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Nature Adventures Summer Camps 2020

Nature Adventures Summer Camps: Ages 4-6

Mini Beasts and Creepy Crawlies

Ages 4-6, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

What mysteries are buried in our backyards? Time to get dirty and find out! Explore how to see like a bee, sing like a cricket, and eat like a butterfly. Go bug-hunting in the Museum Backyard, visit Butterflies Alive!, and investigate the lives of the thousands of insects around us.

Ocean Superpowers

Ages 4-6, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Sea Center

Calling all super marine scientists! Swim as fast as a shark, hide like a halibut, and snap like a pistol shrimp. Use your super senses and compare them to animals with excellent detection skills. Study the marine world as you investigate how ocean superstar animals adapt, survive, and thrive in the ocean.

Pebbles and Boulders

Ages 4-6, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

Put on your hard hat and embark on the life of a geologist! Engage in hands-on experiments to learn how volcanoes make mountains, how water forms valleys, and how rocks help us find oil. Then explore the boulders on a journey along the bed of Mission Creek to find rocks of all shapes and sizes.

Calling All Astronauts

Ages 4-6, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

Venture into outer space and explore the planets and stars! Learn what it takes to be an astronaut by building an astronaut suit and practicing astro-exercises. Design a rocket for blast-off, hear stories about constellations and discover what it would be like to live on other planets.

Camp/Class is currently full.

Dino Hunters

Ages 4-6, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

Become a paleontologist and explore the world of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. Examine “dinosaur bones” to piece together a skeleton, excavate fossils, and investigate clues to discover how dinosaurs once lived. Marvel at dinosaurs' modern descendants: birds

Camp/Class is currently full.

Bugs, Bees and Butterflies

Ages 4-6, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

Discover the incredibly diverse world of insects, arachnids and bugs. Meet hunting spiders, beetle farmers, and roly-poly garbage collectors. Have an insect party and try to sing like a cricket, dance like a bee, and drink like a butterfly. Watch how some mini-beasts change form throughout their life cycle!

Good Buddies

Ages 4-6, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

What do you do when you can’t do it alone? Ask a friend for help, of course. Flowers and bees, birds and rhinos, otters and kelp, sharks and remora fish; they all know how helpful a friend can be. Make some new friends of your own as we explore the Museum and its Backyard to find nature’s good buddies.

Let’s Lift A Whale

Ages 4-6, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Sea Center

It’s simple when you use a simple machine. Roll through a week of discovery and experiment with pulleys, wheels, and levers. Lift whales, race cars, and find out how much fun simple machines can be.

Nature Adventures Summer Camps: Ages 6-9

Fossil Discoveries

Ages 6-9, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

Develop your paleontology skills by finding and excavating fossils of land and sea. Discover how fossils are created in nature. Build dinosaur models and examine them to learn how these dinosaurs looked, moved, and lived. Please note that parents/guardians will drop off and pick up at the Paleo Lab, pending confirmation, for one day TBD.

Camp/Class is currently full.

Ancient Science

Ages 6-9, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

Become an archaeologist and uncover the mysteries of our past. Learn the skills that helped scientists understand Neanderthal tools, Mesopotamian soap, Egyptian pyramids, and mummies.

Camp/Class is currently full.

Life of Bugs

Ages 6-9, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

Discover the diverse world of insects and bugs. Turn over a rock and dig in the dirt to reveal lively critters. Meet spiders (not insects, but arachnids) that hunt, caterpillars that spin silk, and roly-poly garbage collectors. Have an insect party and try to sing like a cricket, dance like a bee, and eat like a butterfly. Study the life cycles and special abilities of backyard bugs.

Wizarding Science

Ages 6-9, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

Would you like to go to Wizarding School? Take a potions class and learn chemistry, study the stars, make a broom fly using static electricity, and study magical creatures. Then use all of your wizarding science skills to face a challenge that makes the O.W.L. exam look easy.

Camp/Class is currently full.

Kelp Forest Habitat

Ages 6-9, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Sea Center

Become a marine scientist as you learn about the different animals that call the kelp forest home. Discover how kelp is used in a variety of products and create a kelp forest model to bring home at the end of the week.
Please note: there will be a boat trip with SB Channelkeeper, weather permitting. Drop off at the docks at Santa Barbara Harbor and pick up will occur at the Sea Center for that day.

Endangered Creatures

Ages 6-9, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Sea Center

Explore the wonders of some marvelous marine animals with activities, crafts, games and investigations at the Sea Center. Take a close look at what it takes to be a whale, a sea otter, a polar bear, an abalone, and plankton. Play games to learn about their special abilities for thriving and surviving in the open ocean. Create, build and make models of animals to take home.

Moonshot

Ages 6-9, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

Discover what is on the Moon and learn what it takes to build a rocket to get there. Negotiate for parts with limited resources. Try landing a lunar module on the Moon’s surface.

Camp/Class is currently full.

Crash, Bang, Boom!

Ages 6-9, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

Explode stuff. Make a mess. Catch a water balloon and try not to get wet. Build the strongest structure you can, and then test it against gale-force winds and powerful earthquakes. Devise clever tricks to shock your parents and impress your friends. Become a Master of Disaster and see how science holds the key to excitement!

Camp/Class is currently full.

Butterfly Investigations

Ages 6-9, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

Discover the differences between moths and butterflies. Create beautiful models of a butterfly and a moth to take home. Learn about the different species of butterflies. Study how these flying beauties undergo metamorphosis, use camouflage, and migrate during the seasons. Explore the Butterfly Pavilion.

Wizarding, the Sequel

Ages 6-9, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

Take wizarding to the next level. Learn the secrets of turning copper to gold, levitating a train, and morphing flat shapes into 3D objects. Discover the world of dragons in their habitats. Create crazy concoctions and clever contraptions worthy of a magical wizard.

Camp/Class is currently full.

Nature Adventures Summer Camps: Ages 9-12

Life on a Channel Island

Ages 9-12, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

There are many adaptations that plants and animals have for living on an island. Focus on the lifestyle of the Channel Island Foxes and their role in the food web. Explore the history of the Channel Islands and learn how species have adapted, survived near extinctions, and co-exist on an island. Simulate a tomol ride as you kayak along the Santa Barbara coastline.
Please note: There will be an additional $30 for the kayaking trip. We will meet at the Sea Center on the day of the kayaking trip.

Be an Entomologist

Ages 9-12, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

Discover your inner entomologist as you venture into the world of insects. Learn to sort, describe and identify insects just as a scientist. Learn some tricks of the trade to collect insects and name a species. Create super-sized models of insects. Experience your first bug tasting with a protein packed mealworm, cricket, or snail.

Planet Ambassadors

Ages 9-12, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

Discover your impact on the planet, and investigate changes in ecosystems as species evolve??"including humans! Learn to evaluate ecological footprints. Explore how species adapt to changing environments. Study the cases of peppered moths’ adaptation and bird beak shape evolution. Explore ways to produce energy from renewable sources. Test your invention using wind, solar and kid energies!

Nature Adventures Summer Camps: Ages 8-10

Be a Geologist

Ages 8-10, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

Investigate how geodes form and create a model to grow your own crystals. Discover ancient forms of life that can be found in fossils. Live the paleontologist’s life by excavating fossils. Work like archaeologists and discover how artifacts reveal history’s greatest stories. Continue the adventure into outer space to explore more rocks.
Please note: There will be a rock-climbing experience at SB Rock Gym. This camp has an additional $15 fee. Drop off and pick up location will be at Sea Center for that day.

Paleo World

Ages 8-10, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

Develop your paleontology skills by excavating and studying fossils in our field lab. Build dinosaur models and examine them to learn how these “terrible lizards” looked, moved, and lived. Meet a paleontologist and learn about field adventures.
Please note that parents will drop off and pick up at Paleo Lab, pending confirmation, on a day to be determined.

Spa Science

Ages 8-10, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

Discover the history and chemistry of spa science. Experiment with recipes blending natural and organic ingredients to make your own fresh spa products. Create your own secret formulas for candles, bath oils, fizzing potions, oatmeal soap, and lip balm! Relax and experience aromatherapy.

Nature Adventures Summer Camps: Ages 10-14

Mission to Mars

Ages 10-14, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

Imagine you are stranded on an inhospitable planet. How would you adapt to survive? Build a space station. Create a solar machine. Learn about adapting to a hostile environment through role playing games. Explore how astronauts study the planet surface by simulating astro-tools.

Ocean Mimicry

Ages 10-14, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Sea Center

Discover nature’s best ideas and then imitate these designs and processes to solve human problems. Examine characteristics that enable animals to adapt to their environment. Explore engineered products inspired by ocean creatures.

Marine Academy: Jr. Oceanographer

Ages 10-14, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Sea Center

Investigate sampling methods and equipment that Oceanographers use to study the ocean. Learn about the physics of ocean waves, tides, and currents. Collect and measure the physical and chemical properties of seawater. Chart water depths along Stearns Wharf to make maps of the bottom. Learn about the marine food webs and take a kayaking trip to explore local kelp forest ecosystems.
Please note: There will be an additional $30 for the kayaking trip included in the registration cost.

Ancient Foods

Ages 10-14, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Museum

Learn how your brain interacts with your taste buds. Explore the natural history of salt, cheese, and chocolate. Explore how early Chumash people survived by eating and preparing local produce. Partake in a fishing activity and learn about sustainability.
Please note: There will be an additional $10 for the fishing activity included in the registration cost. We will meet at the Sea Center one day during the week.

Nature Adventures Spring Classes 2020

Nature Adventures Spring Classes, Early Learners Series: Ages 4-6

Planet Protectors

Ages 4-6, 6 Tuesdays, April 7 -May 12; 3:30-5:00 PM
Location: Museum

Discover how humans make an impact on the planet, including how we can measure our ecological footprint. Explore how species adapt to changing habitats, learn about the limits of water supply and land surfaces, and discover how to be a conservation champion for Earth .

Nature Adventures Spring Classes, After School Series: Ages 6-9

Planet Stewards

Ages 6-9, 6 Wednesdays, April 8 - May 13; 3:30-5:00 PM
Location: Museum

April 8-May 13, 3:30 - 5:00 PM

$102 Members, $113 Non-Members

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Nature Adventures Spring Classes, Home School Series: Ages 6-12

Planet Stewards

Ages 6-12, 6 Mondays, April 6 - May 11; 10AM-12PM
Location: Museum

Discover your impact on the planet, and investigate changes in ecosystems as species evolve-including humans! Learn to evaluate ecological footprints. Explore how species adapt to changing environments. Learn the limits of resources, how to conserve and preserve, and develop models to address our changing climate.

Topics Schedule
April 6 What is Climate Change?..$20 members/$25 non-members
April 13 Ocean Acidification.........$20 members/$25 non-members
April 20 Overfishing and Sustainability........................................ $20 members/$25 non-members
April 27 Resource Management…$20 members/$25 non-members
May 4 Effects of Pollution………..$20 members/$25 non-members
May 11 Habitat Loss: A case study..............................................
$20 members/$25 non-members

April 6-May 11, 10AM - noon

$0 Members, $0 Non-Members

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Nature Adventures Spring Classes, Tykes Series: Ages 2-4 (1 child/1 adult)

Planet Protectors

Ages 2-4, 6 Thursdays, April 9 - May 14, 10-11 AM
Location: Museum

April 9-May 14, 10-11 AM

$98 Members, $109 Non-Members

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