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June 2020
Unsolved Mysteries: Session 1 @ Yankauer
Who: Entering grades 1-6 When: Monday-Friday • 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Where: Yankauer Nature Preserve (438 Whitings Neck Road, Martinsburg, WV 25404) Join us as we uncover the mysteries of the forest. We’ll peek under logs, hunt for animal tracks and scat, examine bones and skulls, and investigate the signs that animals leave behind. There’s plenty of time for games and building your fort in the woods! Have questions about camp? Call 681-252-1387 or e-mail daycamp@potomacaudubon.org. Fill out my LGL form!
Find out more »Wild and Wonderful: Session 1 @ Cool Spring
Who: Entering grades 1-6 When: Monday-Friday • 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Where: Cool Spring Preserve (1469 Lloyd Road, Charles Town, WV 25414) Embrace your wild side as you explore the wild and wonderful animals and plants from here in West Virginia (and some from farther away). Meet some animals up close and personal: turtles, snakes, lizards, millipedes, hissing cockroaches, and more! From the top to the bottom of the food chain, we’ll explore everything from predators and prey to parasites and…
Find out more »Camp Survivor: Session 1 @ Yankauer
Who: Entering grades 1-6 When: Monday-Friday • 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Where: Yankauer Nature Preserve (438 Whitings Neck Road, Martinsburg, WV 25404) Could you survive if you were lost in the wilderness? We’ll have a blast building shelters, fires, and tools and learning how to purify water. We will also learn how to find food in the wild, use a compass, and tie knots. Through challenges that will test your mind, body and teamwork skills, you will truly know by the…
Find out more »Muckin’ It: Session 1 @ Cool Spring
Who: Entering grades 1-6 When: Monday-Friday • 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Where: Cool Spring Preserve (1469 Lloyd Road, Charles Town, WV 25414) Get ready to get your boots dirty during this fun-packed week! Muck through the mud, slosh through the stream, and march through the meadow. You’ll make mud pies, catch critters in the creek, and of course…get wet! After care is available for this camp session from 3:00-5:00 p.m. As you'll see below, payment options reflect a week's worth of…
Find out more »Camp Survivor: Session 2 @ Cool Spring
Who: Entering grades 1-6 When: Monday-Friday • 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Where: Cool Spring Preserve (1469 Lloyd Road, Charles Town, WV 25414) Could you survive if you were lost in the wilderness? We’ll have a blast building shelters, fires, and tools and learning how to purify water. We will also learn how to find food in the wild, use a compass, and tie knots. Through challenges that will test your mind, body and teamwork skills, you will truly know by the…
Find out more »Forces of Nature @ Yankauer
Who: Entering grades 6-8 When: Monday-Friday • 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Where: Yankauer Nature Preserve (438 Whitings Neck Road, Martinsburg, WV 25404) Learn about the forces that make mountains, sculpt streams, and power our planet. You’ll explore Earth’s geological forces as we crawl through caves and explore the power of wind as you build your own wind turbine. From beavers to invasive plants, you’ll investigate the many positive and negative ways animals and plants change the landscape. Discover the impact of…
Find out more »Wild and Wonderful: Session 2 @ Yankauer
Who: Entering grades 1-6 When: Monday-Friday • 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Where: Yankauer Nature Preserve (438 Whitings Neck Road, Martinsburg, WV 25404) Embrace your wild side as you explore the wild and wonderful animals and plants from here in West Virginia (and some from farther away). Meet some animals up close and personal: turtles, snakes, lizards, millipedes, hissing cockroaches, and more! From the top to the bottom of the food chain, we’ll explore everything from predators and prey to parasites and…
Find out more »Animal Olympics: Session 2 @ Yankauer
Who: Entering grades 1-6 When: Monday-Thursday • 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Where: Yankauer Nature Preserve (438 Whitings Neck Road, Martinsburg, WV 25404) Come join us for ALL the fun as we learn about nature’s speedy sprinters, fast flappers, and long leapers! Test your skills against some of nature’s top athletes. Are you as strong as an ant or as fast as a deer? Are you as sneaky and sly as a fox? Can you build as well as a beaver? See…
Find out more »Animal Olympics: Session 1 @ Cool Spring
Who: Entering grades 1-6 When: Monday-Thursday • 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Where: Cool Spring Preserve (1469 Lloyd Road, Charles Town, WV 25414) Come join us for ALL the fun as we learn about nature’s speedy sprinters, fast flappers, and long leapers! Test your skills against some of nature’s top athletes. Are you as strong as an ant or as fast as a deer? Are you as sneaky and sly as a fox? Can you build as well as a beaver? See…
Find out more »July 2020
Earth Art: Session 1 @ Yankauer
Who: Entering grades 1-6 When: Monday-Friday • 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Where: Yankauer Nature Preserve (438 Whitings Neck Road, Martinsburg, WV 25404) Using nature as inspiration, this week you’ll create artistic masterpieces! We’ll collect our own natural clay to create sculptures, make leaf hammered bandannas, and create your own paint and paint brushes from nature. Explore culinary arts as you and your team create a dish using the wild foods that you collect. On Friday, parents are invited to see the…
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