:
- Type: Science arts and crafts
- Project Time: 15+ minutes
- Best for Ages: 1-5
Make a Smithsonian Birthday Hat ›
Get ready to celebrate Head Start's birthday by making a Smithsonian-inspired birthday hat!
Resource Description:
- Type: Arts and Crafts
- Project Time: 10+ minutes
- Best for Ages: 2+
Explore More Programs
Explore the Rainforest ›
Fly, leap and swim along on an adventure through the Amazon Rainforest to explore the sights and sounds of plants and animals living in this unique ecosystem.
K-5
Supports NGSS K-LS1-1, K-ESS2-2, K-ESS3-1, K-ESS3-3, 2-LS2-2, 2-LS4-1, 3-LS1-1, 3-LS2-1, 3-LS4-3, 3-LS4-4, 4-LS1-1, 5-LS2-1
Amazon, rainforest, biodiversity, rainforest layers, animals
Patterns, cause and effect, scale proportion and quantity, and systems and system models
Free
Saving Endangered Species ›
What does it mean when an animal is endangered and what can we do to help? Meet one of the National Zoo’s most endangered species and learn how staff care for these special animals.
K-5
Supports NGSS K-LS1-1, K-ESS3-1, 1-LS1-2, 2-LS4-1, 3-LS3-1, 3-LS3-2, 3-LS4-3, 5-ESS3-1
endangered species, conservation
Free
Big, Small, Let's Measure Them All ›
In this field trip, children will practice identifying what is big, medium, and small. In addition, kids will become familiar with other measurement terms such as longer, shorter, taller, bigger, and smaller.
Size and Measurement
Asian elephant, Black and rufous elephant shrew
Discovering Amphibians ›
Join us as we celebrate Amphibian Week. Learn about amphibians, get an up-close look of some of them and chat with an amphibian expert.
K-5
Supports NGSS K-LS1-1, K-ESS2-2, K-ESS3-1, 1-LS1-2, 2-LS4-1, 3-LS3-1, 3-LS3-2, 3-LS4-3, 4-LS1-1
amphibians, adaptations, habitats, life cycles
Free
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Happy Birthday! ›
Join us as we celebrate Head Start's birthday and America's 250th birthday!
Birthday
Bald eagle, California sea lion, Eastern screech owl