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Nature is filled with mysteries! Each day of camp, our nature spies will receive a new top-secret mission and a nature mystery to solve. We’ll investigate ponds, forests, prairies, and the beach for clues to help us solve each case. But don’t worry, it won’t be all work! We’ll have...
Spend the week unearthing treasures along our Lake Michigan beautiful beach. You’ll learn about the plentiful rocks, fossils, and beach glass we find in the sandy Schlitz Audubon oasis. Each day the waves bring us something new and sometimes unusual. Bring your explorer skills and join us for a week...
Gotta catch ‘em all at Schlitz Audubon! Discover real-world Pokémon and register them in our pokédex. We will identify strengths and weaknesses of the different types each day and by the end of the week, campers will create their very own Pokémon. It is optional that campers can bring along...
Explore the amazing world of butterflies! We’ll search for butterflies and butterfly eggs, learn about butterfly life cycles, and celebrate monarch butterflies with magic, music, and works of art! Each camp includes hiking, playing, hands-on activities, and exploration. Children must be age 4 by September 1, 2022 and fully potty-trained...
Under logs, on prairie plants, and in the ponds, insects are everywhere! Come discover insects in many sizes, colors, and habitats! This four-day camp is a wonderful way to experience summer side-by-side with your child. Each day will feature free play, art, a story, and a special hike out on...
Spend the week unearthing treasures along our beautiful Lake Michigan beach. You’ll learn about the plentiful rocks, fossils, and beach glass we find in the sandy Schlitz Audubon oasis. Each day the waves bring us something new and sometimes unusual. Bring your explorer skills and join us for a week...
Nature is filled with curious unsolved mysteries and fascinating science! Each day of camp, our nature spies will receive a new top-secret mission and a “case” to solve. We’ll investigate ponds, forests, prairies, and the beach for break-through clues to help us solve each mystery. But don’t worry, we will...
Delve deep into the world of raptors – birds of prey! Spend the week learning about these specialized predators through bird meet-ups, games, and activities. Campers will get an introduction to training, care, and enrichment of the Center’s resident birds and get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Schlitz Audubon...
The Center is home to many animals that make up our Animal Ambassador Teaching Team, including snakes, turtles, salamanders and more! Now you can experience first-hand what it takes to care for these animals, and how we train them to interact with people. You will prepare diets, clean enclosures, and...
This camp is all about having fun with water: we’ll scoop it, pour it, and stomp in it as we create art, experiment with bubbles, and see what sinks and what floats. Come prepared to get your hands and feet wet as we splish, splash, and splunk. Each camp includes...
Nature is filled with natural climbing structures, jungle gyms, and obstacle courses. Join us as we spend a week chasing waves, climbing trees, balancing on logs, and finding fun, safe, and creative ways to enjoy nature’s playground! Each camp includes hiking, playing, hands-on activities, and exploration. Children must be age...
Come put your detective skills to use as we follow the tracks and traces animal leave on the trails, including footprints, fur, feathers, and particularly poop (also known as scat). Have fun as you become an expert on animal poop and learn what it reveals about the animals that made...
Spend a Friday morning playing in nature! Enjoy our wonderful outdoor play spaces filled with sensory tables, climbing structures, and creative loose parts! We may take a hike to the beach, or opt to stay put, enjoying bubbles, books, and outdoor art projects. Whatever we decide to do, our morning...
Water flows through and around every one of us and we can’t live without it. From the shore of Lake Michigan to the muddy edges of the ponds, we’ll discover, experiment, and play. We’ll meet live animals, catch some pond creatures, and play some fun water games. Enjoy a wacky...
Spend the week unearthing treasures along our Lake Michigan beautiful beach. You’ll learn about the plentiful rocks, fossils, and beach glass we find in the sandy Schlitz Audubon oasis. Each day the waves bring us something new and sometimes unusual. Bring your explorer skills and join us for a week...
Join us on a Schlitz Audubon adventure through time and space. During this camp, we’ll discover real-world plants and animals that might live with Yoda in the swamps of Dagobah or on the Forest Moon of Endor. We’ll also search for signs of ancient creatures that once called this region...
Calling all critter enthusiasts! Do you want to work with animals when you grow up? This week, we’ll meet people in the Milwaukee area that professionally work with animals in lots of different capacities. Join us to spend time with some of the Center’s animals, learn about further schooling to...
Do you love exploring in nature? Do you love drawing, painting, and constructing new things? We’ll spend our days producing paintings, sculptures, and more, in an all-outdoor studio! Each camp includes hiking, playing, hands-on activities, and exploration. Children must be age 4 by September 1, 2022 and fully potty-trained before...
Who made that nest? Who sang that song? We will use our eyes and ears to discover birds in the woods, prairie, and ponds. This four-day camp is a wonderful way to experience summer side-by-side with your child. Each day will feature free play, art, a story, and a special...
Water flows through and around every one of us and we can’t live without it. From the shore of Lake Michigan to the muddy edges of the ponds, we’ll discover, experiment, and play. We’ll meet live animals, catch some pond creatures, and play some fun water games. Enjoy a wacky...
Join Scientists and Naturalists at Schlitz Audubon to spend a week doing wacky science experiments that will make our heads spin! We’ll strap on our safety goggles, conduct curious experiments, and mix up some crazy concoctions using everyday objects like eggs, glue, salt, and ice. We’ll end the week with...
Come visit a very special Animal Crossing Island in real life! We’ll spend the week filling our Critterpedia by catching bugs, ponding, and searching for animals all around us. We’ll also work on our museum collection, discovering fossils for Blathers on our beach! Isabelle will provide us with some unique...
Become a budding raptor biologist through this camp that focuses on raptor research methods and current conservation issues. We’ll explore how scientists study birds through various trapping methods that allow us to study the birds up close. We’ll learn how they track birds through things like banding, satellite telemetry, and...
Join us for a celebration of water! We will spend the week visiting ponds and the lakefront, blending science with summertime fun as we explore wet, wonderful, and watery worlds. Each camp includes hiking, playing, hands-on activities, and exploration. Children must be age 4 by September 1, 2022 and fully...
Do you love exploring in nature? Do you love drawing, painting, and constructing new things? We’ll spend our days producing paintings, sculptures, and more, in an all-outdoor studio! Each camp includes hiking, playing, hands-on activities, and exploration. Children must be age 4 by September 1, 2022 and fully potty-trained before...
Attention current and former Nature Preschoolers! Join us for a special summer session of preschool, where you build upon your amazing knowledge of nature! We will have fun revisiting your favorite spots, while creating new traditions. This camp is for Nature Preschool alumni entering K5 or 1st grade. Sign up...
Spend a Friday morning playing in nature! Enjoy our wonderful outdoor play spaces filled with sensory tables, climbing structures, and creative loose parts! We may take a hike to the beach, or opt to stay put, enjoying bubbles, books, and outdoor art projects. Whatever we decide to do, our morning...
It’s Fantastic Four! Enjoy four memorable days of summer camp with us. We’ll hike to less traveled places, explore the beach and try to catch some frogs! Each day will be fun-filled and adventure packed. The week wouldn’t be complete without making s’mores over a fire. Expect to have fun,...
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be the teacher, not the student? Campers will get a behind the scenes look at how to be an environmental educator at a nature center. They will learn the basics of reptile handling and interpretation, plant and animal identification, canoeing,...
Have you ever imagined what it would be like to experience never-before seen wildlife moments, asking yourself “what if?” Based on the popular TV show Wild Kratts, campers will receive power suits and go on adventures encountering incredible wild animals. Every day we will look at a creature and their...
This week we’ll discover what science truly is. When presented with a problem or goal, scientists need to design and carry out their own unique experiments, and that’s exactly what we’ll do. We’ll learn Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Geology, and Engineering all in the beautiful setting of Schlitz Audubon. Members $195|...
Who is Chippy the Chipmunk? If you come to this camp, you’ll find out! Enjoy sending and receiving letters back and forth with Chippy and checking out his favorite spots on the trails. Discover what he likes to eat, how he spends his days, and learn all about his fun...
Yellow sunflowers, red Cardinals and green frogs are just a few of the colorful plants and animals we find in nature. Where will you find your favorite color? This four-day camp is a wonderful way to experience summer side-by-side with your child. Each day will feature free play, art, a...
It’s Fantastic Four! Enjoy four memorable days of summer camp with us. We’ll hike to less traveled places, explore the beach and try to catch some frogs! Each day will be fun-filled and adventure packed. The week wouldn’t be complete without making s’mores over a fire. Expect to have fun,...
Have you ever imagined what it would be like to experience never-before seen wildlife moments, asking yourself “what if?” Based on the popular TV show Wild Kratts, campers will receive power suits and go on adventures encountering incredible raptors and reptiles. Every day we will look at a creature and...
Dig into dinos with our Raptor Ambassadors! Our understanding of dinosaurs progresses as we discover more and more. Campers will spend the week exploring dinosaur traits, practicing evidence-based paleontology, and meeting the surviving relatives of dinosaurs: modern birds! Members $205 | Non-Members $240
Attention current and former Nature Preschoolers! Join us for a special summer session of preschool, where you build upon your amazing knowledge of nature! We will have fun revisiting your favorite spots, while creating new traditions. This camp is for Nature Preschool alumni entering K5 or 1st grade. Sign up...
This camp is all about having fun with water: we’ll scoop it, pour it, and stomp in it as we create art, experiment with bubbles, and see what sinks and what floats. Come prepared to get your hands and feet wet as we splish, splash, and splunk. Each camp includes...
Who is Chippy the Chipmunk? If you come to this camp, you’ll find out! Enjoy sending and receiving letters back and forth with Chippy and checking out his favorite spots on the trails. Discover what he likes to eat, how he spends his days, and learn all about his fun...
Spend a Friday morning playing in nature! Enjoy our wonderful outdoor play spaces filled with sensory tables, climbing structures, and creative loose parts! We may take a hike to the beach, or opt to stay put, enjoying bubbles, books, and outdoor art projects. Whatever we decide to do, our morning...
Reptiles are an important part of the world. What makes them so special? We’ll spend the week meeting the resident reptiles and looking for their wild counterparts to learn about their special adaptations for life in the wild. Members $170 | Non-Members $205
What a combination, spending the week exploring nature and building with LEGO blocks! We’ll do all the regular nature camp activities like hiking, meeting animals, spending time by the water and then we will build. There will be daily LEGO challenges and we will use nature and our hikes to...
Everyone can become a scientist through citizen science! Take this week to discover the flora and fauna that call Schlitz Audubon home, and how we can protect them. Learn what birds live in our land, scoop pond creatures, and take scientific measurements of our beach. The week ends with a...
Come make friends in nature, as you enjoy a week of camp patterned after our award-winning Nature Preschool. Each day, we will decide together where our footsteps will lead us as we visit beloved locations like the Squirrel Kitchen and the Secret Forest. No two days are the same! Each...
Now that it’s the middle of summer, the ponds are full of life. Let’s look, listen, and touch nature at the pond. This four-day camp is a wonderful way to experience summer side-by-side with your child. Each day will feature free play, art, a story, and a special hike out...
We’ll discover that anyone can be a Citizen Scientist! We’ll monitor creatures of the water, land, and sky — counting and identifying birds, collecting and releasing pond creatures, and exploring the prairies and our Lake Michigan shoreline. Every day we’ll meet a new member of the ecosystem and be inspired...
Create a feature stop-motion video with nature as your inspiration! During the week we will watch clips of different animation styles, create our own characters and stories, and film your artwork. Let the magic of animation inspire your summer! Members $195 | Non-Members $230
This camp is dedicated to the cold-blooded friends at the Center. Learn about how reptiles and amphibians adapt to their habitats and how they hunt and capture their prey. Through hands on activities along with meeting our animal ambassadors, campers will get an up-close experience with our slippery, slithery, and...
Come make friends in nature, as you enjoy a week of camp patterned after our award-winning Nature Preschool. Each day, we will decide together where our footsteps will lead us as we visit beloved locations like the Squirrel Kitchen and the Secret Forest. No two days are the same! Each...
Spend a Friday morning playing in nature! Enjoy our wonderful outdoor play spaces filled with sensory tables, climbing structures, and creative loose parts! We may take a hike to the beach, or opt to stay put, enjoying bubbles, books, and outdoor art projects. Whatever we decide to do, our morning...
We’ll explore the forest, pond, prairie, and Lake Michigan beach and let our imaginations run wild as we create nature themed art. We’ll use flowers, leaves, water, and of course inspiration from our land to create beautiful pieces to take home every day. Members $170 | Non-Members $205
Come join us for a week of fun searching the center for the elements, plants and animals found in Minecraft. We’ll search the lakefront for granite, magnetite, quartz, and more. We’ll hike through different biomes looking for turtles, spiders, rabbits, and different types of plants. We won’t be playing on...
Journey to the ancient world of Greek and Roman mythology right here at Schlitz Audubon! Each day we will learn the stories of mythic figures like Zeus, Artemis, and Poseidon, hike to locations related to each god or goddess, and play games or complete challenges of epic proportions. Prepare yourselves,...
This camp celebrates some of our favorite book characters and fictional locations, including Elephant and Piggy, the Hundred Acre Woods, and more! Join us as we spend our days reading books, playing with puppets, and hiking to special spots on the trails where beloved storybook characters are waiting. Each camp...
Nature is full of wonder, including the amazing transformation known as metamorphosis. Each day, we will perform the metamorphosis magic trick as we learn how certain creatures develop from eggs into adults, in a process that seems almost magical! Each camp includes hiking, playing, hands-on activities, and exploration. Children must...
Who lives in the prairie? Who lives in the forest? Come hike with us as we discover what animals live in each habitat at the Center. This four-day camp is a wonderful way to experience summer side-by-side with your child. Each day will feature free play, art, a story, and...
We’ll explore the forest, pond, prairie, and Lake Michigan beach and let our imaginations run wild as we create nature themed art. We’ll use flowers, leaves, water, and of course inspiration from our land to create beautiful pieces to take home every day. Members $170 | Non-Members $205
Are you fascinated with things that take to the air and fly? Come “cruise” for a week of discovering the amazing world of animals that can fly. You’ll learn about bats, birds, insects, and humans in the sky too. It will be a blast to study wings, feathers, aerodynamics, and...
Nature is full of wonder, including the amazing transformation known as metamorphosis. Each day, we will perform the metamorphosis magic trick as we learn how certain creatures develop from eggs into adults, in a process that seems almost magical! Each camp includes hiking, playing, hands-on activities, and exploration. Children must...
Nature is filled with natural climbing structures, jungle gyms, and obstacle courses. Join us as we spend a week chasing waves, climbing trees, balancing on logs, and finding fun, safe, and creative ways to enjoy nature’s playground! Each camp includes hiking, playing, hands-on activities, and exploration. Children must be age...
This camp celebrates some of our favorite book characters and fictional locations, including Elephant and Piggy, the Hundred Acre Woods, and more! Join us as we spend our days reading books, playing with puppets, and hiking to special spots on the trails where beloved storybook characters are waiting. Each camp...
Spend a Friday morning playing in nature! Enjoy our wonderful outdoor play spaces filled with sensory tables, climbing structures, and creative loose parts! We may take a hike to the beach, or opt to stay put, enjoying bubbles, books, and outdoor art projects. Whatever we decide to do, our morning...