Environmental Science Camp

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The Redwood Coastal Science Camp offers the camper a secure environment to explore science in a traditional camp setting, while making new friends and having fun. This camp will be held at the scenic Exploring New Horizons Sempervirens facility near Big Basin State Park. Each day brings new activities and insights about science, along with traditional camp activities like swimming, crafts, games, and campfires. Picture your child making friends in our fun and supportive camp environment; and returning home with new interests and skills, confidence, and lifelong memories!

Redwood Coastal Science Camp

Santa Cruz Mountains

June 28–July 2, 2010 (5 days)
Ages: 8–12
$695 (LHS members) $740 (non members)
Enrollment: 64–72 campers
Orientation at LHS: May 19, 7:00 p.m.

Life is pretty exciting where the forest meets the sea! Explore the animals and plants that live at and near the ocean. The rocky tide pools, streams, grassy fields, and groves of giant redwood trees we’ll visit are home to a huge variety of life. Campers will use field biology techniques to observe, compare, appreciate, and learn about the local inhabitants and how they survive and thrive. We’ll bring a large assortment of our most popular science activities from LHS for campers to choose from. Highlights include a trip to the ocean to explore the creatures that live in tide pools, and a trip to Big Basin State Park to learn and have fun amongst huge redwoods. Camp life is balanced with a rich array of activities such as swimming, crafts, games, archery, campfires, planetarium shows in our star dome, storytelling, and beachcombing. This camp, ideal for first-time campers and returning campers, is filled with plenty to do and many chances to make new friends.

The camp facility is located next to Big Basin State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains on 20 acres of land with nature trails through coastal forests and redwoods. This camp has many amenities including a large swimming pool, a small petting zoo with goats and chickens, organic gardens, an outdoor amphitheater with stage, an archery range, Ping-Pong tables, tetherball, a sand volleyball court, a large meadow for sports and games, and clean comfortable cabins. Food and transportation between LHS and camp are included.