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Explorer Camp
Join us for a fun week of summer camp.
Become a friend of the Fox River and the plants and animals that reside in the watershed.
Learn about your place in nature through exploration of the Schweitzer Woods Forest Preserve in West Dundee. Activities will include discovering the similarities and differences of various soils, fungi, plants and the wide variety of insects, aquatic organisms, birds, reptiles, mammals that reside in the ecosystems on the site. In addition to the fun and authentic scientific investigations will be activities to better understand the native peoples, early settlers and current cultures’ relationship with the natural environment. Other daily activities include hiking, discovering, journaling, sharing and a snack.
One-week sessions:
June 9-13
June 16-20
June 23-27
Campers should be from 9 to14 years of age.
Register here: https://register.dtpd.org/wbwsc/webtrac.wsc/search.html?module=AR%20&primarycode=35220