冷风细雨未能阻挡求知 热情，上海动物园成为上海金山杭州湾双语学校师生探索生命奥秘的活态课堂。

2025年 11 月 17 日，上海寒潮来袭，天气阴沉，风很大。然而这种阴沉大风天气并未阻挡学生们探索自然的脚步，我校按计划组织了上海动物园的秋季社会实践活动。

早晨十时许，全校队伍抵达动物园。尽管寒风凛冽，学生们探索自然的热情却丝毫不减。 六年级到九年级的同学们在入口处的草坪整齐列队，拍完集体照后便分成小组开始自由活动。

两栖爬行动物世界是第一个参观重点。在仿生态的展馆内，学生们观察了扬子鳄的栖息环境，并通过对比热带雨林区、沙漠区和温带区的不同物种，理解了生物对环境的适应机制。

每一个物种展区的玻璃前都挤满了好奇的学生，有些对动物的体型及花纹发出赞叹，有些则仰着头认真听辅导老师讲解知识。

在鸟类生态区，学生们在天鹅湖畔见证了黑颈天鹅的求偶仪式，优美的舞姿让他们领略了动物世界的情感表达。

辅导老师结合知识展板，讲解了候鸟迁徙的生态学意义，以及上海在东亚-澳大利西亚候鸟迁飞路线中的重要地位。

午后，学生们来到哺乳动物展区。在狮虎山，威猛的东北虎和非洲狮不再是图画书上的形象，它们每一次慵懒的踱步、每一次低沉有力的低吼，都让学生们亲身感受到了顶级捕食者的气场与生存状态。

学生们仔细阅读展板信息，了解了狮子群居捕猎的社会性行为与老虎独居的生存策略差异。

灵长类园区有金丝猴的敏捷跳跃与长臂猿的悠扬鸣叫，还有小组幸运地观察到一只成年猴子利用树枝获取食物的工具使用场景。

在大象广场上，学生们近距离观看到大象沉重的走路方式，在木桩上蹭痒的行为，还了解了大象耳朵的散热与驱蚊功能。

在长颈鹿房，同学们使用园区提供的鲜嫩树枝叶及胡萝卜条给长颈鹿喂食，了解长颈鹿一天的活动规律，进一步增加了他们对动物的认知与亲近感。

下午一时左右，实践队伍在充实与思考中踏上归途。回顾这一天，学生们在小组协作中提升了团队沟通与解决问题的能力，在近距离的生命观察中激发了对自然最原始的敬畏与好奇。

威猛的东北虎和非洲狮不再是图画书上的形象，它们每一次慵懒的踱步、每一次低沉有力的低吼，都让学生们亲身感受到了顶级捕食者的气场。

寒潮带来的大风降温虽使天气阴沉寒冷，却成为了一次特殊的教育契机 —— 自然界的美妙不仅存在于阳光明媚的日子，即使在恶劣天气下，生命依然展现着其顽强的适应力。

While a late autumn chill settled over Shanghai, the educational warmth at Shanghai Zoo remained undiminished. Students from Shanghai Jinshan Hangzhou Bay Bilingual School embarked on an unforgettable field trip, transforming the zoo into an immersive classroom for biological discovery.

On November 17, 2025, despite the cold snap sweeping through the city, our determined young explorers set out for their scheduled autumn social practice at Shanghai Zoo.

A Journey of Exploration into the Animal Kingdom

By mid-morning, the campus was buzzing with excitement as students gathered at the zoo entrance. Undeterred by the crisp air, grades 6-9 organized themselves for a group photograph before breaking into smaller teams for their adventure.

The Herpetology House became their first laboratory. Within its climate-controlled habitats, students examined Yangtze alligators in their native environment and compared adaptations across ecosystems-from tropical rainforests to desert landscapes-gaining practical understanding of evolutionary biology.

Every exhibit window became a portal to discovery, with students exchanging excited observations while others leaned in to catch every word of their teachers' explanations.

At Swan Lake, the elegant courtship dance of black-necked swans captivated young audiences, while instructors used nearby educational displays to explain Shanghai's crucial position along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway for migratory birds.

A Practical Classroom for Life Education

The afternoon brought them to mammalian habitats. At Big Cat Territory, the powerful presence of Siberian tigers and African lions left lasting impressions-their commanding roars and graceful movements revealing the true nature of apex predators.

Students studied informational panels comparing social structures of lion prides with the solitary nature of tigers, while the primate section echoed with golden monkeys' acrobatic leaps and gibbons' resonant calls. One fortunate group witnessed spontaneous tool use as a monkey creatively employed a branch to reach food.

The Elephant Plaza offered close encounters with gentle giants, where students observed behaviors from ear-flapping thermoregulation to post-scratching rituals. Nearby, at the giraffe encounter, hands-on feeding sessions with fresh branches and carrots created memorable connections while teaching about the animals' daily rhythms.

Insights on the Return Journey

As the afternoon deepened, students departed with notebooks full of observations and minds buzzing with ideas. Beyond biological knowledge, they gained teamwork experience and developed deeper appreciation for nature's complexity.

The day's challenging weather conditions ultimately served as their own lesson-proving that nature's wonders don't only reveal themselves in ideal conditions, but often shine brightest when we venture out despite the elements.

中文 ｜ 六三班   刘诗熠

英文 ｜ 周楠

编辑 ｜ 金蕾