Page 47 - Joliet Park District Winter/Spring 2016 Programs

4-H Lego Robotics Camp
Want to learn to build a robot out of Legos? Co-sponsored with the University of Illinois Extension 4-H program, children will get the opportunity to design, build, and program a robot using the Lego Mindstorm Robotics kits. Working as a team, the children will complete tasks and keep track of their findings. By the end of camp, the children will have learned how to do a dance,
pick up a cow, follow a line, and much more using a robot!
Date Time
Jul 25-Jul 28 9:30a-12:30p
Up A Creek Camp
Pilcher Park Nature Center 17-2-8306 9-12 $60R/$65N Mon-Thurs
Join us for a fun week of water-related activities
at Pilcher Park. We will wade in ponds and trudge in creeks throughout the park. Dipping, scoop-
ing, collecting and measuring are just some of the fun activities involved in getting wet n’ wild. Learn about the creek’s habitats and the critters that live there. You’ll be surprised at what you find! Dress for the weather and wear old clothes that can get wet. Bring along a snack for each day and have a water bottle, bug spray, sunscreen, and a change of clothes.
Pilcher Park Nature Center
Facility
Program Age Fee Day
Facility Program
17-2-8301A 17-2-8301B
Age Fee
9-12 $120R/$125N 9-12 $120R/$125N
Day Date Time
Mon-Fri Jul 18-Jul 22 9:30a-12:30p Mon-Fri Aug 1-Aug 5 9:30a-12:30p
Survival Camp
You are on a bus tour driving along a mountain road . . . the tire blows out and causes the bus to slide off the road into the trees . . . the bus lands on its side . . . people are hurt . . . it’s up to you to save the group! How will you survive until a rescue party finds you? What should you bring along with you on such a trip? Do you know basic first aid to treat the injured? Do you know how to use a compass
to find your way? Can you make a shelter? How about building a fire? What could you find to eat? Where is water found and how do you make it safe to drink? Come to survival camp and you will learn all of these skills! Participants will experience a wide variety of survival techniques. Be a good survivor by dressing for the weather: wear sunscreen and long pants, and bring a snack and plastic bottle of water. There is an optional overnight on Thursday. You will spend the evening inside the Nature Center in your sleeping bag. There will be a night hike and campfire. Friday morning you will enjoy a pancake breakfast. To register for this part of the program you must have taken the Survival Camp and pay an extra fee.
Nature Explorers Camp
Explore a bit of everything that Pilcher Park has to offer. We will go in the creek, learn how to geo- cache, do some survival training, meet our reptiles and amphibians, find out what’s in the pond and learn how to identify skin, skulls and scat. Dress for going outside and bring a water bottle, a snack, and bug spray.
Pilcher Park Nature Center
Facility Program
17-2-8302
Program deadlines are 1 week prior to start date unless otherwise noted.
Age Fee
9-12 $120R/$125N
Day Date Time
Mon-Fri Aug 8-Aug 12 9:30a-12:30p
Facility Program
17-1-8300A 17-1-8300B 17-2-8300C 17-2-8300D
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Age Fee Day
9-12 $80R/$85N Mon-Wed 9-12 $35 Thurs/Fri 9-12 $80R/$85N Mon-Wed 9-12 $35 Thurs/Fri
Date
Jun 20-Jun 22 Jun 23-Jun 24 Jul 11-Jul 13 Jul 14-Jul 15
Time
9:30a-12:30p 7p-8a 9:30a-12:30p 7p-8a
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