Hitchcock Center for the Environment

Nature Summer Camp: Making and Tinkering
2026-07-20 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-21 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-22 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-23 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-24 08:45 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Making and Tinkering (One-week session)
July 20th – July 24th (one week)
Become a nature-inspired inventor! Campers will spend this week outdoors exploring science and biomimicry and creating nature-inspired inventions. Through investigation and play, campers will discover nature’s secrets and use them to playfully solve problems. By learning from the world around us, we can become sustainable engineers!

Nature Summer Camp: Biologists in Training
2026-07-27 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-28 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-29 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-30 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-31 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-08-03 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-08-04 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-08-05 08:45 - 15:00 and 2 more dates
Biologists in Training (Two-week session)
Session 2: July 6th -July 17th (two weeks)
Session 4: July 27th-August 7th (two weeks)
Together, we will hone our biology skills by immersing ourselves in nature, becoming science detectives, and learning more about life all around us. We will discover the amazing adaptations of life in our valley, encountering creatures of different shapes and sizes. We will explore what is underfoot, in the water, or growing right before our eyes. Through close encounters with different types of living creatures and, mixed with stories, songs, games, and crafts and learn how they survive and thrive.

Nature Summer Camp: Ew That's Gross!
2026-08-10 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-08-11 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-08-12 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-08-13 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-08-14 08:45 - 15:00
Ew, That’s Gross! (One-week Session)
Session 1: June 29th – July 3rd
Session 5: August 10-14
Do you love bugs, snakes, and slugs? Do you love digging in the dirt? Then this is the session for you! During this week, we’ll make slime, play in the mud, and discover creatures that live in the soil. We’ll find out who’s who in the creepy crawly world and learn about the important roles these animals serve for the environment as decomposers, predators, and food for other animals. Hands-on animal observation, hikes, and crafts are all part of the fun! There will be no field trips this week.
