iEARTH
Urban adventurists become nature enthusiasts with a week that explores the great outdoors!
Environment – Art – Recreation – Technology – Hands-On
Get in touch with the world around you through activities like fishing, geocaching, boating, printmaking, sand sculptures, swimming, observational drawings, pond and water quality research, ecology, fort-building, hiking, tree identification, species documentation, outdoor cooking, nature investigation and MORE! iEARTH is a partnership between the Science Center of Iowa and Des Moines Park and Recreation.
Bring a lunch each day and meet at Greenwood Park Shelter #1 to learn from outdoor enthusiasts, art teachers and environmental specialists. Have a blast with fun and safe supervised activities. On rainy days, we’ll be indoors or take a field trip, but please come rain or shine and dress for the weather!
Biking
For grades 3 and up, be sure to bring your bike each day. Biking camps will ride the Bill Riley Bike Trail between Greenwood Park and Gray’s Lake. Experiment, learn and play along supervised trails and bike paths. You must be a confident rider with your own functioning bicycle, helmet and padlock. Bike maintenance and trail safety training will be provided on the first day of camp.
Canoeing
For grades 5 and up, we will be canoeing for at least part of every day as long as weather permits. The canoeing portion of camp will be taught by certified ACA Canoe Instructors. If your child has a lifejacket that will work for canoeing, please send it with them to camp. Initial instruction will occur in lakes and ponds with the final canoe trip taking place on the Raccoon River. Additional details regarding that trip will be sent to you before camp begins.
iEARTH Camp Schedule
Monday – Friday, 9 AM – 4 PM (Extended care available at the Science Center, see Camp Logistics for details.)
Half-day camps the week of June 11-15 run from 9 am-noon for Pre-K and 1-4 pm for Kindergarten and do not include lunch. Pre-K students must be 4 years old by June 1, 2012 to participate.
| Dates | Grade |
|---|---|
| June 11-15 | AM Pre-K (half-day) — PM Kindergarten (half-day) |
| June 18-22 | Kindergarten |
| June 25-29 | Grades 1-2 (Artist in Residence Week) |
| July 2-6 | No camp |
| July 9-13 | Grades 1-2 |
| July 16-20 | Grades 3-4 |
| July 23-27 | Grades 3-4 |
| July 30-August 3 | Grades 5-6 (canoeing) |
| August 6-10 | Grades 7-8 (canoeing) |
