Virtual Adventure Camps

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Online Registration

Can’t come to us? We’ll take the ADVENTURE to you! Take a break from the real world and join us for a new way of learning! Our expert Eco instructors will guide you through different habitats and topics and still include Eco Adventure’s amazing animals, artifacts, exhibits, and activities, in an interactive virtual lesson. Kids can not only see our instructor in real-time but can ask questions and interact along the way- all in an exciting and fun format with a post-activity to do at home. This is no ordinary, boring, lesson! Are you ready to “Experience the Extraordinary”?

We hope these classes can still bring some joy, fun, and instill wonder in your child during these difficult times for all of us. Stay tuned for more topics to come and a “Virtual Adventures ECO Box” shipped right to your house with everything you need to enjoy a hand-on lesson from home along with a link to follow us on a video class! We welcome feedback and suggestions as we journey into the e-learning era. Thank you for your support.

Virtual Adventure classes will be conducted on Zoom

Recommended For: Ages 7 - 12

Price: $60/week. There is a $5 Active Registration fee per week session. Siblings are an additional $30/week.

When: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11 AM - 12:30 PM

Soon after registration, you will be sent additional instructions and a log-on link from Zoom.

*All animals and activities are dependent on timing and are subject to change.

Refund policy: We do not offer refunds for any reason but if you miss ONE class you may ask to log in to another future one. Please contact us. We thank you for your understanding and support during this difficult time.

Week 1

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Crazy for Camo

July 14th

Crazy for Camo

Have you ever wondered why animals are so hard to find in nature? They just seem to have a special skill at hiding from us, and for good reason, for in nature, it's eat or be eaten! Camouflage is everything in the ultimate game of hide and seek! In this class, kids will take a closer look at how certain animals can change color, hide themselves, build structures that camouflage, or are masters of illusion and mimicry! How do they do it? Students will get all the answers as they see various live animal examples of camo-or not! From camo to albino animals, to colorful warnings of poison. Find out who is the friend or foe and how animals are dependent on colors to survive! This 90-minute camp session will include educational animal presentations, fun games, and easy to follow crafts. Animals may include chameleons, crocodilians, snakes, frogs, and geckos. Games may include animal iSpy, a Candy Camouflage game, a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Survival game, and a camo design craft. 

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Fossil Frenzy

July 16th

Fossil Frenzy

Buried in the ground are the bones and imprints of creatures that lived on this planet back in ancient times.   Time to go outside to our fossil dig area and  learn about animals that went extinct millions of years ago... even in our own Chesapeake Bay!  From amazing marine invertebrates like corals, oysters, and sea lilies,  to sharks and rays.  Then meet living animals that have been around since before the time of the dinosaurs! This 90 minute camp session will include educational animal presentations, fun games, and easy to follow crafts. Animals may include: crocodilians, a macaw, bugs, snakes, and mammals. Games may include: a DIY fossil dig bar, a toothpick skeleton craft, a classification game and an animal families game. 

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Week 2

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Leapin' Lizards

July 21st

Leapin' Lizards

Did you know that there are over 4,000 species  of lizards? Meet a few of our scaly friends!  From geckos to bearded dragons to chameleons and even a uromastyx! These interesting animals take many different shapes and sizes. Learn about how they can survive in different extreme corners of our Earth and the interesting and rare adaptations that make it possible. This 90 minute camp session will include educational animal presentations, fun games, and easy to follow crafts. Animals may include: uromastyx, bearded dragons, skinks, geckos, and tagus. Games may include: a Gecko science experiment, a flying lizard craft, and a lizard training demo.

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Disappearing Act: Endangered Species

July 23rd

Disappearing Act: Endangered Species

Put your thinking caps on as novice detectives will put their heads together to figure out the Who, What, Where, and Why our animals are disappearing.   Take a look at some artifacts like skulls, pelts, skins, shoes, specimens, purses, medicines, and investigate what animal they once were and why they have become endangered.  Then meet some LIVE animal representatives of the species and talk about what we can do to help keep our earth’s most endangered species on the planet. This 90 minute camp session will include educational animal presentations, fun games, and easy to follow crafts. Animals may include: lizards, snakes, and turtles. Games may include: a rainforest scavenger hunt, an environmental action activity, and a special guest presentation. 

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Week 3

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Animal Olympics

July 28th

Animal Olympics

Do you love watching gymnastics at the Olympics? Seeing the flexibility and agility of humans is incredible, but there are plenty of animals that are even more awesome! Discover and meet some amazing animals and adaptations that help them maneuver through their habitats while you discover your own skills!  What is the longest bullfrog frog jump?....7 ft. Human “frog jump”?… 3 ft...!  How long can a sea turtle hold its breath?  You?   What about speed? Balance?  Whether animals can climb trees without arms or legs, jump 6 ft or 3ft, or use their tail as another arm,... these animals have what it takes to go for the Gold! Must have ample space to do physical “challenges” This 90-minute camp session will include educational animal presentations and fun physical challenges. Animals may include frogs, toads, crocodilians, turtles, and mammals. Games include animal challenges.

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Mad About Mammals

July 30th

Mad About Mammals  

Many people hold mammals near and dear to our hearts because they are our pets, friends, and we are mammals ourselves! Discover more about what characteristics make a mammal “mammal” and meet different mammals from all over the world such as a hedgehog from Africa, kinkajou from Central America, short-tailed opossum from South America, and even North American CUTE rat!  You’ll be sure to love these cute and cuddly animals. This 90-minute camp session will include educational animal presentations, fun games, and easy to follow crafts. Animals may include armadillo, hedgehogs, a flying squirrel, a possum, and a kinkajou. Games may include a mammal eating challenge, a guessing game, and a memory game. 

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Week 4

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Pampered Pets

August 4th

Pampered Pets

Pets are our best friends-AND part of your family for LIFE. They provide comfort and help us to build a bond with animals from a young age. But pets can be a lot of responsibility too. Every individual animal has specific needs and relies on you to survive and be happy! This week we talk about what makes a good pet and what animal doesn’t.  If you’ve been thinking of getting a pet or already have one- Let us know which one(s)!  For this class, we will be discussing all the pros and cons of each one and answer your questions. What does it need? What foods do they eat? Financial responsibilities? Enrichment requirements?... and also how difficult is it to take care of them... no one likes cleaning up poop!? But it has to be done!  Make a pledge to become a responsible pet owner and celebrate the privilege of having a pet for life! This 90-minute camp session will include educational animal presentations, fun games, and easy to follow crafts. Animals may include lizards, turtles, mammals, and crocodilians. Games may include training presentations, a training pole craft, an enrichment toy craft, a pet show and tell, and training ideas for pets at home.

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Made in the USA

August 6th

Made in the USA

 

In celebration of our Independence Day- Go from coast to coast and meet animals from North America! Go down south in the swamps of the Bayou and meet a gator. Then head North to the cornfields of the midwest where corn snakes are a dime a dozen!  Head on over to the Chesapeake Bay and watch a Snapping Turtle -SNAP!  Watch a flying squirrel eat its favorite nut and it even glows in the dark!  End across the country out WEST and meet a Western Hognose snake. This 90-minute camp session will include educational animal presentations, fun games, and easy to follow crafts. Animals may include turtles, mammals, snakes, frogs, toads, and crocodilians. Games may include a track and scat matching game, an acorn game, and a tree highway challenge. 

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Week 5

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Turtle Tacular

August 11th

Turtle Tacular

This class is for serious turtle lovers!  See the difference first hand between aquatic and terrestrial turtles.  Learn about threats to all turtles including our very own Diamondback terrapins and sea turtles.  Then get ready, set, …Go!  Who will win in a turtle race… terrestrial or aquatic turtles? Break up into teams and root for your turtle to win!  It’s everything you need to know…so to speak…about those critters with a shell and a beak! This 90-minute camp session will include educational animal presentations, fun games, and easy to follow crafts. Animals may include various turtles and tortoises. Games may include a turtle craft, a guessing game, and a special guest speaker.

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Animal Trivia

August 13th

Animal Trivia

Are you a whiz about wallabies? A genius on geckos? A poison dart frog prodigy? Well, this may just be the game for you! Go up against your friends with a trivia game about some of our animal ambassadors and meet the animals that inspired them! The winning team may just win a WILD prize! This 90-minute camp session will include educational animal presentations and challenging animal trivia. Animals may include snakes, turtles, crocodilians, amphibians, mammals, and lizards. Games may include trivia!

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Week 6

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Amazon Safari Rainforest

August 18th

Amazon Rainforest Safari

Celebrate Earth Day and one of the most endangered habitats on the planet.  Did you know that 50% of all biodiversity comes from the rainforest among medicines, spices and fruits and so much more! Join us in a quest to learn about the importance of saving our rainforests and what part you can take in conservation wherever you live! Play a guessing game with our very own live animals and where you may find them in each layer of the rainforest. This 90-minute camp session will include educational animal presentations, fun games, and easy to follow crafts. Animals may include crocodilians, lizards, parrot, mammals, and snakes. Games may include a fun rainforest dance, a scavenger hunt, and a snake craft. 

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Amazing Adaptations

August 20th

Amazing Adaptations

Survival of the fittest is what this world is all about and what other way to learn about survival than to see what are the coolest adaptations animals have to offer!  From quills, and spines, poison and venom, scales, and slime. What are the best adaptations for each habitat? Dessert, rainforests, aquatic, wetlands, -Meet a chameleon change color right in front of your very eyes- or watch a spiny hedgehog puff out his spines!  This world keeps ever-changing and only the animals that can adapt... can survive. This 90-minute camp session will include educational animal presentations, fun games, and easy to follow crafts. Animals may include lizards, snakes, mammals, and fish. Games may include a Create-Your-Own Animal craft, animal skill challenges, and a matching game. 

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Week 7

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Ready, Set, Vet!

August 25th

Ready, Set, VET!  (All About Animal Care/Husbandry/vet tech):

Have you ever wondered what it is like to take care of animals and to provide them with a level of care that meets all of their needs?  What are the specific needs of animals such as alligators, snakes, tarantulas, hedgehogs, and more?  What does a vet tech for animals including exotic animals do exactly?  In this class, you will learn about all of this and the specific needs of some of our very own animals at Eco Adventures.  Meet a vet tech and do an examination of one of our animals.  Did you know that we need to trim very small nails on hedgehogs, scrub some slimy scales,  weigh our animals to ensure proper weight/health, feed nutritious diets,  bathe for proper hygiene and to help with shedding reptiles?  In this class, we will meet some of our animals and learn about their specific needs and get hands-on experience bathing one of our animals (it’s a secret, so you’ll have to come to find out who!)   We hope you are READY, and all SET, to VET in this exciting class! This 90-minute camp session will include educational animal presentations, fun games, and easy to follow crafts. Animals may include turtles, snakes, and crocodilians. Games may include an animal rescue game, a special guest, and a sea turtle craft. Note: all animals and activities are dependent on timing and animal health and nothing is guaranteed. 

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Interesting Insects

August 27th

*Starts at 11:15 AM

Interesting Insects * Please note this class only  starts  11:15am

Did you know the most numerous animals belong to a group called Arthropods? Those creepy crawly insects and arachnids? What’s the difference? They all have weird numbers of legs anyway, right? But these crawling, flying, climbing, digging, hissing, metamorphosing, buzzing friends are found just about everywhere you go on the planet.  Are you the type to go out and look for bugs? Catch fireflies? Better know how to tell them apart and discover how amazing they are! Meet a glow in the dark scorpion, creepy tarantula,  giant millipede, and more! This 90 minute camp session will include educational animal presentations, fun games, and easy to follow crafts. Animals may include: insects and arachnids. Games may include: finger puppet craft, an experiment on where bugs live, and a fun cockroach dance. Note: all animals and activities are dependent on timing and animal health and nothing is guaranteed. 

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