Field Trips, Outreaches, & Assemblies

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In-House Field Trip Pricing 2018 - 2019

$240 minimum or $13 per student
Teachers are free
Chaperones welcome: $7 per chaperone (1 chaperone for every 10 kids is free)
 
$250 Summer Camp Base Price (the rest is same as above)

Build Your Field Trip:

Pick 2-6 rotation stations to customize your experience! Number of rotations will vary based on number of students.

10:00am - Arrival 
10:00 – 10:15 am Introduction in the Rainforest
10:15 – 11:40 am 1st Rotation: Rainforest
11:40 – 11:10 am 2nd Rotation: Africa 
11:10 – 11:25 am 3rd Rotation: Underwater Discovery Room
11:25 – 11:55 am Fossil Dig
12:00 – 12:30 pm Optional Lunch - picnic tables outside (inside Rainforest Room for bad weather)

Sample Schedule:

Rainforest Adventure

Underwater Discovery Room:
Chesapeake Bay Habitat/Native Species

Animal Adaptations/Desert Habitats

Fossil Dig/Pan for gold at the Sleuice

Animal Training/Feeding Demonstration

Oh Deer! Food Web Game

Animal Rescue 911

Dr. Brady Barr - Meet & Greet plus Autographs

School Outreach – We Come to Your School

Can't come to us? We come to you! These are dynamic, interactive and FUN programs that have many topics from MD State Next Gen Science Standards. Choose from various options that fit best for your school or camp. Why read about these animals in your textbook or watch a video on the smart board, when you can get them up close and personal? We bring the menagerie to YOU! We customize each program accordingly so if the option or theme is not there-feel free to call us! Eco Adventures also comes to libraries!

Option A

(For aprox up to 50-60 students)
(Pre-Schools)
$240 School Year Base Price
Includes two - 30 minute presentations for 25 participants per presentation
$4 per additional student over 25 participants (30 participants maximum per presentation).
$250 Summer Camp Base Price (the rest is same as above)

Option B

(For aprox up to 45-75 students)
(Elementary Schools)
= $240 School Year Base Price
Includes 1 hour presentation for up to 45 participants
$4 per additional student over 45 participants
$250 Summer Camp Base Price (the rest is same as above)

Option C

(For 75-100 students)
Assembly Style
Includes 1 hour presentation for up to 75-100 participants
$4 per student
Please note: not all children will get to touch animals (touching will be on a volunteer basis). If you would like an extra interactive 20-30 minute session, please add $75.

Option D

(Over 100 + students)
Assembly Style
$685 includes two - 45 min assemblies for up to 250 participants in each group.
$3 for each additional student after 500 participants.
Please note: not all children will get to touch animals (touching will be on a volunteer basis). If you would like an extra interactive 20-30 minute session, please add $75 per session.

Option E

National Geographic's herpetologist/TV personality/book author
Dr. Brady Barr Assembly
$700 for a 1 hour program for up to  300 participants 
$775 for two – 50 minute programs
$3 per additional child, after 300 participants per assembly

Program Themes Include

Don't make eye contact....think good thoughts....cross your fingers. Please, please, please, not the spider , not the spider…WHOA! They’re all thoughts that might run through your mind as you experience Eco Adventures Fear Factor !! In this high energy, excitement packed, hair raising, test of wills, students will compete in a series of challenges and dares to probe their fears and put their determination to the test!
Hold a giant spider, make a scorpion glow, hold a snake, train a dragon, tame a gator, or eat worm… YIKES, they’re all tests that each contestant might face. Leeches, cockroaches, snakes, and eels, you never know what it’s going to be, and we’re pulling out all the stops to make sure your students find out who has what it takes to be crowned Eco Adventures Fear Factor Champ!! It’s all random, so keep your fingers crossed when you flip over a coconut and find out what challenge awaits you – it’s not for the faint of heart! You will learn so much about our animals all while have FUN!

Fear Factor

Which animal has the strongest bite?…can climb walls, or virtually disapear, or even can stretch like a rubber band? Spectators beware: are you brave enough to volunteer and let a tarantula crawl up your belly, wrestle a giant snake or a gator? Get all the answers In this fascinating exploration of the super powers of some of natures' most amazing animals. Live animals will be on hand to demonstrate their super powers up close and personal.
NOTE: Super Villains unwelcome at this presentation! Capes are optional

Animal Super Powers

Dr. Edna, a world-famous explorer and her assistant, need your help!  Some evil poachers took animals from the wild and we were able to stop them!  Now they are all together in crates and we need to return them to their homes.  Evil poachers left clues that contains hints as to where these animals may live around the world.  Can you help Dr. Edna solve the clues?  In this hands-on animal adventure, you will encounter many animals, from tarantulas, armadillos, spiky lizards, to alligators and giant pythons. We need some brave explorers to travel around the globe with  Dr. Edna and help her save the animals along the way!

Animal Detectives

Grab your binoculars and safari hat and get ready to go on a jungle safari!
Learn why this habitat is one of the most important and endangered habitats on earth and how we can protect this critical resource. Students will discover animals, plants, and materials that come from the rainforest by using all their senses. Smell the spices of the rainforest, touch snakes, roaches, tarantulas, crocs, and even a opossum. Discover the cools ways that jungle animals can camouflage for survival. It's a jungle out there, so grab a vine and swing into the rainforest!
Smell the spices of the rainforest, touch snakes, roaches, tarantulas, crocs, and even a opossum. Discover the cools ways that jungle animals can camouflage for survival. It's a jungle out there, so grab a vine and swing into the rainforest!

Rainforest Adventure or
Jungle Safari

Do you ever close your eyes and listen… just listen to the sounds of nature? A symphony of nature goes on around us each and every day. Many of us are too distracted to hear it, but if you open your ears and concentrate, what you will hear is magical. In this exciting new program, we are bringing the sounds of nature -indoors, as Eco Adventures Animal Experts will introduce kids to the amazing world of animal sounds and adaptations. Why do Hissing Roaches hiss? What animals have huge ears for listening? What animals have NO ears and can’t hear? Did you know that crocodiles think a rumbling motorcycle or thunder is one of their own? Howler monkey can be heard from over a 3 miles away...how far away can you be heard?? Clear your throat and test out some animal sounds of your own on our decibel reader. How will you compare to a lion or the loudest bird in the world- the Screaming Piha!? Then witness how animals are in tune with their environments. Whether it is sensing upcoming rains or approaching predators, witness their intelligence with an animal training session learned from our own voice commands and clicker sounds cues. This interactive, presentation features hands-on encounters with live animal ambassadors. Sign up now and join the Call Of the Wild!!

CALLS OF THE WILD...
sounds of nature!

This exciting new program is all about the Chesapeake Bay, and will introduce students, in a hands-on manner, to many of the living, breathing,components, of our local ecosystem. The dynamics of the Bay food-web will be explored, from crabs and crab traps, to oysters, terrapins tohorseshoe crabs, frogs, box turtles, snakes and sharks, and all things in between. Kids will find out exactly what’s in their backyard Bay, and how they can make a difference and help protect it!

Students will be rotate with classes depending on the # of students to different areas. You may choose 3-4 stations depending on the group size for a 25 minute rotation with 5 minutes in between to change rotations. Or, if 100 or more participants, 5 stations will be utilized. We require 2-3 parent volunteers to assist for each rotation.
PRICES:
Outreach: $720 min for up to 60 students after 60 students, $8 per child
*extra $1 per person set up fee and souvenir fossil for “Fossils Everywhere”
In house Field Trip to ECO: $720 min for up to 60 students after 60 students, $12 per child

Hands-On Chesapeake! In-Depth Experience at Your School

National Geographic herpetologist: Dr. Brady Barr School Assembly- (100+ children) There is no better way to kick off your reading program than to have National Geographic's TV personality and author come out to your school with audio video clips, and stories of his world travel adventures and real life encounters with the most dangerous beats on the planet. He also bring some of his scaly friends himself. Put some real BITE in your next reading kick off program. Please contact us for more details for National Geographic's Dr. Brady Barr to come out to your school.
“I've been coordinating an average of 4 events annually for almost 17 years and Brady is the top in terms of speaker quality. He was engaging, honest, funny and appealed to all ages.” -Noble Foundation

Dr. Brady Barr Assembly

“Take it from someone on the front lines, a recent visiting teacher from Annapolis Area Christian School, who proclaimed: “The best field trip ever and I have been teaching over 20 years .“ Please move forward and plan a visit on The WILD SIDE, where you can touch, see, and “Experience the Extraordinary” at Eco Adventures!”

“WOW! My son had the opportunity to come through Eco Adventures this morning with his class from Woods Memorial. I am a teacher and absolutely was impressed with the smooth way your team ran their adventure today. The presentations were easy to understand and we knew we were dealing with professionals as soon as our program began, so thank you, on this rainy, rainy day. (and I read the Baltimore Sun article from a while ago and, again, wow-80 countries-your training and hard work to bring this location to life is inspiring)”