Summer Camps & Workshops
FAMILY NATURE DAY CAMP
An exploration of nature and local ecosystems with your family, ages 5 and up are welcome! Join us this summer for a five-day session held from 10 am to 2 pm at Ferry Beach Ecology School campus in Saco, rain or shine. Each day will bring a new adventure for adults and children to explore together. Cost is $100 per child and $150 per parent for the weeklong session. Additional children/adults are of course welcome! Please call for additional prices.
- MONDAY: NATURE DETECTIVES Explore the Forest and Beach ecosystems, and learn how to fully utilize your senses to enhance your outdoor experience. Introductory activities will also be conducted.
- TUESDAY: JUNIOR-ECOLOGISTS Discover the difference between Pond and Stream environments, and even venture out onto the Salt Marsh where we'll discover how these water bodies connect!
- WEDNESDAY: ECO-EXPLORERS Uncover the hidden secrets of the Tide Pools as we explore the East Point Audubon preserve to find marine organisms living in this unique and extreme environment!
- THURSDAY: BE THE CHANGE Visit the Ecology School organic garden and get ready to roll up your shirt sleeves as we realize the human connection to nature, and the importance of our impacts.
- FRIDAY: SWAMP THING Experience the Ferry Beach State Park, including the rare northern reaches of the Tupelo swamp, accessed by an adventurous boardwalk. We'll wrap up the week with a picnic lunch and playing on the beach!
Schedule is subject to change, based upon low tide times.
June 28 - July 2, 2010
REGISTER FOR FAMILY NATURE DAY CAMP
For more information contact Meg Edstrom or call her at 207-283-9951.
GARDEN NATURE DAY CAMP
Join us in the Ferry Beach organic teaching garden 9 am to 3 pm this summer to play in the soil and learn about all the amazing things that help our food grow! We will spend time working in a greenhouse, harvesting fruits and vegetables and preparing and eating delicious snacks from the garden. Bring your creativity for garden arts and crafts projects and your sense of adventure for afternoon beach, forest and freshwater explorations. Afternoon activities will also include time to swim at the beach!
$175 per camper for the week. Camps are appropriate for campers entering 1st-6th grades. Campers may sign up for one or both weeks.
July 12-16, 2010
August 2-6, 2010 (Limited space still available. Please call before registering your campers!)
REGISTER FOR GARDEN NATURE DAY CAMP
For more information contact Meg Edstrom or call her at 207-283-9951.
"EXPLORING THE MAINE COAST" —
A FAMILY CAMP & WEEK IN NATURE
This fun-filled and adventurous week offers families a chance to explore Maine's Southern coast: ecosystems including beaches, tide pools, salt marshes, and even an organic garden will be visited. Family teams of adults and children will make trips to local hot spots, such as lighthouses, canoeing through marshes and short hikes up nearby mountains. Meals will be enjoyed in the dining hall on the Ferry Beach Park Association campus in Saco, Maine, and sack lunches will be brought along on daily adventures. Lodging options will be either dormitory style accomodations or on the Park Association's campground. Each day the group will be led by Ecology School staff for a wide variety of hands-on activities, games and experiences.
All this and so much more!
Click here for more information on "Exploring the Maine Coast".
July 24-31, 2010
REGISTER FOR EXPLORING THE MAINE COAST FAMILY WEEK.
For more info contact Meg Edstrom or call her at 207-283-9951.
*Additional information: Referred campers do not need to attend the same session or camp as the returning camper. Siblings do not need to attend the same session or camp. Please contact Meg Edstrom for more information and with any questions regarding camps, scholarships and discounts, or call her at (207) 283-9951.
SUMMER FIELD STUDIES
During our summer field studies institutes, students are engaged in hands-on science, including hands-on field experiments, group activities, and explorations of and comparisons between up to ten distinct ecosystems, natural and cultural sites in southern coastal Maine.
In planning each week's program, Outreach Director Meg Edstrom works with coordinators to address individual group goals and needs. She then crafts a personalized program based upon desired curriculum and site visits.
Our summer series have worked with various groups from near and far:
- New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Science CAUSE program is designed to address the needs of underrepresented minorities in the science and education workforce and to provide quality science education through early intervention to underserved youth K-12.
- The National Aquarium in Baltimore's Henry Hall Program provides free educational opportunities for students who attend or are graduates of the Baltimore City Public School System.
- Suffolk University's Upward Bound Program offers both academic support and guidance through the college application and financial aid process through year-round enrichment programs.
- The GEAR UP program (visiting from The English High School, outside of Boston in Jamaica Plain, MA) is designed to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education.
- Exploring your role in supporting your child’s experiences and trips outdoors.
- Learning activities for structuring outside time, and participating in a scavenger hunt using Ferry Beach Ecology School’s ecosystem field guide.
- Discover easy techniques to incorporate fun into your trip outside while discovering the amazing stories nature has to tell.
- Question and answer conversations focused on issues of structuring outside time, safety and awareness outdoors.
- Using new literature to support your child’s outdoor adventures.
- Gaining exposure to Ferry Beach’s unique, proven teaching methodologies using narrative education techniques.
- Collaborating with other parents and adults - make connections with others looking to head outdoors!
EDUCATOR WORKSHOPS
AT YOUR SCHOOL
Workshops can be designed for teachers and educators as in-service learning opportunities or afternoon programs at your school. A 2-hour ABCs of Ecology: Live and Unplugged! workshop for up to 20 educators is a terrific way to combine education, entertainment and inspiration into one afternoon.
AT OUR SEASIDE CAMPUS
We also offer Educator Workshops at our campus in Saco, Maine, with a cost of $15-$50 per participant depending on length and whether meals are included. Workshops are offered year-round, 7 days of the week.
DURING YOUR SCHOOL'S RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM
While your students are out on an ecosystem lesson during their Overnight program, why not take advantage of our incredible outdoor classroom to expand your knowledge? We will work with attending teachers and administrators on specific content issues, teaching methodology, or addressing new NCLI legislation during on-site sessions. What better way to get those professional development hours? Cost is $15-$25 per participant, depending on length, for up to 20 participants.
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