Nature Camp Registration Time is Here!

Boys and girls ages 8-13, plan to join us for our Summer Nature Camp. Four week-long sessions beginning July 10. For mor edetails, see link below, or call us at (951) 685-5818.

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Nature School

Nature Camp

Come join us for summer adventure and fun!

  • Learn about the mysteries of the earth from rocks to dinosaurs.
  • Become a Paleontologist for a day. Learn about ancient life preserved as fossils.
  • Make your own pictograph using some of the same materials used by Native Americans.
  • Learn about the California Gold Rush, pan in a real sluice box and keep the gold and pyrite found.
  • Learn about minerals, how rocks and fossils are formed, collect specimens to keep and take home.
  • Learn the history of Early American arts and crafts and how they made their tools and clothing.
  • Make adobe bricks, learning about the history and importance of adobe bricks to the California Missions.

Week-long camp sessions each summer, with each week featuring a special subject or event such as:

  • Dinosaurs
  • Fossils
  • Rocks and Minerals
  • Gold Panning
  • Adobe Brick Making
  • Native American Lore and Pioneer Skills
  • Ethno-Botany
  • Star Gazing
  • Ice Age Mammals
  • Team Building Skills
  • First Aid
  • Insects
  • Camp Out at The Dinosaurs
  • Games, Crafts and Much More!

For additional information, please call 951-685-5818. You can also request information by emailing infoinfo@jmdc.org

Click here to download a complete class schedule and rates