Foundation Summer Camps

For Adults (NEW for 2010!)

Falls Exploration Summer Camp

June 1 - 4, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Cost $80 per person.

Be a kid again! Join teacher / author Kenny Karem (Probing the Wonders of the Falls) in four morning sessions dedicated to exploring the varied park habitats at the Falls of the Ohio. Along with touring the Interpretive Center's exhibits and examining specimens, we will venture out daily on the world-famous Devonian fossil beds and into the woods to explore the many wonders of the park.

For Children

Young Explorer Day Camps
June 7 - 11, June 21 – 25, July 12 – 16, July 19 – 23, and July 26 - 30. Call 812-283-4999 for more information. Cost is $100 per child for five-day session.

Students explore the different outside habitats found at the Falls of the Ohio State Park, as well as the exhibits inside the Interpretive Center. Students learn about science and history, including fossils, nature, native people, plants, aquatic life, and more through hands-on education activities. Grades 4-6 attend in the mornings from 8:30-11:30 a.m. and grades 1-3 attend in the afternoons from 1:00-4:00 p.m.

Examining a Devonian Eridophyllum colonial coral on the fossil bed

Teen Archaeologist Camp
July 1, 2, 3 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Cost is $100 - limited to 10 children
This "career camp" is for children ages 11-15 who will explore the work of an archaeologist. Participants will discover how archaeologists learn about past cultures and societies by studying human artifacts left by these earlier peoples.

                      Participants wash their discoveries at a dig.

Paleontology Explorer's Camp
July 6, 7, 8 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
(8:30 to 3:30 if high temperature exceeds 90 degrees)
Cost is $100 - limited to 10 children
This "career camp" is for children fascinated with fossils who will examine the life and live the life of a paleontologist. Participants age 11-16 will discover how paleontologists learn about the history of life on Earth. by studying fossils (the remains or traces of organisms such as plants and animals that lived in the past). Two off-site collecting trips are scheduled and a parent or guardian presence is required.

 

           Collecting Upper Ordovician colonial corals on an outcrop.

Corals look like lumps sticking out at the upper part of the rock exposure.

Day camps are sponsored by The Falls of the Ohio Foundation and State Park. To register for one of the day camps, email dani@fallsoftheohio.org or call (812) 283-4999.

Updated January 22, 2010