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Summer Camps 2019
Museum Adventure Camp
THIS CAMP IS FULL. Please email Melissa.mccormick@calvertcountymd.govfor waiting list.
Entering Grades 1-3
Dates: July 15-July 19, 2019
Times: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Cost: $100 museum members, $110 non-members
Explore the inner workings of Calvert Marine museum-from fossils, fish, and otters to the wonders of the salt marsh. Go fossil hunting on a local beach. Make bug kites, spy on Fiddler crabs, and interact with reptiles in the collection. Spend the day at a state park learning to "see" nature. Get a special behind-the-scenes look at our River to Bay exhibit where our animals are cared for and watch an aquarist do a feeding. The final day, board the WM B TENNISON with parents for a lunch time cruise on the Patuxent River followed by an ice cream sundae.
Pirates and Scallywags-THIS CAMP IS FULL.
Please email Melissa.mccormick@calvertcountymd.gov
for waiting list.
Entering Grades 1-3
Dates: August 12-August 16, 2019
Times: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Cost: $100 museum members, $110 non-members
Ahoy, Mates! Come join our scallywag crew on this week long camp. You will wear pirate garb, eat pirate grub and do pirate work. What? Pirates worked? You bet they did! Hunt for hidden treasure; stage a sea battle in the museum's land-locked bugeye, swab the deck and sing sea chanteys; climb aboard to learn about local pirates, and sail the high seas of the Patuxent River on the WM B TENNISON.
Please email Melissa.mccormick@calvertcountymd.gov
for waiting list.
Entering Grades 1-3
Dates: August 12-August 16, 2019
Times: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Cost: $100 museum members, $110 non-members
Ahoy, Mates! Come join our scallywag crew on this week long camp. You will wear pirate garb, eat pirate grub and do pirate work. What? Pirates worked? You bet they did! Hunt for hidden treasure; stage a sea battle in the museum's land-locked bugeye, swab the deck and sing sea chanteys; climb aboard to learn about local pirates, and sail the high seas of the Patuxent River on the WM B TENNISON.
Entering Grades 4 - 5
Still have OPENINGS
Jr. Explorers
Entering Grades 4-5
Dates: July 29-August 2, 2019
Times: 9:00 a.m. -3:00 p.m.
Cost: $120 museum members, $130 non-members
Unleash the adventurous explorer hidden inside yourself. Do you have the skills it takes to survive a journey into uncharted waters? Learn about various explorers, from Norsemen to early European colonist, and discover the skills and tools they used to shape a new world. At week's end, put your abilities in reading maps and using navigational tools to the test as you take a "daring voyage" on the skipjack DEE OF ST MARY'S.
Entering Grades 6 - 9
Coroplast Boat Building Three-Day Mini Camp
THIS CAMP IS FULL - Please email Melissa.McCormick@calvertcountymd.gov for waiting list. Entering Grades 7-9
Dates: July 22-July 24
Times: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Cost: $80 museum members, $90 non-members
Full STEAM ahead! In this hand-on mini camp, students will use a variety of science, engineering and artistic skills to build their own kayak style boat out of coroplast, a plastic material used to make signs. Boaters will practice navigation and paddling in various craft from the small boat guild while learning about boat safety and the Chesapeake Bay. After camp, take your boat home with you to continue the adventure!