Adventures

WonderWorks is designed around two-week "adventures" each focused on an exciting theme. On registration, campers select their top choices for each camp session, then we will schedule the most requested adventures and notify you the first week of June.

Camp Dates: June 23-Jul 3 / July 7-18 / July 21-Aug 1 (3 sessions).

Enchanted Forest

Enter a magical realm where fairies live. We'll create our own fanciful village in the woods, leave notes for the creatures that dwell there, take hikes to magical locations, hunt for fairy treasures and make enchanting crafts with natural fibers. Join us as we feast on thimbleberries, sip honeysuckle tea and nibble on honey biscuits in the dappled sunlight.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Art and Creativity (make, build, draw, imagine!)
  • Environmentalism (care for and love the forest)
  • Learn about community (roles & responsibilities)
  • Negotiate social problem solving (treating others with kindness)
  • Health & Nutrition (make healthy food choices)

Roxaboxen

What would you do if you could change the world? Step into that possibility when kids create their own town made from cardboard boxes, rocks and fantasy. This imaginative children's book comes to life on the mountain as kids build homes, open businesses and work through social dilemmas of town management. (based on the book Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran and Barbara Cooney)

Learning Outcomes:

  • Economics (entrepreneurship, business planning, currency, barter)
  • Art and Creativity (make, build, draw, imagine!)
  • Environmentalism (build with the environment in mind)
  • Social Studies (community roles & responsibilities)
  • Negotiate social problem solving (treating others with kindness)

Buccaneer's Cove

Join this merry band of peacekeepers on the high seas! Hired by the Queen to seek treasure far and away-this group of hearty swabs form crews, design new sailing vessels, explore uncharted territory and have a jolly good time. So hoist your sails for the adventure of the season!

Learning Outcomes:

  • Language Arts (reading, poetry)
  • Art and Creativity (make, build, draw, imagine!)
  • Negotiate social problem solving (treating others with kindness)
  • Health & Nutrition (make healthy food choices)
  • Geography (compass/GPS skills, Mapmaking)
  • Music & Dance (learn, create, and perform)

MythBusters

Designed after the popular Discovery Channel Show; kids will build, design, and explode projects! This is the ultimate hands-on science. Kids use simple machines, investigate chemical reactions, defy gravity, and more! Then out with a boom-the kids will research an urban legend using scientific method, plan the project to test their experiment and submit their work to the Mythbusters Team online.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Science (physics, chemistry, scientific method, inquiry based learning)
  • Language Arts (project plans, follow verbal and written directions)
  • Art and Creativity (make, build, draw, imagine!)
  • Negotiate social problem solving (treating others with kindness)

Drama Bugs

At WonderWorks the show must go on! All the world's a stage in this session especially made for kids who have stars in their eyes. Build props, make costumes, and act in an adapted script of a favorite tale. Rehearsals and production projects each day will get them ready for the big show. The final day of camp will be a DramaBug premiere with family and friends.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Language Arts (storytelling, reading comprehension, writing, oral presentation)
  • Art and Creativity (make, build, draw, imagine!)
  • Negotiate social problem solving (treating others with kindness)

Hogwarts School of Magic

Immerse yourself in the world of Hogwarts-donning capes and hats, mixing potions, and playing Quidditch. Kids are sorted into “Houses” when they arrive and get to attend classes right out of the popular Harry Potter series. Designed to build confidence and life science skills in classes focused on taking care of the world around us-both magical and muggle

Learning Outcomes:

  • Language Arts (reading, writing)
  • Art and Creativity (make, build, draw, imagine!)
  • Negotiate social problem solving (treating others with kindness)
  • Science (physics, chemistry, scientific method, inquiry based learning)
  • Physical Ed (cooperative and competitive games)
  • Environmental Studies (organic foods, sustainable farming)

Super Sleuths CSI

No clue is too small for this team of CSI investigators. Kids learn orienteering skills, find clues along the trail, and test evidence to solve a mysterious disappearance. Using forensic investigative skills kids work in teams to interpret evidence and build their case.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Language Arts (reading, writing)
  • Art and Creativity (make, build, draw, imagine!)
  • Negotiate social problem solving (treating others with kindness)
  • Science (physics, chemistry, scientific method, inquiry based learning)
  • Criminology (fingerprinting, evidence collection)

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