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Eco Adventures

THREE DIFFERENT HOMESCHOOL CLASSES!!

Homeschool Session 5:

Tuesdays May 11th- June 7th  4 weeks
11 AM - 12 PM
Ages 5 - 14
$84 includes active registration fee

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We customize to your needs. If you have a group of 6-14 students, we can form your own one-time class or session. Please inquire at ecoadventuresmd@gmail.com

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Session 5 THEMES (4 weeks)

Animal builders

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Discover the ingenuity of builders in the animal kingdom. From termites to beavers, many animals including humans alter their environments to suit their needs, creating incredible structures. Students will meet animals, discover what they build, and get the chance to build some structures of their own.

Pollinators

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Bees, bats, and hummingbirds! Spring is in the air, and some animals take advantage of all the new flowers. Meet some pollinators and learn about the important roles they play for plants.

Teamwork, Symbiosis and animal friendships

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Teamwork is important for animals as well as people. Students will discover so many ways different species help each other and work together. Then apply what they learned to tackle some team challenges of their own

Eco Explorers

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All living things are connected, what affects one affects another. Students discover these connections by exploring ecosystems. They will encounter different ways life interacts, meet a keystone species, build their own ecosystem, and test what could possibly make it fall apart

"NEW" Wizarding School of Arts and Sciences

Eco Adventures

March 10th - May 7th
Ages 5-14
11am-noon $168(includes active reg fee)

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NEW" Wizarding School of Arts and Sciences Ages 5 and up Thursdays

Calling all first-years wizards, and muggles!! Eco’s school of wizarding is SUPER excited to announce a classes full of science, history, and arts. Wizards in training will be sorted with our talking sorting hat into working groups or houses. Classes consist of Introduction/make your own wand, Care of Magical Creatures, herbology, potions, dueling and more! Where else can you combine the magic of Harry Potter books and real-life science experiments, art projects, history lessons, and animal interactions with your favorite creatures? We encourage creativity, fun, and imagination while providing real science and arts topics. Meet "Scabbers the rat to Nagini the snake, train a dragon, meet alligators, tarantulas, and more. And of course, along with all that learning we celebrate in the last class in the session in the Great Hall with some magical snacks, like butterbeer, Bertie botts every flavor beans including ear wax and snot, and licorice wands.
Students are welcome to wear their cloaks and bring their wands. Sign up now- Space is limited .

Session 2 classes:

Week 1, Intro, Silencio, sound waves/ how humans/animals hear
Week 2, Potions, basic chemistry
Week 3, Lumos, electricity and bioluminescence/animals that light up
Week 4, Accio, magnet science animals that use magnetic fields to navigate
Week 5, Incendio, fire science/how plants and animals survive in extreme heat/drought conditions and fire!
Week 6, Aguamenti, water science/aquatic animals
Week 7, Locomotor, adaptations in animals/how animals move
Week 8, End of session celebration/reflection

Session 3 classes THEMES TBA

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In-Depth Keeper Apprentice Program

Eco Adventures

Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Weekends
10am-12:30pm Every Tues and Wed and on weekends
Ages 8+
$70 per class

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Wonder what it is like to be a zookeeper? Who hasn’t, right? This highly personal program is led by one of our credentialed animal keepers, to pull back the curtain on all involved in animal husbandry. This in-depth experience is for the older students who are serious about learning animal husbandry and medical care of animals. Students will tour the facility and learn specific information and needs of our special animal collection. Students will get to not only encounter animals in our behind-the-scenes animal room, but assist with animal care, food prep, training, & cleaning. This is a very hands-on experience like no other, with interactions with numerous endangered species! Whoever gets to interact with an endangered species in this day and age? YOU DO, in this extremely elite camp, the ultimate insider experience. **Space is very limited, with only one to three select participants per day!! Perfect for aspiring Jr. Assistants.

EMAIL TO REGISTER: ecoadventuresmd@gmail.com

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NEW: Homeschool Animal Keeper Apprentice Class

Eco Adventures

Weds, March 9th - May 6th (8-week session)
11 AM - 12 PM
Ages 8+
$168 (includes active registration fee)

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Learn what it is like to take care of over 80 of ECO's animals. Assist with animal care chores and learn about husbandry and the welfare of animals. Help make diets and feed and train animals. What do they eat, what do they need to survive and thrive? What happens if they get sick? What do I need to do to be a keeper in the future? What makes a good pet...and what does not. These are all questions we will answer in this in -depth class all about ANIMALS!!

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Pre-K and Me Classes

Eco Adventures

Wednesdays from 9:30-10:15am, 6-week session -- Please call to inquire about session dates
$20/class for parent and me, $10/extra sibling $7, $130 (includes active reg fee)
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. Join us for a safe and fun class!
*Class can be outdoor/indoor in small groups. Masks required for ages 2 and up

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PRE-SCHOOL-ELEM "OPEN PLAY" PODS

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Starting this Fall, back by popular demand, we are bringing back our pandemic pods. What exactly is a Pandemic Pod? A Pod is a group of friends that you feel comfortable with during these uncertain and dangerous covid times. A group of friends that you KNOW, have been with throughout the pandemic, and you deem safe to interact with. Put together a group, a POD, of kids and parents, that can safely interact together at Eco Adventures. You can meet once a week, twice a week, or as many times as you wish, for your kids’ enrichment and enjoyment/learning experience. What a way to get a group of youngsters together to satisfy that vital social interaction their young lives need, while you have the peace of mind knowing that your entire pod is a familiar and safe group. Eco Adventures stringently follows all local and state-mandated guidelines surrounding the virus. In addition, all of our instructors have been vaccinated, providing a safe educational experience for your entire group. Each Pod session will be for 1 hour and include live animal interactions each time and may include crafts/experiments, games, fossil dig, and open playtime in our award-winning rainforest setting.
Price: $150 for up to 10 people after that $10 per person. Call or email to book. ecoadventuresmd@gmail.com

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Eco Adventures and the Home School Community:

"My 10 year old son and I attended the open house before the grand opening of Eco Adventures in Millersville a year ago. I knew right away that this was a place I wanted my son to attend and I knew it would be wonderful for our family and for the home school community. The staff was willing to work with me and set up a home school class and from the very first adventure we were hooked! 

Each class includes hands on animal experiences and this is the only place I have ever been that always seems to say yes in some fashion to the children — Yes, you can touch this way. Yes, we can do that. Yes, we can bring an animal out to look at and learn about. The atmosphere is relaxed and the children are always engaged and excited to learn. They cover so many topics and always in a way that is fascinating. My son enjoyed the program so much that he started working towards the Junior Assistant program and just this July, after 9 months of preparing, he passed the interview and reached his goal. This will be an excellent addition to his home school transcript and we hope to have a working/school relationship with Eco Adventures for many years to come."

*Please help us spread the word and share with your home school groups. You can get $10 off for a NEW participant registration (max of $30 discount) if they mention your name (You must be an existing customer to receive the discount)

Home School Policies

  • Special Needs – We welcome special needs students to learn and thrive in our hands on learning style at Eco Adventures. In order to maintain the quality of our programs and for your children's and animals' safety, we require that special needs students have adult supervision to assist. Failure to do so, may result in cancellation of registration .
  • COVID UPDATE: Masks must be worn inside. We will temp check and social distance.
  • Please do not bring any toys/ or use of electronics is prohibited
  • Absences: Please notify us when you child will be absent or travel outside of the state.
  • Whenever possible, students will be given different activities/challenges according to their age.
  • Vacation & Sick Policy: You may make up to 1 days of missed home school class anytime during the same session. You must give advance notice to make up class & it will be dependent on availability. If that does not work out you may get one pass to a Jungle Express. No refunds or credits.
  • Snow/Inclement Weather Policy: We will try our best to reschedule for "snow days", or you can make them up on the other day. but if not possible we will give a Jungle Express pass.
  • Discounts: 10% sibling discount except Parent and me - 50% discount
  • Must have a minimum number of 8 students to run the class.
  • Please note that some of our animals may eat peanuts and other varieties of nuts.
  • COVID Safety- We follow strict guidelines: small groups, masks must be worn indoors, outdoors it is optional, social distance, use ventilators and HEPA air purifiers. We temp check and prescreen participants. We sanitize before and after each program.