School Break Camps 2009/2010

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Join us for School Break Camps 2009/2010
at the Birmingham Zoo!
(205) 397-3877
camps@birminghamzoo.com



Camps available for 4K, 5K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students!

The Birmingham Zoo has many camps for your child to enjoy during school breaks this year from 8:30AM to 3:30 PM with before and aftercare available for those that might need it. Space is limited and pre-registration is necessary to ensure your spot. Please bring your membership card. Refunds or Transfers: If you need to cancel or transfer to another session, call or email the Education Department as soon as possible.  A refund minus a $10 processing fee will be issued if the request is at least 48 hours before the camper’s session.  When possible, we will transfer a camper to another session, although transfer requests are based on availability and cannot be guaranteed. 

 




While attending School Break Camps, campers experience:

Train and/or Carousel Ride (as weather permits)
Crafts and Activities
Behind the Scenes Tours
Mid-morning and Mid-afternoon Snacks
Live Animal Demonstrations
Animal Artifacts (Biofacts)

 
General Information:

• Campers should dress for the weather.
• Camp occurs rain or shine.
• Sports or water bottles are recommended.
• If your child has special dietary requirements, he or she may bring his or her own lunch and snack (refrigeration is available)



Camp is 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM.

Cost: $40.00/student/day for members
                $50.00/student/day for non-members

Lunch
Lunch is $6 per camper per camp day and consists of either: hotdog, baked chicken nuggets, turkey wrap, cheese quesadilla, or hamburger lunch with chips and a drink. Campers may also bring their lunch. We have a camp refrigerator if necessary.

Before and After Camp Care
We have heard the call of parents for early and late drop-offs. If you are in need for your child to join us early or to stay with us after camp, please let us know as space is limited. Before care times: 7:30 am to 8:30 am and Aftercare times: 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. Before and Aftercare charges will occur for campers being dropped off before 8:00 am and picked up after 3:45 pm. A charge of $1 for each minute a camper is not picked up begins at 5:30 pm. All campers must be picked up by 6 pm.




Before Care:  7:30-8:30 am
                Members: $1.00
                Non-members: $6.00
Aftercare:  3:30-5:30 pm
                Members: $8.00
                Non-members: $10.00




BATZZZZZZZZZ…Nighttime Neighbors
October 12th (Monday)
Have you ever wondered how bats see where they are going at night or what they do at night or during the day? Come meet the Bat Lady and her bats! Campers will be able to get up close and see live bats and learn about these wonderful wildlife partners. Throughout the day campers will learn about other nocturnal animals, explore the zoo in search of nocturnal animals, make a bat craft, and participate in bat activities. Just in time for Halloween. Go Batty in October for Bats!




Veterans Day  Camouflage:  November 11th (Wednesday)
This camp will introduce children to animals that use camouflage to protect themselves in the wild. Throughout the day campers will tour the zoo learning about animals, receive a special tour and make a craft. Campers will get to meet some of the zoo’s animals up close during this camp.

Feast for the Animals: Enrichment Camps
(Thanksgiving Camps)
November 23rd (Monday)
Carnivores- A tour in the predator building: Tigers, Lions, and Vultures. Learn about animals that eat meat.

November 24th (Tuesday)
Herbivores  - A talk and tour in the primate building: See Langers, Orangutans, and Spider Monkeys.

November 25th (Wednesday)
Omnivores - Take a tour of the Animal Nutrition Center and see what special treat you’ll make for our turkeys!

Topic	Date
Carnivores	Nov 23
Herbivores	Nov 24
Omnivores	Nov 25


Come learn about the variety of diets our animals at the zoo have.  Each day the campers will help make a new enrichment item for a different species of animal in the zoo. Animals such as Spider Monkeys, Tayras, and Turkeys are just a few of the animals that these special treats will be made for (other animals may be substituted as the animal department schedule requires). Campers will watch the zookeepers give their Thanksgiving treat to the animals and learn why enrichment is such an important part of an animal’s training. There will also be a tour of the Animal Nutrition Center where they prepare the food for over 700 of our Zoo animals! Campers will tour the zoo, feed some animals and even ride the train and carousel as weather permits to see how the new Trails of Africa construction is going!

Winter Break Camps
December 18th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 28th, 29th, 30th, or January 4th
Campers will spend the day exploring and learning about animals at the zoo. Activities, crafts and tours will teach campers about the animals that live in the zoo. Campers will get to an up close and personal encounter with some of the educational animals each day. Weather permitting; they’ll ride the train and carousel.

Topic	Dates
Holiday Treats for the Animals	Dec 18
Holiday Bird Camp	Dec 21
Holiday Art Camp	Dec 22
Cold Weather Animals	Dec 23
Zoo Winter Olympics	Dec 28
Zoo Winter Olympics	Dec 29
Zoo Winter Olympics	Dec 30
Conservation Camp: Start the New Year Going Green!	Jan 4

 

12/18/2009 (Friday)
Holiday Treats for the Animals: Making holiday presents for the animals: Let’s learn about our special animal the Primates and what holiday fun they will have. See our Lemurs, Gibbons, Cotton Top Tamarins, and more!

12/21/2009 (Monday)
Holiday Bird Camp: Helping with a holiday bird count, making bird crafts, and participating in bird games and activities. Search and count our native wild Alabama birds!

12/22/2009 (Tuesday)
Holiday Animal Art Camp: “Deck the Halls”- help us make art projects to enrich the animals’ environment and have special projects to share with your own families. Our Barn animals have lots of fun this time of year.  

12/23/2009 (Wednesday)
Cold Weather Animals: Learn about animals that live in cold weather places and how they survive: Pallas Cats and Sea Lions have to survive in different types of temperatures and weather.

Zoo Winter Olympics: Come learn about which Olympic sports the animals would be great contenders in. Learn how their adaptations give them distinct advantages in various activities. Enjoy activities and games that test your own skills as well. 

12/28/2009 (Monday) Endurance Olympic sports: Can you hold your breath as long as a hippo underwater? We’ll see the Rhinos and Giraffes and lean how long and far they can run.

12/29/2009 (Tuesday) Cross Country Olympic sports: Can you walk as far as a turtle carrying a house? How far can birds fly? How long is a migration?

12/30/2009 (Wednesday) Propelling Olympic sports: Can you jump as high and far as a Kangaroo, a frog, and a chinchillas?.

01/04/2010 (Monday)
Conservation Camp: Start the New Year going Green! Learn lots of ways to conserve water, paper, electricity and more! See how animals benefit when we save water. Learn about amphibians and how they help alert us to the condition of the environment.


Register Online

Legend
= Open Camp
= Closed Camp

General Information:

• Campers should dress for the weather. Camp occurs rain or shine.
• Sports or Water Bottles are recommended
• If your child has special dietary requirements, they may bring their own lunch and snack (refrigeration is available)

Register Online

Refunds or Transfers
If you need to cancel or transfer to another session, call or email the Education Department as soon as possible. A refund minus a $10 processing fee will be issued if the request is at least 72 hours before the campers session. When possible, we will transfer a camper to another session, although transfer requests cannot be guaranteed.

Register Online