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Summer Camps

Tualatin Hills Nature Center • Cooper Mountain Nature Park • Jenkins Estate • Camps • 503-629-6350

Mini Nature Camp • 6-9 yrs Wilderness Explorers
Every day is filled with adventure as we head into the park and
Mini Nature Camps are half-day camps for elementary-age learn what it means to be a wilderness explorer! Learn about
children filled with fun and adventure. Create crafts, play games, tracking, use maps to find your way and develop a deeper
make new friends, and explore the trails and habitats of the park. appreciation for the natural world.
Some themes will be repeated twice over the summer. Camps 7/14-7/18 M-F 9 am-noon 6-9 yrs CM17244
with the same theme will have the same content. Campers need Cooper Mountain Nature House ID/AP/OD: $192
to bring a snack, bottle of water, and small backpack each day.
Camp meets at the Cooper Mountain Nature House. Hunters and Hunted
Everyone needs food at Cooper Mountain. Many animals are
prowling around in search of their next meal. Predators and prey
constantly have to change and adapt to survive. Explore the food
web and discover how animals hunt and avoid being eaten.
7/21-7/25 M-F 9 am-noon 6-9 yrs CM17245
Cooper Mountain Nature House ID/AP/OD: $192

Nature Spies
Sharpen your nature sleuthing skills as well as learn about plants
and animals. Take a closer look at animal evidence along the trail
and specimens in the classroom. Your mission is to decipher the
clues animals leave behind.
7/28-8/1 M-F 9 am-noon 6-9 yrs CM17246
Cooper Mountain Nature House ID/AP/OD: $192
Nature Spies
Sharpen your nature sleuthing skills as well as learn about plants Sense-sational Scientists
and animals. Take a closer look at animal evidence along the trail
and specimens in the classroom. Your mission is to decipher the Grab your lab coat and safety goggles as you become a scientist
clues animals leave behind. No camp 6/19 and 6/20. this week. Create and conduct mind-blowing nature experiments
6/16-6/18 M/T/W 9 am-noon 6-9 yrs CM17240 and use all 5 senses to observe results. Some of them are bound
to surprise you!
Cooper Mountain Nature House ID/AP/OD: $116 8/4-8/8 M-F 9 am-noon 6-9 yrs CM17247
Cooper Mountain Nature House ID/AP/OD: $192
Sense-sational Scientists
Grab your lab coat and safety goggles as you become a scientist Pollinator Pals
this week. Create and conduct mind-blowing nature experiments
and use all 5 senses to observe results. Some of them are bound Explore the world of pollination! Celebrate the creatures that
to surprise you! keep our flowers blooming and food growing! Learn about the
6/23-6/27 M-F 9 am-noon 6-9 yrs CM17241 bees, butterflies, bats, moths, and hummingbirds that make it all
happen.
Cooper Mountain Nature House ID/AP/OD: $192 8/11-8/15 M-F 9 am-noon 6-9 yrs CM17248
Cooper Mountain Nature House ID/AP/OD: $192
Pollinator Pals
Explore the world of pollination! Celebrate the creatures that
keep our flowers blooming and food growing! Learn about the
bees, butterflies, bats, moths, and hummingbirds that make it all
happen. No camp 7/4.
6/30-7/3 M/T/W/Th 9 am-noon 6-9 yrs CM17242
Cooper Mountain Nature House ID/AP/OD: $154

Grossology
Explore the science of gross and slimy things in nature. From
squishy mud and creepy bugs, strange fungus and mysterious
scat, we’ll discover the yucky things that make nature so Grossology
interesting. Dive into owl pellets and get up close to investigate
slugs and snail slime! Explore the science of gross and slimy things in nature. From
7/7-7/11 M-F 9 am-noon 6-9 yrs CM17243 squishy mud and creepy bugs, strange fungus and mysterious
Cooper Mountain Nature House ID/AP/OD: $192 scat, we’ll discover the yucky things that make nature so
interesting. Dive into owl pellets and get up close to investigate
slugs and snail slime!
8/18-8/22 M-F 9 am-noon 6-9 yrs CM17249
Cooper Mountain Nature House ID/AP/OD: $192

Fees: ID/AP = User is in district or has paid an out-of-district assessment, OD = Out of district (no assessment paid)
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