2010 Spring Programs: March 29 - April 2, 2010
● Bring a water bottle and wear weather-appropriate clothing ● No electronics or distracting toys, please.
Junior Naturalist Camp: PreK/Ages 4 – 5● $20 Member; $25 Non-Member ● Sessions: 1-5
Come get an up-close look at animals in their habitats, make art, play games, hear stories and enjoy nature walks each day. Explore the prairie, pond, forest and Interpretive center with caring and creative counselors. Have fun and learn with our age appropriate nature activities. Come play with the big kids, no grown-ups allowed!
Junior Naturalist Camp runs 9am – noon ● Meet at Interpretive Center Front Desk ● Snack included
Explorers Camp: 1st – 3rd Grade ● $40 Member; $45 Non-Member ● Sessions: 1-5
Explore wildlife at the Nature Center all day long with no parents, new friends and cool counselors. Discover the wonders of prairie, forest and wetland habitats. Dig for fossils at the Gravel Pits. Be a nature detective and search out artifacts for the Camp Museum. Play games, create art, sing songs, and take a hike each day. What does it take to be a real explorer? Come to camp and find out!
Explorers Camp runs 9am – 5pm ● Meet at Adventure House ● Bring a sack lunch (with snacks if desired)
Explorers Camp at Schrier Park: 1st – 3rd Grade ● $35 Member/Portage Resident; $40 Non-Member ● Session: 1
This time we are bringing the Nature Center to you. Check out the wild side of Schrier Park all day long with no parents, new friends and cool counselors. Play games, create art, sing songs, and take a hike each day. What does it take to be a real explorer? Let the Nature Center show you the ropes!
Explorers Camp at Schrier Park runs 9am – 4pm ● Meet at Schrier Park Pavilion ●Bring a sack lunch (with snacks if desired)
Wild Child Camp: 4th & 5th Grade ● $40 Member, $45 Non-Member ● Sessions: 1-5
What could be more super than spending all day exploring the coolest parts of the Nature Center like the Gravel Pits, Trout Run Stream and the Source Pond with new friends and awesome counselors? Live out your favorite adventures, practice outdoor skills like orienteering and archery, travel back in time to the Delano Homestead and the Pioneer Cabin, create natural art or try to catch a fish!
Wild Child Camp runs 9am – 5pm ● Meet at Adventure House ● Bring a sack lunch (with snacks if desired)
Session Themes
Different Themes each day – come for one or enjoy them all!
*take an extra $5 off each additional camp if you come to multiple sessions
Session 1: Monday, March 29th ~ Survivorkids
One group- exploring the wilderness for an entire day. Do you have what it takes to live out in the wild? Study animals of KNC up close to learn how they survive – can you?
- survival skills, animal adaptations, plant identification
Session 2: Tuesday, March 30th ~ Beautiful Birds and Bugs
What do hawks and caterpillars have in common? Flight and migration! If you love things that fly and things that crawl, come exercise your bird brain and go buggy.
-insect and bird identification, migration, habitats, birds of prey
Session 3: Wednesday, March 31st ~ Land of the Lost
Dig up an epic adventure filled with mile high ice and mysterious animals. Explore the evidence of Michigan’s past, and learn the skills it takes to be a true ancient adventurer!
-Michigan geology and fossils, orienteering
Session 4: Thursday, April 1st ~ To Slime or Not To Slime?
That is the question! Explore why frogs, slugs and salamanders are slimy and turtles, spiders and snakes are not. Visit with the KNC exhibit animals and get down to the bottom of this slimy situation.
-reptile, insect and amphibian identification, habitats, adaptations
Session 5: Friday, April 2nd ~ Hydro-Habitats
Dive into the wet and wild world of ponds, streams and rivers and discover the creatures that live just below the surface. Hunt for bugs, fish, reptiles, amphibians and mammals.
-aquatic ecosystems, food webs, animal identification