Library Programs 2025 Theme: Color Your World!

We bring the ADVENTURES to you! Our expert Eco Explorers will guide you through interactive, fun, and engaging programs that include live animals, artifacts, and FUN!  Are you ready... to “Experience the Extraordinary”?

Live Program Fees: $410 for a one hour presentation at your location, $75 Travel fee over 30 minutes travel up to 1 hr from Millersville. Due to The Key Bridge Traffic a  $100 travel fee will be applied for anywhere 1-1.5hrs away.

Can't travel to you? Book a VIRTUAL PROGRAM!!  Our expert Eco-Explorers will guide you through different habitats and topics that include Eco Adventure’s amazing animals, exhibits, and activities in an interactive virtual presentation.  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.

Virtual Program Fees:  One hour virtual presentation $375

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Animal Hide and Seek

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... it's eat or be eaten! Colors in the wild matter and camouflage is everything in the ultimate game of hide and seek!  Join our expert Camo Specialist as you help us find clues that decipher how each animal uses colors in the wild.  Once you find the clues, you will take a closer look at how certain animals can change color, hide themselves, make themselves known they are dangerous, or are masters of illusion and mimicry! How do they do it? You will get all the answers as you see various live animal examples -- from camo to albino animals to colorful warnings of poison. Find out who is the friend or the foe and how animals are dependent on colors to survive!

 

COLOR ME CRAZY!

The animal kingdom has more colors than you can even imagine...it's crazy! Lots of colors you've never even heard of, and wait for it...some animals even CHANGE color.  That's right, just when you think you know what color an animal is...it might just change on you! YIKES!  And, there are some animals that are so camouflaged with color, they are near invisible!  Craziness!  In this very special library program, Eco Adventures' very own Colorologist will guide guests through the crazy world of animal pigmentation, and what better way to do that, than with LIVE animal color ambassadors! Lots of colorful animals and all the answers that go along with the questions of why, when, and how will be on site for this dynamic show.  Color me crazy if you don't sign up for this brand new program right now! 

 

WILD World of colors!        

Calling all wildlife artists! Join our Camo expert by choosing animal figures to put into our canvas and help create a wildlife masterpiece. Then poof! Watch them come to life!  Meet these live animals and investigate how certain animals can change color, hide themselves, make themselves known that they are dangerous or are masters of illusion and mimicry! How do they do it? You will get all the answers as you see various live animal examples -- from camo to albino animals to colorful warnings of poison. Find out who is the friend or the foe and how animals are dependent on colors to survive!

 

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To book:  Fill out the form.  Our calendar in the summer fills quickly.  First come, first serve on dates.  

Please email us at [email protected] with questions. We also have had great reviews and sample programs you can view.

JUNGLE SAFARI!

Jungle

JUNGLE SAFARI!

You're about to embark on a journey into the jungles of the Amazon where Eco Adventures is looking for a “safari crew” to help us on our quest.  The objective:  Find a super rare snake...are you up for it??  Our Eco safari guide will lead you through a series of high-energy, excitement-packed, hair-raising, tests of wills,  where wanna-be crew members will compete in a series of challenges and dares, to face their fears, practice their teamwork, and put their determination to the test! Hold a giant hissing cockroach, wrangle a croc, hold a furry, spiky creature, do a physical challenge, or eat a bug??…YIKES and YUCK...no one said that this was going to be easy! Spiders, snakes, and slimy creatures, you never know what it’s going to be. It’s all random, so keep your fingers crossed when you flip over a coconut and find out what challenge awaits you.

*Appropriate for any age audience

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SWASHBUCKLING Adventure!

Pirate Adventure

SWASHBUCKLING Adventure!

Ahoy ‘ye pirates and mermaids! Join the Eco Captain and swashbuckling pirate crew on an exciting quest to find thy stolen pirate treasure!   First, you must pass the tests of bravery, and use teamwork to unscramble riddles and clues, in order to earn your share of the treasure. Are ‘ye fast enough to conquer thy pirate obstacle course? Are ‘ye brave enough to swallow a mealworm during our “Fear Factor” challenge? OR would you rather touch a slithery snake?  If the challenges are too treacherous ye may… walk the plank!! Test ‘ye teamwork skills with 'ye mateys while working together to wrestle alligators and encounter live island animals. Don’t worry, you won’t go home empty-handed.  After you find the treasure, we will divvy up the pirate loot! Join us for the ultimate adventure  ‘ye will never forget!

*Appropriate for any age group

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Ultimate Animal Adventure

Brady and Cham

Join our Eco-Explorers on an adventure to track down the elusive rainbow lizard! Along the way, we are relying upon your explorer skills to help us make critical decisions all along the way. The group will be faced with a series of choices at every turn.  Make the right choice and proceed, but make the wrong choice...and mayhem ensues! Anything and everything is fair game on this adventure! Will participants get hopelessly lost?  Stumble upon an angry snake?  Wander into quicksand, or will they successfully navigate all that we throw at them and find the elusive lizard?  Participants are sure to meet some cool live animals, learn survival skills, and especially the value of making the right decision and choosing wisely.  It's all fun and games in this amazing adventure...as long as the right choices are made along the way!  Choose wisely...or else!! 

  • More appropriate for children 5 and over
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Cute and Cuddlies

A woman wearing a mask is handing something to a child.

Rainforest Adventure

Discover why this habitat is one of the most important and endangered habitats on earth and how we can protect this critical resource. Did you know that 50% of all biodiversity comes from the rainforest through medicines, spices, fruits and so much more! Learn about animals that you may find in each layer of the rainforest and the cools ways that animals can camouflage for survival. Use all your senses - from smell to sounds to sights of this mysterious endangered habitat and even watch our volcano rumble with smoke! Join us in a quest to learn about the importance of saving our precious rainforests and what part you can take in conservation wherever you live!

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Animal Super Powers

Superhero with red cloth silhouette logo vector

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Fear Factor

A group of kids holding up a snake.

Don’t make eye contact...think good thoughts...cross your fingers. Please, please, please, not the spider. These are all thoughts that might run through your mind as you experience Fear Factor! In this new virtual version of Fear Factor, participants will be picking coconuts and our instructor will flip it over to see what animals they will meet. Will it be a creepy tarantula? Or glow-in-the-dark scorpion? Snake or cute creature?? OR will it be a dare or trivia question that you are willing to do? Join us in this game of “Fear Factor” where participants decide which way the presentation will go.

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Storybook comes to LIFE

A small animal is sitting on top of a branch.

Snuggle up with your PJs and your favorite teddy bear, as we prepare for some BEDTIME TALES! After the sun goes down, and the moon rises,... guess who comes out to PLAY! Do you see BIG eyes, fur, scales, and tails? Do you hear crickets and croaking sounds? Don’t worry, it’s no monster in your closet. Join us as we pick out a favorite book about nocturnal creatures and watch the books come to LIFE...with a hedgehog, Pacman frog, baby gator, furry opossum or kinkajou, and even a glow in the dark scorpion! You don't have to stay up late for this one, just sign up now for Bedtime Tales!!
*Recommended for ages PreK-7

 

 

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Amazing Animal Adaptations

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Amazing Animal Adaptations

Survival of the fittest is what this world is all about. What other way to learn about survival than to see the coolest adaptations animals have to offer from the ability to glow in the dark to quills and spines to poison and venom to slime. What are the best adaptations for each habitat -- desert, rainforests, aquatic, wetlands? Meet a chameleon and see it change color right in front of your very eyes. Or watch a spiny hedgehog puff out his spines or roll into a ball. This world keeps changing and only the animals that can adapt will survive.

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Don't see the topic you are interested in? Just ask - we can adhere to just about anything! Eco Adventures is a Conservation, Education, and Enrichment facility in Millersville MD. We do in-house programs as well for camps, private tours, field trips, outreaches, scouts, birthday parties, special events, and more! www.ecoadventures.org 410-987-1300 [email protected]

Dr. Brady Barr: Nat Geo book author, TV personality, herpetologist AND ECO owner!

Meet and talk with Dr. Brady Barr ! Nat Geo's herpetologist and TV personality, award-winning book author, and Eco Adventure's owner!
Hear his stories about his adventures all over the world with dangerous encounters with animals! From sharks, to crocs, snakes, bears, Komodo dragons and more!

Start at $800 depending on details, # of people etc.

Eco Adventures is a Conservation, Education, and Enrichment facility in Millersville MD. We do in-house programs as well for camps, private tours, field trips, outreaches, scouts, birthday parties, special events, and more!
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Dr. B's: Believe it or not!

Brady and Bear

What is the largest snake on the planet?? Who is the strongest animal? What are the wackiest, ugliest, cutest, fastest, weirdest animals on the planet? Do YOU know the answers to these unbelievable questions? Here’s your chance to put your brain to the test and find out! ! In this unique virtual program, participants will learn all about the myths, legends, and tall tales...about animal TAILS? It's thought that the Gila monster tail can shoot out flames? Can it? Is it true there is an animal that shoots blood out of its eyes? Are there real dragons... and how did the legends come about? Why do some snakes grasp their tails in their mouths and roll around like a hoop? What animals use their tails as a 5th appendage? Or even expel their tails at the sign of danger?? In this program, we will separate fact from fiction as we pull back the curtain on tales about tails with interactive TRIVIA questions and meet some live animals …from furry creatures to creepy crawlies, to scales and tails with the one and only...Dr B!
*Recommended for any age group

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Tails from the Wild Side with Dr. Brady Barr

A man holding a snake in his hand.

Dr. Brady Barr is a world-renowned National Geographic scientist and TV personality (and Eco Adventures’ owner), who has traveled the globe working with some of the most dangerous animals on Earth. He is also an award-winning children's book author, that has shared his tales of adventure in numerous books for kids. In this program, Dr. Barr will be on hand to share the behind-the-scenes tales of what really happens in the bush. What it's like being chased by a hippo, scarred by a shark, shocked by an eel, or pooped on by a snake, Dr. B will tell all, and bring his books to life with fun-filled stories and anecdotes from what went on behind-the-scenes, before he put pen to paper, in all your favorite Dr. B Children's books!
*Recommended for ages 5 and up
Autographed National Geographic books can be ordered through our website.
Scrapes with Snakes, Crocodile Encounters, Chomp! , Everything Reptiles, “Whatever Happened to the Classroom Turtle?” After While...Crocodile…

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It's Alive!!: Storybook Comes to Life

A book cover with an image of a boy and a picture.

Dr. Brady Barr is an award-winning book author of various Nat Geo's books from "Chomped" , "Reptiles", "After While Crocodile", Scrapes with Snakes" , "Crocodile Encounters" and more! Pick a book and let Dr. B tell YOU the stories behind the book!

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Dr. B's...Slithering Snakes

Two children laying on the floor next to a snake.

What actually makes a snake, a snake?? Snakes might just look like a head attached to a long tail, but they are much, much more than that! Their engineering and body plan has made them into one of the most successful animals on the planet. You will learn all about these amazing animals' unique adaptations, anatomy, locomotion, and way of life - with a great variety of our live snake collection. We can observe these reptiles in motion and even see a snake eat...if you dare! (*we will save this to the end if you do not want to watch them eat)
Recommended for ages 6+. Dr. Brady Barr is available for this program.
PDF printable Venomous or Not? activity additional $40

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Tales and Turtles

A turtle is swimming in the water.

This class is for serious turtle lovers! See the difference firsthand between aquatic and terrestrial turtles. Learn about threats to all turtles including our very own
Diamondback terrapins. Hear the rescued tales of many of our turtles including Max, our 65 lbs Sulcata tortoise, our one-eyed snapper, See our turtle pond exhibit with their roommate friend “Flaco” the caiman, and more! It’s everything you need to know…so to speak…about those critters with a shell and a beak!

*Recommended for any age group -with endangered turtles around the world printable PDF additional $40

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Crazy Crocs with Dr. Brady Barr

A man in the mud with an alligator.

You may know how to tell the difference between an alligator and a crocodile, but what about their cousins? Did you know that there are 24 species of crocodilians on the planet? Dr. Brady Barr, a National Geographic herpetologist, TV personality, and award-winning book author (AND Eco Adventures owner) is the only person to have worked and captured all species of crocodilians in the wild! Meet some croc, caiman, and gator friends LIVE and hear the close call stories of their captures and happy releases- and also behind the scene stories of filming in the field such as the time Dr. B tried to release a giant croc in Africa only for him to turn around and go back into their inflatable boat with his jaws open!! Talk about crazy close calls- all in the name of science! Tune in for this great adventure and Q & A time with Dr. Brady Barr.
*Recommended for any age group - With “Where in the World?” printable PDF Match the croc to their country with clues. additional $40

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