Incredible Invertebrates | Schedule and Sample Itinerary

Grades 1-3* | 5 Day Camp | Monday-Friday | 8:30-2:30PM

*based on participant’s grade in Fall 2026

Location

Monday-Friday | Pick-up/Drop-off: Whatcom Falls Park

Wednesday | Take Wild Whatcom bus for a day at Padilla Bay

Sample Itinerary (to be Updated)

Activities may vary depending on participant interests and variable safety considerations (i.e. weather, preparedness, support needs)

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 (optional)

  • 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?

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