*Class can be outdoor/indoor in small groups.
Discover! Create! Explore! Use all your senses in this class to learn about the wonderful world of nature, art, and science! Classes may consist of a storybook, meet and interact with animals, and a hands-on activity such as a game/craft/music/experiment/fossil dig/nature scavenger hunt. Each week is a different theme. * Must have a min number for the class to run.
Themes (not necessarily in this order)
All Aboard the Animal Train…..Get your tickets NOW, and head to the Eco Adventures station. The conductor is waiting for you to climb aboard our animal train. We’re traveling the globe and meeting some amazing animals along the way. Visit Australia, matey. Go on an African safari. Asia awaits. Make a craft to take home and play around the world games….All aboard. You don’t want to miss this train!!
Shiver Me’ Timbers… Ahoy mateys! I hear there is hidden treasure at Eco Adventures. All we need is a crew, a map and animals to help us solve the clues. Pirate Blackbeard has plundered our loot and we need to get it back. Maybe we can ask the talking parrotHarley if she saw him do it. One way or another, our crew will set sail on adventure and find the hidden “x” marks the spot. Shiver Me’ Timbers it’s going to be a GOOD TIME on the high seas!
Myths, Fables and Fairy Tails… Let’s step into stories of long ago and learn about the animals that are so popular in legends, myths and fairy “tails”. Why are animals so popular in stories throughout time? Learn about the legends and myths of mermaids, unicorns, Fairies, Trolls, and more. Go on a scavenger hunt to find our fairies in Pixie Hollow and find their home! “Once Upon Time” is about to come to life at Eco Adventures.
Hide and Go Seek…Sounds like a simple game of hide and go seek, but trust us, finding a hiding animal is not so easy. This is because many animals have to ability to CAMOUFLAGE. Finding them is very hard to do. But that won’t stop us. We will search high and low and see what we can find. Come join us as we play hide and go seek with the animals. READY OR NOT, HERE WE COME!
Backyard Boogie - What's that lurking in your backyard? Does it JUMP, LEAP, SLITHER or CREEP? Learn about our local wildlife and why they find your backyard a prime spot to settle down. Under that rock, in a pond, hidden in the leaves, these animals are masters at hiding but now that we know where they are, we WILL find them!
Dino Dig Calling all paleontologists.. it's time to DIG deep and unearth ancient fossils! We've heard that giant dinosaurs once roamed the woods right outside Eco Adventures. There's only one way to be sure!! We'll get to the bottom of this, with a real life fossil dig. Stegosaurus, Pterodactyl, T-Rex.. OH MY...let's get dirty and give it a TRY!
Gold Rush
We’re heading to the wild, wild West.. to strike it rich! Grab your grub and pack up the mules.. we’ll be panning for gold, gems, and fossils. Get wet at the sluice. Find out what kinds of animals the miners encountered. Trade your gold for merchandise at the good ol’ EcoAdventure Trading Post. It’s going to be a hoot, hollerin’ good time folks!
Colorful Creatures
Leaves are changing colors and so are some animals!....Learn and SEE how colors are important to our world! From Camouflage to warning predators “I am dangerous”, create colorful art masterpieces, meet colorful animals, and play the color flashing game.
Story book comes to life!
Read a story about a hedgehog and watch it come to life! Play and feed with some cute and cuddlies...Then make some cute prickly crafts!
Nature's Rhythm
Listen to the sounds of the rainforests then make music of your own! Meet animals that croak, growl, hiss, and screech! Use some of our native instruments and create a rainstick to take home.