Each summer, the Environmental Learning Center continues to offer our most beloved camp activities while also adding new and exciting elements that will spark your child’s sense of wonder, creativity, and love for our unique ecosystem. We offer immersive experiences for children entering kindergarten through 8th grade that are hands-on, feet-wet, and encourage outdoor exploration using different scientific tools on the ELC’s campus. The ELC’s action-packed camps are a perfect way to keep your child’s body, mind, and spirit active during the summer months while making new lifelong friends.
Our accomplished and dynamic environmental educators have created different activities that include everything from unique nature-themed scavenger hunts and crafts, pond dip-netting, mangrove forest exploration, touch tank encounters, and interactive story time to canoeing, pontoon boat trips to explore uninhabited lagoon islands, snorkeling, and even state of the art environmental exploration activities that utilize different technologies. The Environmental Learning Center’s summer day camp programs have something for everyone!
For responsible high school students who enjoy nature and working with children, the ELC also offers exciting camp counselor volunteer opportunities available through the GreenTeen! program.
Age: Entering Kindergarten & 1st grade fall 2019 (already attended pre-k)
Camp Length: 5 days
Hours: 8:30am-1pm
Pricing:
ELC Member: $162/Non-member: $180
Campers will be introduced to animals, plants & the great outdoors! Young Explorers enjoy nature themed scavenger hunts & crafts, ELC campus adventures that include touch tank encounters, bug & butterfly exploration, & we’ll even wade into our pond for an exciting dip-netting activity. Session B: June 10-14 Session E: July 22-26
SOLD OUT
Young Explorers
Age: Entering 4th & 5th grade in
fall 2019
Camp Length: 5 days
Hours: 8:30am-4:00pm
Pricing:
ELC Member: $306/Non-member: $340
Our H2O lovers will participate in 5 days of water safety, pool time, canoeing, a pontoon boat excursion to explore an uninhabited lagoon island, observation of Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, seine-netting, benthic ecology, conservation activities, beach & inlet exploration, & even a tour of WaterVentures (Florida’s learning lab & traveling science center)! On the final day of camp, family members can join us for an ice-cream social, camper skits, & a photo slideshow of all the fun we had at camp. Session C: June 17-21- SOLD OUT
Week on the Water I
Age: Entering 6th – 8th grade in
fall 2019 Camp Length: 3 days Hours: 8:30am-4pm Pricing:
ELC Member: $202/Non-member: $225
Campers will enjoy an action packed 3 days of marine safari fun! As an abbreviated version of Week on the Water II, safari-goers will master water safety, enjoy a little pool & beach time, learn wildlife observation techniques on a canoeing trip, enjoy a pontoon boat excursion to explore an uninhabited lagoon island, & observe underwater life while snorkeling in the beautiful Sebastian Inlet. Session D: July 10-12
Marine Safari
Age: Entering 4th – 6th grade in
fall 2019
Camp Length: 5 days
Hours: 8:30am-4pm
Pricing:
ELC Member: $306/Non-member: $340
Imagineers will take their outdoor exploration, imaginations, & fun to the next level! Our campers will enjoy different exciting outdoor activities that incorporate Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math, from recording natural sounds, to testing water quality & even building their very own ROVs! Imagineers will learn how to use different technologies to collect data on land & under water that help scientists evaluate the health of different habitats. Session A: June 3 - 7 - SOLD OUT
Imagineering STEAM
Age: Entering 4th & 5th grade in
fall 2019 Camp Length: 3 days Hours: 8:30am-4pm Pricing:
ELC Member: $202/Non-member: $225
Our adventurers will enjoy an action packed 3 days of island adventure fun! As an abbreviated version of Week on the Water I, campers will master water safety, enjoy a little pool & beach time, learn wildlife observation techniques on a canoeing trip, take a pontoon boat excursion to explore an uninhabited lagoon island, & much much more! Session D: July 10-12
Island Adventure
Age: Entering 2nd & 3rd grade in fall 2019
Camp Length: 5 days
Hours: 8:30am-1pm
Pricing:
ELC member: $162/Non-member: $180
Campers will explore animals’ habitats & become environmental stewards! Adventuring through our living world along the Indian River Lagoon, campers will enjoy age appropriate scavenger hunts & nature crafts, touch tank encounters, become scat & track experts, & learn to seine net for a wide diversity of critters in the lagoon. Session B: June 10-14 - SOLD OUT Session E: July 22-26- SOLD OUT
Our Living World
Age: Entering 6th – 8th grade in
fall 2019 Camp Length: 5 days Hours: 8:30am-4pm Pricing:
ELC Member: $306/Non-member: $340
Our H2O lovers will participate in 5 days of water safety, pool time, canoeing, a pontoon boat excursion to explore an uninhabited lagoon island, observation of Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, seine-netting, benthic ecology, elevated conservation activities, beach exploration, snorkeling at the Sebastian Inlet, & even a tour of WaterVentures (Florida’s learning lab & traveling science center)! On the final day of camp, family members can join us for an ice-cream social, camper skits, & a photo slideshow of all the fun we had at camp. Session C: June 17-21 - SOLD OUT
Week on the Water II
For those registered, we will e-mail you one week prior to the start of your child's camp session with all information about camp, including what to bring. If you've registered but do not receive an e-mail approximately one week before camp, please contact ELC summer day camps coordinator, Sarah Christopherson at or
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