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Camps for grades 4 - 6 include the following:
Animal Art
Think BIG! In this half-day class, we will work together to create a large menagerie of animal sculptures.
- Grades: 4-6
- Cost: $125
- Where: Zoo
- When: Monday - Friday, 12:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
- June 17-21
- July 8-12
We’ll study animals in the Zoo and then head to our “studio” to put our creativity and imagination into action. Will we create a giraffe, an elephant, or a mob of kangaroos? You decide as we transform large boxes, egg crates, plastic lids, newspaper, paper towel rolls and other things you would usually recycle into a herd of artistic animals.
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Eco-Artists
The outrageous colors of oceans and gardens have always inspired great art. During this half-day camp, you can be an eco-artist, too!
- Grades: 4-6
- Cost: $125
- Where: Aquarium and Botanic Garden
- When: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - noon
- June 10-14
- June 24-28
You’ll sculpt, paint and build your own masterpieces inspired by the animals and plants you meet at the Aquarium and Botanic Garden. You might create a rainbow-colored reef, add shine to a silvery minnow mural, watercolor in the Japanese Garden, or construct giant insects. Learn from a real artist while you study the science behind nature’s most beautiful creatures.
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Diggable Planet
Get down and dirty at the most hands-on BioPark camp ever!
- Grades: 4-6
- Cost: $230
- Where: Botanic Garden
- When: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- June 3-7
- June 17-21
- July 8-12
At the Botanic Garden, you’ll come face-to-face with bizarre bugs, hunt for hidden symbols in the Japanese Garden, and meet the barnyard animals of the Heritage Farm. Every day will be full of action-packed planting, whether you’re learning about the secret lives of trees, making masterpieces inspired by nature, or growing a garden of your own to take home. If you like good, messy fun, you’re going to dig this camp!
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Explore the Zoo
Calling all animal lovers! Prepare to be amazed by the new things you’ll learn about amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
- Grades: 4-6
- Cost: $230
- Where: Zoo
- When: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- June 3-7
- June 10-14*
- June 17-21
- June 24-28*
- July 8-12
- July 15-19*
- July 22-26
In this camp, you’ll discover the wildest creatures on Earth and learn about their secrets of survival. You’ll find out what it takes to care for exotic animals as you go behind the scenes with zookeepers, and you’ll even have the chance to prepare food for some of the Zoo’s animals. Games, hands-on activities and art projects complete this wild week.
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Undersea Adventures
Aquatic adventures await you as you unravel the mysteries of marine life and discover your connections to the ocean!
- Grades: 4-6
- Cost: $230
- Where: Botanic Garden
- When: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- June 3-7
- June 10-14
- June 17-21
- June 24-28
- July 8-12
- July 15-19
- July 22-26
Sink your teeth into the truth about sharks, meet a “living fossil,” and look down into the tanks from behind-the-scenes. You’ll learn about the most magnificent creatures found in water―from plankton to whales and everything in between! You’ll also discover why oceans and rivers are important to your everyday life.
