Incredible Invertebrates | Daily Itinerary
Grades 1-3* | 5 Day Camp | Monday-Friday | 8:30-2:30PM
*based on participant’s grade in Fall 2024
Monday-Friday | Pick-up/Drop-off: Cornwall Park (Meridian St/Squalicum Parkway Entrance)
WTA Route 15 stop 1066 or 3200 or WTA Route 4 stop 3045
Monday | Groups will take Wild Whatcom Bus to spend day at Little Squalicum Park
Tuesday | Groups will take Wild Whatcom Bus to spend day at Larrabee State Park (Amphitheater)
8:30-8:45: Flexible Drop Off
Play game while waiting for participants to arrive
8:45-9:30: Opening Circle
Introductions: Share names and pronouns
Cover physical and heart safety
Share plan for the day
9:30-9:45: Game Break: Where the Wind Blows
9:45-10:00: Snack Break
10:00-10:45: Invertebrate Lesson
What is an invertebrate?
Invertebrates are living things without backbones/boney skeletons
Who is an invertebrate?
Explore pictures in guidebooks and printouts
What Invertebrates have you seen/do you know about?
Where do these invertebrates live?
In the dirt and mud, in the ocean, in the air, everywhere!
10:45-11:30: Invertebrate Search and Free Explore
Search for worms, insects and slugs
Draw/write about the invertebrates we found in your journal
11:30-12:00: Lunch
12:00-12:30: Play Invertebrate Games: Birds and worms, Hungry Caterpillar, or Owl Eyes
12:30-1:15: Free Explore and Insect Home building
Build a home for an insect based on the card that shows what each different insect needs (for food and shelter)
1:15-1:45: Storytime - Read “The Slug” by Elise Gravel
1:45-2:15: Peaceful Place
Make up an invertebrate and draw it
What kind of body shape does it have? What colors? Does it make any sounds? What does it eat?
2:15-2:30: Closing Circle
Preview of next day
Attitude of gratitude - What are you thankful for from our time together?