Determined: (1) if students (N=69) learned wildlife information resulting from a zoo field trip; (2) teacher's objectives for the trip; and (3) differences between teachers who did and did not integrate a zoo field trip into classroom teaching. Results indicate among others, that learning (as defined in the study) did occur. (Author/JN)

This study used a 2-by-4 factorial design crossing the amount of information about snakes with the level of involvement students had with live specimens to evaluate the effects of an intensive environmental education experience on the attitudes of fifth- through eighth-grade students (n=502) toward wildlife. (Contains 24 references.) (MDH)