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GUIDE: Summer Programs (Science/Nature)

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[Boulder/Denver]   These venues offer summer programs that focus on science and/or nature. The registration season doesn't begin for some camps until March, but others fill up earlier.

Sunflower Farm (Longmont)

Longmont Museum (Longmont)
Extensive Offerings

NEW - Astronomy by Fiske (Longmont)

Longmont Humane Society (Longmont)

Bits, Bytes & Bots (Longmont & Boulder)

Avid4 Adventure (Longmont & Boulder)

CU Science Discovery (Boulder)
Extensive Offerings, Fills Fast

Mountain Day Camp (Boulder)

Children's Peace Garden (Boulder)

Cure Organic Farm (Boulder)

Humane Society of Boulder Valley (Boulder)

Avid4 Adventure (Longmont & Boulder) Thorne Ecological Inst (Boulder)

NEW - Boulder Valley School District Lifelong Learning Programs (Boulder, Superior, Broomfield)
Extensive Offerings (including arts, literacy & horses) for ages 6+

Wild Bear Science School (Nederland and Boulder)

Dawson School (Lafayette)
Extensive Offerings

WoW Museum (Lafayette)

Learning Adventure Center (Lafayette)

Butterfly Pavilion (Westminster)

D. L. Parsons Theatre (Northglenn)
Space program: ages 8+

Spine Education & Research Institute (Thornton)
Science camp w/ musculoskeletal focus

Majestic View Nature Ctr (Arvada)
Mad Science Summer Day Camps

Msm of Nature & Science (Denver)
Extensive Offerings, Fills Fast

JUST ADDED - "Wings Over the Rockies" Air & Space Museum (Denver)
For kids entering 4th-6th grade

Denver Academy (Denver)
Extensive Offerings incl Rocketry

Botanic Gardens (Denver)

Denver Zoo (Denver)

iD Tech Camp (Denver)

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory (Brighton)

Berry Patch Farms (Brighton)
Jr. Farmer Days

Space Voyage Camp (Littleton)

Keystone Science School (Keystone)

Girl Scout Camps (various)

Mad Science (various)

Camp Invention (various)


Classes

+ WoW (Lafayette)
+ Longmont Museum


Extensive camp listings

These sources publish extensive guides to local summer camps.

Denver Post Guide (2008)
Accredited Camps (2008)
Daily Camera Guide (2008)

Also check your local school district, recreation center, and nearest YMCA/YWCA. Those places may offer camps that aren't listed in external publications.

 


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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 02 July 2008 )
 
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