WHAT
The traveling "Where's in the World is Robbie B?" is a 48 inch by 85 inch laminated photo of  one of Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure's Sumatran orangutans. His name is Robbie.
After a teacher receives the traveling "Where's Robbie?" s/he logs onto this web site and is directed to this teacher section.
 Current curriculum developed includes the rainforest biome and orangutan adaptations that incorporate math, science, and geography.
These activities also engage students in various cognitive levels such as knowledge, comprehension, and application.
Future curriculum will incorporate art,music, writing, and reading skills. So please, check back often.
WHEN
It began in the 2004-2007 school year and continues today. "Where's Robbie?" takes requests to visit your classroom.
HOW
Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure is currently taking requests from teachers who would like "Where's Robbie?" to visit.
To prepare for the program you may  download the curriculum materials at any time.
After your class receives the "Where's Robbie?" image we ask that you keep him no more than two weeks.
"Where's Robbie?" must stay on the move teaching as many students as possible about his threatened orangutan cousins.
When your two weeks are up you get to choose where he travels next and send him on. A request list is being developed which will help you pick a destination.
Once "Where's Robbie?" travels to a few local classrooms we hope he will continue on to all 50 states and then... around the world!
WHY
The orangutan is one of the most endangered of the great apes. At most, 20,000 orangutans still exist in the wild, which is 30 to 50 percent fewer than were estimated 10 years ago. Once ranging throughout Southeast Asia, the species now occupies only small pockets of habitat on the Southeast Asian islands of Borneo and Sumatra. Indonesia is home to 80 percent of the world's remaining orangutans.
While their future is tied to their habitat, putting their fate primarily in the hands of the Indonesian and Malaysian people whose land they share, it also depends on the global economics that drive the timber market, as well as the worldwide market for illegal pets. Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure has developed this unique tool to spread the word about the amazing orangutan and it's plight in the wild.
It is projected that the orangutan will become extinct in the next 10-20 years. The Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure "Where in the World is Robbie B?" ape Education and Awareness program has huge potential to spread the word about orangutans and the need for the conservation of their habitat.
To request Robbie B. Fill out and submit a request sheet.
For further information about the program or
call 785-827-9488 ext. 153.
Has Robbie B. already visited your class Room? Click Here and
tell him what you learned from his visit.
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