The Brevard Zoo invites teachers to attend the 15th Annual Teacher Open House Thursday, September 1 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Teachers can visit with more than 25 educational organizations and businesses from Central Florida, preview upcoming teacher education opportunities, receive informational handouts and freebies, and win door prizes. Throughout the evening, teachers can enjoy light refreshments provided by the Brevard Zoo Education Department, beer tasting provided by World of Beer and music provided by Timmy Vee Productions. More than 25 exhibitors will be on site including: Brevard Art Museum; Brevard County Solid Waste; Florida Wildlife Hospital; NASA-Kennedy Space Center Education Programs; Orlando Science Center; St. John?s Water Management District; Wonder Works; and River Walk Nature Center. Please email edregistrar@brevardzoo.org with educator?s name, school, county and email address to attend. Reservations are required. The deadline to register is August 31.

The Brevard Zoo would like to thank the amazing ?Zoo Crew? of volunteers for a great day of Oyster Restoration on Tuesday, June 21! An insane amount of work was completed and we still had smiles and laughs all day! We have named the reef ?Rafiki Reef? (after that giraffe we all can?t help but love) and although it is still not completed, it already has about 1,096 mats in place! That is amazing and will soon be a home to so many oysters?thanks to you! To learn more about the Zoo?s Oyster Restoration program or to volunteer, please email jpalmer@brevardzoo.org.