 ECOCAMP 2010 is just around the corner. Get your hiking shoes and lunch boxes ready for another nature packed summer at EcoCamp. We’ll spend our weeks canoeing, catching minnows, and playing camouflage. Our camp books will be bursting with stories and pictures of our adventures. We’ll discover the secrets of our natural surroundings through hikes, adventures, games, challenges, and crafts. Join the fun!
Check out pictures of EcoCamp 2009.
We look forward to seeing you this summer!
Kestrel, Salix, and Black Vulture
EcoCamp 2010 Schedule
Camp weeks are organized by the grade your child is entering this coming fall. Click here for a printable Camp Brochure and Schedule.
Registration and Medical Forms can be found here or by scrolling to the bottom of the page.
Grades K-1: Fledglings
Each session campers will explore the outdoors through active games, nature crafts, songs, hands-on discoveries with wildlife, and short walks. Camp sessions run Tuesday through Friday. $120
July 6- July 9, Session 1: 9am-12pm or Session 2: 1pm- 4pm
Aug 3- Aug 6, Session 1: 9am-12pm or Session 2: 1pm- 4pm |
Grades 2-4: Larks
Each week campers will explore a wildlife theme, canoe, hike and play in the woods and seine for aquatic wildlife in Pickering Creek.
Larks camps are Monday through Friday 9am-4pm.
 June 28-July 2, The Animal Kingdom: Investigate different animal groups each day. Mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish, and insects. $180
July 12- July 16, Crafty Creatures: Compare animal and human craftiness as we investigate ways animals build homes, find food, and escape predators. Connect with your inner-craftiness by doing art projects. $180
July 26-July 30, Nature Up Close: Investigate parts of nature that are easily overlooked. Use microscopes to investigate water and soil samples. Use binoculars to see into the trees, and magnifying glasses to look at creatures. Explore unique traits of animal feathers and fur and insect adaptations. Practice macro photography. $180
Aug 9- Aug 13, Science in Nature: Investigate the environment from a scientific perspective. Use microscopes, dissect owl pellets, make spore prints from mushrooms, conduct a turtle race and more. $180
Aug 16- Aug 19, The Animal Kingdom: Investigate different animal groups each day. Mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish, and insects. This session runs Monday through Thursday. $160 |
Grades 5-7: Shrikes
Each week campers will canoe, play games in canoes, go geocaching, hike and play games throughout the property, go fishing, and seine for aquatic wildlife in Pickering Creek. Shrike camps run Tuesday through Friday from 9am- 4pm. $160
July 20- July 23
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Aug 3- Aug 6 |
Conservation Leadership Club: Assistant Naturalists
Enjoying
conservation
experiences and
sharing them
with others
Assistant Naturalists receive a calendar of events for April-August including social activities, volunteer work with conservation professionals, service learning, and natural history adventures. Each activity will open their eyes to natural phenomena. You may spot them investigating the unique calls of frog mass migration, or surveying blue bird and Wood Duck eggs during nesting season. Assistant Naturalists participate in two days of summer camp training in June on camp activities, being a positive role model, and natural history including a field trip to Poplar Island Wildlife Sanctuary.
Assistant Naturalists are expected to volunteer during at least one week of summer camp. At camp they gain leadership skills including comfort speaking to groups, giving clear instructions, making quick decisions, using appropriate and clear language, and demonstrating role model qualities.
Assistant Naturalists are required to complete eight hours of volunteer service at Pickering Creek Audubon Center before the start of summer camp. This program renews in September and continues year-round. The Assistant Naturalist program has expanded to include activities April through August 2010.Register early, space is limited. See documents below for more information and to register. $35
REGISTRATION FORMS, INFORMATION & SCHEDULES
EcoCamp Brochure
EcoCamper Registration Form
Ecocamp Scholarship Application
Assistant Naturalist/Conservation Leadership Club Info and Application
Assistant Naturalist/Conservation Leadership Club Program Calendar
Assistant Naturalist/Conservation Leadership Club Registration Form
If you’d like to reserve your spots now, ask questions, or check availability, please contact:
Kelsey Frey, EcoCamp Director
410-822-4903 ext 22
kfrey@pickeringcreek.org.
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