I was originally thinking of this for Christmas gifts, but this would be fun for homeschoolers if you have the $$ in your budget.....

Adopt a humpback whale or a dolphin...

http://www.pacificwhale.org/



Orca adoption program...

http://www.whale-museum.org/adopt.html



The Whale & Dolphin Adoption Project...

http://www.adopt-a-dolphin.com/


Adopt a humpback whale...

http://www.whalecenter.org/adopt.htm


Wild Killer Whale Adoption Program...

http://www.whalelink.org/adopt/adopt.html



Adopt a manatee...

http://www.savethemanatee.org/adoptpag.htm



Adopt a Homosassa Springs manatee...

http://www.hsswp.com/manatees/adopt.html


Sea Turtle Nest adoption...

http://www.cmaquarium.org/nestadoption.htm


Adopt a sea otter...

http://www.defenders.org/adopt/seaotter/


Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium Adopt An Animal Program...

http://zoo.pgh.pa.us/adopt.html



Woodland Park Zoo Adopt An Animal program...

http://www.wpzs-ecommerce.org/adopt.htm


San Diego Zoo Adopt-An-Animal...

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/society/adoption.html



Columbus Zoo & Aquarium Adopt An Animal Program...

http://www.colszoo.org/development/adopt.html



DeWildt Cheetah and Wildlife Centre Adopt An Animal program...

https://cypria.safe-order.net/wildafrica/dewildt/



Adopt an elephant...

https://www.elephantsanctuary.org/adopt/



Siberian Tiger adoption...

http://www.hwi.org/adopt.htm


Adopt a mountain lion...

http://www.mountainlion.org/Gifts/gifts.htm



Adopt an animal at the Birmingham Zoo...

http://www.birminghamzoo.com/page17.html



St. Louis Zoo adopt an animal...

http://www.stlzoo.org/content.asp?page_name=adopt



The Chaffee Zoo adopt an animal...

http://www.chaffeezoo.org/society/adopt.html


Jacksonville Zoo adopt an animal...

http://www.jaxzoo.org/adopt/



Dallas Zoo adopt an animal...

http://www.dallas-zoo.org/support/adopt.asp?page=ai



Sacramento Zoo adopt an animal...

http://www.saczoo.com/1_about/_help_adopt.htm



Lowry Park Zoo of Tampa Bay adopt an animal...

http://www.lowryparkzoo.com/animaladopt/index.shtml


Chattanooga Zoo animal adoption packages...

http://zoo.chattanooga.org/adoption.htm



Southern Nevada Zoo adopt an animal...

http://www.lvrj.com/communitylink/zoo/adopt.html


Austin Zoo adopt an animal...

http://austinzoo.org/Help/adopt.asp



Santa Ana Zoo animal adoptions...

http://santaanazoo.org/info/adopt.htm



Dakota Zoo adopt an animal...

http://www.dakotazoo.org/adopt.htm



Fort Worth Zoo animal adoption...

http://www.fortworthzoo.com/memberships/adoption.html