Location: Marina Beach Park in Edmonds, Washington • • • Registration completed through the City of Edmonds
Week One Camp
Whales, Barnacles, and Everything In Between
June 30th - July 4th, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Ages 7 - 9 • 14 available registrations
Salmon! Starfish! Seaweed! Orcas! In this camp, your students will not only learn about the vast ecosystem of the Puget Sound, they will also learn how to live amongst our marine counterparts. How do we touch a starfish? Where do the crabs live, and how do we pick them up safely? These are all questions that we will be going over in this camp. As your student learns more about the Puget Sound and the creatures in it, they will also be creating a nature journal filled with art, observations, and new information about our sound. When they aren’t learning about the types of whales in the sound or how to identify barnacles on a rock, they will be immersing themselves in sea creature-themed games with fellow campers.
$350.00
Week One Camp
The Mighty Plankton
June 30th - July 4th, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Ages 4 - 6 • 14 available registrations
Welcome to the beach! This camp is all about Introducing our littlest Pacific Northwesterners in lessons about the Puget Sound, art projects, and nature. As we scan the beach during walks and activities, we will be discussing things like ‘what can we touch?’ or, ‘where are our dangers at the beach?’ or, ‘who all lives in the big blue water?’ After beach walks, games, and activities, your student will be coloring, drawing, and creating artwork from their activities on the shoreline to make their lessons memorable, fun, and interactive.
$350.00
Week two Camp
Orcas and Sharks and Bears, Oh My!
July 7th - July 11th, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Ages 7 - 9 • 14 available registrations
Watch out for bears! In this camp, we will be diving into the world of apex predators that exist in the Pacific Northwest by asking ourselves questions like: What do they eat? Where do they live? How do they catch their prey? Through games and activities, we will be introduced to the idea of food chains, invasive and native species, and the importance of predators in our ecosystem. Through art projects, we will see how history has honored and appreciated the bears, sharks, whales, and cougars that live in the mountains and water. By the end of the week, we will learn how to safely appreciate and build connections with our mountainside neighbors best befriended from a distance.
$350.00
Week two Camp
TidepoolTown, USA
July 7th - July 11th, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Ages 4 -6 • 14 available registrations
There are thousands of tidepools at every beach, teeming with thousands of creatures. But did you know that some creatures never leave the tidepools they’ve hatched in? Yes, they have a whole life under a rock no larger than a football! In this camp, we will be bringing our young Pacific Northwesterners to carefully uncover those rocks and see the universe under them. Crabs, clams, shells, guppies, insects and seaweed! But, be careful! We will learn how to be respectful tourists of TidepoolTown: watching, appreciating, and carefully handling marine life. As the week goes by, we will be drawing our table-sized map of TidepoolTown, adding coconut crabs, anemones, and every other creature we see at the beach.
$350.00
Week three Camp
A Sail Around The World
July 14th - July 18th, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Ages 7- 9 • 14 available registrations
Bring your maps and postcard holders! On the first day of our voyage, we will be learning all about the seven seas where we plant our feet. From there, we’ll go to the poles and discover the mysteries of Antarctica and the Arctic with games and activities. We’ll spend a day at the Great Barrier Reef, the Indian Ocean, The Atlantic, and we’ll return home on day five immersing ourselves in the knowledge of the Great Pacific Ocean. On each day, we will be adding to our large maps of the world, sticking postcards and stickers from each place on our map. Campers will take home a postcard from each place we have set our course for and a map with drawings, facts, and favorites.
$350.00
Week three Camp
Out and About in the PNW
July 14th - July 18th, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Ages 8 - 12 • 14 available registrations
Grab your walking shoes, because we’re in for a hike! In this camp, we will be setting out to explore and learn about each beach in Edmonds. In addition to learning about marine life, tide tables, sand, and driftwood, we will also be travelling from beach to beach and exploring the best of what each one has to offer. Whether we’re learning about fishing at Olympic Beach, tide tables at Marina, or seaweed at Brackett's landing, each day will be filled with games, community building, and a better understanding of our home. On the fourth day, we will be headed out on a ferry ride to Kingston where we’ll learn about the Cascade Mountain Range, The Olympic Mountain range, and how to spot and name each peak. Each day will start and end at Marina Beach Park––so be ready to walk!
$350.00
Week four Camp
The Little Mariner
July 21st - July 25th, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Ages 7 - 9 • 14 available registrations
O Captain! In this special camp, we will not only be diving into learning about sea creatures and what lurks on the shoreline, your student will also be discovering new knowledge about the seven seas, currents, ocean tides, and more. Why does the water draw out, and why does it draw in to high tide? What makes big waves? What makes small ones? How do we sail the seven seas? In addition to learning about the ocean, they will also learn about the life of a mariner from a real life special guest! When your student isn’t learning about the gyres of the Pacific or playing games on the shoreline, they will be drawing, writing, and creating in their Mariner Journals to take home at the end of the week.
$350.00
Week four Camp
Marine Life: Big, Small, Short, and Tall!
July 21st - July 25th, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Ages 7- 9 • 14 available registrations
The ocean is teeming with diversity that is sometimes a little hard to imagine. Life can be smaller than the eye can see, or as big as the length of a beach! In this camp, we will spend half our time looking at marine life through microscopes, discovering amoebas, insects, plankton, and krill. For the other half of our time, we will be using fabric, rope, and paper to create representations of the largest creatures in the sea: a lion’s mane jellyfish, a blue whale, and the giant squid to name a few. Our goal for the week will be to better understand the sheer enormity of the ocean and its creatures through fun activities, games, and projects.
$350.00
Week five Camp
Into the Deep
July 28th - August 1st, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Ages 7- 9 • 14 available registrations
Far below the surface of the ocean lies a world unlike the fish, sea stars, and crabs we see on the shoreline. Sometimes, they look more like aliens than fish, even if they are thousands of feet under the sea. In this camp, we will spend a week comparing and contrasting deep sea creatures with the ones we find at the beach through activities, games, and art projects. The sea is a gigantic thing, right here! When we explore the surface and the deep, we begin to imagine just how many landscapes, creatures, and universes there are right at our feet. This camp will include the ‘universe’ project: each camper will create and represent their favorite part of the sea through a diorama, poster, or performance (all materials provided).
$350.00
Week five Camp
Sea Monster Patrol
July 28th - August 1st, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Ages 4 - 6 • 14 available registrations
A real-life sea monster? Try thousands! For so much of history, the ‘sea monster’ has appeared in poems, stories, and paintings. It's easy to chop these monsters up as spooky things, but time and again, science has shown us that something is lurking! But far from a monster, it's the colossal squid, the megalodon shark’s tooth, or the lion’s mane jellyfish. It turns out that there is no such thing as monsters after all! In this special camp, we will be learning all about the mysterious side of the beach. This camp is all about confidence: The ocean is no scary thing. Nor are there monsters lurking in the shadows. As it turns out, there are many ways to see the ocean as a friend. Whether we’re making sea creature masks or going monster-spotting, by the end of the week we will find ourselves better connected to the beach.
$350.00