Center for Environmental Education
Winter Break Camp at P/NW BOCES, Yorktown Heights, NY
FALCONRY ACADEMY - Runs from February 16-19; Ages 12-16; Fee $245
In this very special camp, you will work with the professional falconer from Talons! to learn the ancient sport of falconry. Each "Apprentice Falconer" will be partnered with a hawk, owl or falcon with whom they will work and develop a bond. As you work with your raptor, you will learn about these magnificient birds, how to care for them and how to use falconry equipment. Once that bond is created you will learn to free fly your raptor and call it to your gloved fist or the lure.
Summer Camp at Madden Outdoor Education Center, Kent Cliffs, NY
Madden Summer Science Exploration Camps are a unique summer program
dedicated to giving youth the opportunity to safely explore our natural
world and rekindle the instinctive scientist and ecologist in them!
Located at Madden Outdoor Education Center in the northwest corner of
Putnam County, our camps are designed to support and expand what children
are learning in school through in-depth educational and fun experiences.
Campers will experience many hands-on learning activities such as experiments,
observations, games, hikes and field study, all in an outdoor, enjoyable
and educational setting. Madden’s extensive resources include
educational animals, historic buildings and landmarks, as well as 160
acres of land that contain a wetland, pond, forest and fields.
Our enthusiastic staff is experienced in dynamic, hands-on, experiential,
and inquiry-based teaching and may be familiar to your child through
the programs they run in local schools throughout the school year. This
is an excellent program for parents who wish their children to have
an opportunity to both exercise their minds and enjoy the outdoors during
the summer. If you are interested in registering your child for any camp, please email: summercamp@pnwboces.org. If you have any questions, please call (845) 225-9256.
Summer camp programs for 2010 include:
THE CURIOSITY CLUB I, II, III, IV, V - Sessions run from July 6 to August 6; Ages 5-7; Fee $200 per week
Designed to fascinate young children, this camp is molded to each group's interests. Ranging from bird, pond life, Native American woodland skills, nature games, arts and crafts and good old exploration, this camp offers a personal and fun experience for every camper!
YOUNG SCIENTISTS I & II - Runs from July 5 to 16; Ages 8-11; Fee $275 per week
Spend a week with us exploring the forest, fields, and wetlands around Madden while testing your skills as a science sleuth! Practice using the scientific method while designing your own experiments with chemistry, pond studies, and other natural processes. Thursday features an optional overnight full of night games, investigations, and a campfire! Friday we値l cook using energy from the sun, and throw a party for the whole family. Optional Thursday overnight for an additional fee of $25.
WILDLIFE NATURALIST IN TRAINING - Runs from July 5 to 9; Ages 12-16; Fee $300
Perfect for the amateur naturalist, science enthusiast and teenagers interested in future CIT positions! Spend the week getting to know the wildlife of New York State. You値l get up close and personal with Madden痴 collection of live reptiles and birds of prey, track and research wildlife at Madden and meet a true falconer and even get a chance to step into the gloves of a falconer. At the end of the week, those campers who wish will be able to play the role of naturalist with campers from our other camps.
BACKYARD BUILDERS - Runs from July 12 to 16; Ages 12-16; Fee $270
Do you enjoy inventing and building? For one week we will explore nature to find the perfect building materials for all of our inventions. Try out your architectural skills in our bridge building competition. Explore the concept of buoyancy while designing, building and racing your own water craft. How far can you catapult a pinecone? In this camp your imagination is the only limit!
MISSION MADDEN - Runs from July 19 to 23; Ages 8-11; Fee $270
You致e just crash landed on a strange new planet named Madden. What will you need to survive? In this camp you will learn all the basic survival skills that you need to survive until you are rescued. Your shelter building, water collection, wild edible identification, first aid, fire building and animal tracking skills that you will learn throughout the week will be put to the test during our Thursday night overnight! Do you accept your mission? Optional Thursday overnight for an additional fee of $25.
ECO ENGINEERS - Runs from July 19 to 23; Ages 12-16; Fee $270
Are you fascinated by the creepy crawly critters most people love to hate? Then this camp is for you! Part scavenger hunt, part art studio and part science lab, and lots of fun, this camp will have you looking at nature the way engineers and scientists do when they imitate nature to solve human problems and make the products we buy. This is called Biomimicry and many jobs that lie ahead in your future will involve this process. You will spend time outdoors observing, and then using, some of the lessons you learned to become a designer and inventor. The camp will combine drawing and design, problem-solving and a method of inquiry that appeals to the mad scientist in us all! (Back by popular demand!)
NATIVE NATURALIST - Runs from July 26 TO 30; Ages 8-11; Fee $270
Become a true keeper of the Earth by learning the ways of the Native American people. Make your own dugout canoe! Through songs, stories, games, crafts, fire building, shelter building, traditional foods, and history, you will learn about the cycles of life and come to understand the true value of the Earth as our native naturalists saw it. You can even put your native skills to the test by spending the night in our very own wigwam! Optional Thursday overnight for an additional fee of $25.
ADVENTURE CAMPS
Adventure Camp Week I with Thurs overnight on the Appalachian Trail -
Runs from July 26 TO 30; Ages 12-16; Fee $300
Adventure Camp Week II with Wed & Thurs overnight on the Appalachian Trail -
Runs from August 2-6; Ages 12-16; Fee $300
During either or both weeks you値l learn how to escape into the woods! We値l build campfires, cook outside, track wildlife, discover edible plants, learn to treat medical emergencies, and develop other survival skills. After learning all these important skills, we値l trek the Appalachian Trail on an adventurous overnight backpacking trip.
MADDEN'S MAD SCIENTISTS - Runs from August 2-6; Ages 8-11; Fee $270
Do you dream about making fizzy concoctions or creating rockets powered by chemistry? Do you like to see things go bang? This camp is perfect for the mad scientist in all of us! Create fizzy bath bombs and create your very own ooze. See the many ways science truly pops! Through safe, exciting, and educational experiments, campers will learn how chemistry works. Come join us and have a blast!
Thank you for your interest in our summer camps. If you are interested
in registering your child for any camp, please email summercamp@pnwboces.org.
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