SPRING INTO LEARNING
Day Camps at the Farm!
Ballyntyne Learning Farm is so thrilled to announce that we will be offering day spring, summer and fall camps at the farm! These day camps are intended for your curious kids who want to learn from the outdoors, play, be creative, and build friendships with other kiddos.
Activities: Get ready for lots of fun activities, projects and experiments this spring. See below for some of the things that kids may partake in:
*Please note that the below lists are not a complete list and specific activities may be tweaked or adapted but the camps will certainly be filled with fun things for your kids to learn and take part in!
Throughout the camps, we will focus on safety, working in teams, fostering positive and encouraging communication between the kiddos, and having a great time!
Details: These 1-day camps are intended for children ages 6-9 years old. The camps will run from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm with a mid-morning snack break, time for lunch, and an afternoon snack. Parents are encouraged to drop their kids off for the morning with pickup starting at 2:30 pm. The registration will be limited to 10 kiddos.
Updated Mask Policy: Masks will no longer be required at the farm as of March 12th, 2022. Kids are more than welcome to wear them but we will not require them. Thanks!
Attire and Food: Please dress kids in layers as we can always count on Oregon weather to change a bit throughout the course of one day. Layers, closed-toed shoes, as well as rubber boots, are encouraged. Please bring a mid-morning snack, lunch, and afternoon snack for your child. *Extra snacks will be available just in case there are some extra hungry kiddos! Most importantly, arrive with the expectation of having a fun, engaging, and memorable day! :)
March 31st
This first camp of the 2023 spring season will focus on the exploration of Lewis & Clark. Why did this journey begin? What was life like back when Lewis and Clark were alive?
Enjoy plotting a map of the journey these explorers took.
Learn about the native peoples that these explorers encountered along their journey. How did the physical environment influence daily life and shelter building? Enjoy creating and designing replica homes that these tribes lived in at the time of their meeting Lewis & Clark.
Enjoy creating a diorama about an imaginary place that you and a partner will be discovering for the first time. What are the animals like? The land formations? How do you communicate with the native people? How do you survive in this new place?
Come for exploration, learning, and hands-on activities!
Duration: 8:30am to 2:30pm
Ages 6-9 years old
Cost: $70
April 14th
Learn about all things lunar! How do the moon and earth interact? What is gravitational pull?
Putting your imaginative space suites on, learn about the history of travel to the moon. Is the moon habitable for humans? What causes the moon's craters?
The kids will design a shock-absorbing system to protect miniature astronauts who have traveled from the earth and are awaiting their lunar landing.
Construct a cardboard crane that has load-lifting ability to unload cargo once the ship and its passengers land on the moon!
Test, re-design, and test again!
Duration: 8:30am to 2:30pm
Ages 6-9 years old
Cost: $70
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April 28th
This camp will focus on conservation. We'll learn about inspiring young people who are finding solutions to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, how school children in Goa and Guatemala are finding novel ways to give new life to plastic and other "trash" items. Learn about fast fashion and its impact on the environment.
Learn about food waste in the US. Who are freegans and how can gleaning help reduce some of this waste? We'll put our thinking caps on and dive into how Ballyntyne campers can tackle trash and food waste at the farm, at home, and at their school.
Kiddos will work in teams to create a recycling superhero or symbol that they can present to the class. Using recycled materials, design something to encourage others to recycle more accurately or more frequently.
Duration: 8:30am to 2:30pm
Ages 6-9 years old
Cost: $70
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June 16th
Enjoy a camp all about ocean ecosystems and coral reefs! How are they important? How can we protect them? Learn about the variety of plants and animals that depends on healthy coral reefs.
Engage in discussions about scientists, especially young scientists, who are finding ways to propel the growth of coral reefs in our oceans.
Participate in an underwater exploration design challenge where the kids will be invited to create a shoe-box sized vessel or other technology to explore coral reefs. What supplies are needed inside the ship? While inside the ship, what are your goals as a scientist/researcher?
Enjoy a day of hands-on learning and play!
Duration: 8:30am to 2:30pm
Ages 6-9 years old
Cost: $70
June 30th
Learn about the differences between capital, human and natural resources. How does society use these different resources in different ways? What is a community and what are the elements needed to ensure it thrives?
Enjoy participating in the creation of a "main street" inside the barn. The kiddos will enjoy selecting careers/trades, wil design services or tangible products to sell, and will create their own pop-up stores around the barn. The kids will set their own pricing structures, design marketing for their businesses, and in within their teams, will explore the role of specialization and the division of labor.
Come for lots of learning through play and exploration!
Duration: 8:30am to 2:30pm
Ages 6-9 years old
Cost: $70
July 28th
Spend a day at the farm learning about pre-historic creatures and their impact on biodiversity today. Interpret fossil evidence to show that living things have changed over time, sometimes in response to changes in climate.
How do shellfish fossils found in Las Vegas Valley inform us about the environment in this region millions of years ago?
How are fossils formed? Where have scientists historically found them? What are the differences between trace fossils and preserved remains?
Identify traits in plants and animal fossils. Identify inherited traits in plants and animals. Learn about how inherited traits can be influenced by the environment in the case of sea turtle eggs and the outside temperature. What are acquired traits?
Enjoy creating a diorama of your own natural history museum filled with created fossil treasures or more modern discoveries! Come for a day of hands on learning, games, and creativity!
Duration: 8:30am to 2:30pm
Ages 6-9 years old
Cost: $70
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July 21st
Learn about catapults and slingshots throughout history. How have they been used? Why are they useful?
A lever comes in handy when scholars build a launcher for a ping-pong ball. They test the launcher and redesign it to launch the ping pong further and higher! How does the angle of trajectory impact the distance of the object being flung?
Enjoy building a balloon rocket and using a set of supplies to send a specific amount of weight on a direct pathway. Kiddos will enjoy re-designing their rocket to transport additional weight, working to control the movement to reduce spinning of the balloon. Learn about thrust and Newton's law of motion!
Come for fun and a full day of learning through play, building, and experimentation!
Duration: 8:30am to 2:30pm
Ages 6-9 years old
Cost: $70
August 11th
Learn about water scarcity in current and ancient times. How did ancient Romans create inventions to move water?
Enjoy creating and building your own aqueduct from a handful of materials. Gather in groups to strategize and execute a plan! Learn about how different cultures are able to slow down evaporation to conserve water in arid environments.
Learn about catapults and slingshots throughout history. How have they been used? Why are they useful?
Investigate stored and kinetic energy through play and engineering. Create targets out of a variety of materials. Form groups and design a catapult or a slingshot to safely investigate and play with at the farm!
How does the angle of trajectory impact the distance of the object being flung?
Come for building, design, creativity, exploration and lots of learning!
Duration: 8:30am to 2:30pm
Ages 6-9 years old
Cost: $70
August 18th
This camp will focus on homes and architecture around the world!
Learn about the building techniques and environmental requirements of a handful of different populations around the world.
How can the physical environment influence land use and shelter building? How has weather and climate impacted Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
Enjoy designing and assembling model homes based on the requirements of the environment and the resources available in a specific region of the globe.
Learn about how modern architecture has been influenced by nature.
Come for building, design, creativity, and lots of learning!
Duration: 8:30am to 2:30pm
Ages 6-9 years old
Cost: $70
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September 15th
Dive in to learning about water with explorations of the creek and pond. Collect water samples and enjoy peering at microscopic life through the microscope. Collect minnows, water boatmen, nymphs, and get a close look at their adaptations which make living in ponds and creeks ideal for them.
Learn about water pollution through experiments, assemble miniature-sized boats, construct a life-size beaver dam building, explore erosion and weathering through the purple sand at Pfeiffer beach, play with erosion trays and learn how farmers and others can work to slow erosion down. Learn about how water is naturally purified. Design a model of a rain garden.
Get ready for a fun, hands-on camp!
Duration: 8:30am to 2:30pm
Ages 6-9 years old
Cost: $70
September 29th
Join us at the farm to learn about biodiversity. What is it? Why is it important? Why do we use words like cosmopolitan, endemic, invasive, or native to describe different species?
How do monocultures and pesticides harm an ecosystem's biodiversity?
Among other examples, dive into learning about how the brown tree snake has affected Guam's bird population.
Invent a story about an endangered species and discuss ways to prevent its extinction.
Learn about deforestation and design a seed spreading machine to counteract it.
Come for a day of learning and fun!
Duration: 8:30am to 2:30pm
Ages 6-9 years old
Cost: $70
October 14th
This farm favorite camp will focus on forest life. Learn about the complexities of a forest food web and keystone species.
What is selection within a forest habitat? Explore the balance of nature and the carrying capacity of a forest. Hear about unique animal adaptations within forest habitats and predators versus pretty.
The kiddos will enjoy playing forest games and leading their own skits. Enjoy gathering natural items to create their own forest-theater. Create stories about mythical or real forest creatures, their unique adaptations, and their role in the food web.
Learn about the role that fires play in both the destruction and life of forests.
Learn about the role of decomposers in a forest.
Duration: 8:30am to 2:30pm
Ages 6-9 years old
Cost: $70
October 28th
Spend the day learning about how volcanoes are formed, and the difference between lava and magma. How do scientists manage to learn about and monitor volcanoes? What are the effects of landslides, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions on the surface of the Earth? What is a Rickter scale?
Forms teams and collect natural materials around the farm and then assemble your own erupting volcano! Enjoy learning about the difference between sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks using crayon shavings.
Explore erosion and weathering through the purple sand at Pfeiffer beach, play with erosion trays and learn how farmers and others can work to slow erosion down. Get ready for a fun, hands-on camp!
Duration: 8:30am to 2:30pm
Ages 6-9 years old
Cost: $70