By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
School may be out but the learning never ends at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center. The facility will once again host its Discovery Camps in July. Education Specialist Pam Martin said the camp is a great way for kids to learn about their surroundings.
"Discovery Camp is an effort to get kids outside in nature," she said. "What we do in the mornings, when it's cooler out, is we take the kids outside and we do outside activities. That may be anything from scavenger hunts to looking for animal signs, going out in the water when we have water, to sampling for macroinvertebrates, tadpoles and fish."
Indoor activities move inside for experiments, crafts, and theme-based snacking. Discovery Camp I, for grades 1-3, will be held July 11 and 13, and Discovery Camp II, for grades 4-6, will be held July 18 and 20. New this year, camp goers will learn from a graduate student that is banding cliff swallows. Camp II will also feature archery, and all participants will get the opportunity to meet new program mascot Clyde the opossum.
"The deadline to register is June 19," Martin said. "That way we can have t-shirt sizes and get the t-shirts ordered because they all decorate a t-shirt for camp."
Cost for each camp is $20, which covers all supplies and snacks. Call (877)-243-9268 for more information or to pre-register before June 19.