Nature Camps
Come Out and Play!
Outdoors
There’s a whole lot of great things to see,
Beetles and bugs and a bird in a tree,
Search for fossils and rocks, dip in with a net,
Sit still and dream, wade in and get wet!
Come out and play!
2012 Camp Discovery - Ages 3-6
Prairie Building Bluestem Classroom, call 402-441-7895 for more information.
Each week we’ll learn through outdoor exploration, crafts, puppets, nature games, snacks and story time. Registration begins March 1st.
Days: Monday-Thursday Time: 9-11:30a
Fee: $65/week
Green and Growing: June 4-7
Learn to grow in our new children's garden! We'll get our hands into compost and soil, plant, water, harvest, and make a snack using what we've harvested.
Goin’ on a Nature Hunt: June 11-14
Spend most of each day outside investigating the Nature Center's varied trails seeing what exciting discoveries we find. We'll be hiking about 1.5 hours each day, weather premitting, and exploring the children's garden too!
Horns and Antlers: June 18-21
Investigate the large mammals of the Nature Center. We'll hike to find the elk in the pond, the deer camouflaged in the grass, and the bison roaming in the field.
*Polliwogs, Nymphs and Worms: June 25-28 OR July 9-12
With dipnet in hand, let's get wet and dirty searching ponds and stream to see what lives there.
*Both sessions of Polliwogs, Nymphs and Worms are full. We are taking a waiting list.
Wilderness Nature Camp - Ages 6-12
Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Build forts, run through meadows, wade through creeks, explore the woods, meet new friends; these are weekly activities at WNC! This camp engages 6-12 year olds outside, where nature comes first.
Look for Extreme Camp, when those 9-12 have the chance to paddle and climb, Bike Camp, and a chance to get hands in the dirt in the Nature Center's new children's garden.
Enjoy 6 great weeks, Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Extended hours available for an extra fee.
$160-170/week, save $10 if registered by May 1st. Scholarship applications available.
A Junior Counselor program for those 13 and older provides new challenges and leadership opportunities.This program requires a special application due by May 1st, and an interview.
Camp brochure and registration form is now available.
| Date | Ages 6-8 | Ages 9-12 |
| June 11-15 | Let's Explore | Hungry Hunters OR Bike the Trails |
| June 18-22 | Critter Theater (puppets) | That's Disgusting |
| June 25-29 | Creature Feature | Xtreme Action Camp ($170) |
| July 9-13 | Super Heroes | Survival of the Fittest |
| July 16-20 | Puddles and Ponds | Wet and Wild |
| July 23-27 | How Does Your Garden Grow? | Plant, Reap and Eat OR Jr. Veterinarian |
Camp Across Lincoln - Ages 6-9
July 25-29, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.Five fun places in one terrific week: Lincoln Children's Museum, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln Children's Zoo, University of Nebraska State Museum, and finally, a day in the wetlands at Pioneers Park Nature Center. Call 402-477-4000 to register.
2012 Nature Explorers Camp: Mad Scientists
This year's campers experienced a variety of mad scientific activities! On Busy Builders Day we were engineers and put up forts, studied beaver and muskrat construction skills and made new friends. Water Wonders Day included creeking, pothole prairie exploration and water quality testing. As Green Growers, campers helped the PreK class plant peas, potatoes and onions, planted salad stuff in a cold fram and wheat and oats in teh 'cereal bowl.' They watered everything with wonderfully leaky containers. Reactionary Science Day was all about chemical reactions, crystal growing and eruptions. On our final day together we were FBI agents (Fungus, Bacteria and Invertebrates) who investigated animal evidence to determine what happened there.
Watch for Nature Explorers Camp 2013, March 11-15.
