Learn all about the plants and animals that call Southwest Florida home. We'll learn about a different group of living things each day as we explore the swamp, meet the animals who live on property, decorate flowerpots, and more! 

Explore the woods and swamps of Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium with your insect jars and butterfly nets! Look for lizards, find frogs, and discover how to take care of turtles here at the nature center! 

Who eats who out in the wild? This week learn all about where food comes from, what animals eat and who eats them, and where you fit into the food chain! Explore the trails and swamp and see if you can see the food chain in action, and then come back to the nature center to learn what our animals eat! 

Make your own constellations, build a sundial, and learn all about the planets! Discover what a star is made of, how big the solar system is, and what astronauts do in space! Look at the night sky in our planetarium and then learn how to find those stars outside at a star party! 

Learn all about the plants and animals that call Southwest Florida home. We'll learn about a different group of living things each day as we explore the swamp, meet the animals who live on property, decorate flowerpots, and more! 

Explore the woods and swamps of Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium with your insect jars and butterfly nets! Look for lizards, find frogs, and discover how to take care of turtles here at the nature center! 

Who eats who out in the wild? This week learn all about where food comes from, what animals eat and who eats them, and where you fit into the food chain! Explore the trails and swamp and see if you can see the food chain in action, and then come back to the nature center to learn what our animals eat! 

Make your own constellations, build a sundial, and learn all about the planets! Discover what a star is made of, how big the solar system is, and what astronauts do in space! Look at the night sky in our planetarium and then learn how to find those stars outside at a star party! 

Do you know what to do if you're lost in the woods? Can you find shelter? Make a fire? Stay hydrated? Find your way through a swamp? Learn how to read a map, pack for a hiking trip and be prepared for adventuring in the outdoors! 

Spend the last three days of summer playing in the woods, meeting our animals, watching planetarium shows, and discovering some of the best activities from camp as we wrap up our 2023 summer camp season and look forward to fun fall camps!

What is a bird? Why do people like them so much? Learn all about bird adaptations like feathers, beaks, and hollow bones. Meet some of our raptors and learn how our animal team cares for them. Become a birder on our trails and start your own "life list" of birds! 

Learn all about how animals are put together this week! Examine skulls to uncover secrets about the animals they came from, learn about what owls eat by identifying the bones in their pellets, discover how fossils tell us about what the past was like, and more!   

Discover what it's like to work at Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium this week! Help design animal enclosures, remove invasive species, and learn how to give a nature walk for your family and friends! 

Patch your jeans, turn trash into treasure, make your own lunch, and more! We'll be breaking out the needles and thread, hammers and saws, and mixing bowls and hotplates to learn new skills and build some things at camp this week! 

There are over 4000 species of plants in Florida. Learn to identify some of them as you walk our trails, collect specimens, and discover how plants grow in the varied environments of our subtropical state. Put your newfound skills to the test as you help clear invasive species from our trails and build your very own plant press. 

Build a telescope, touch a meteorite, discover how to tell time with the stars! Learn about upcoming launches, track satellites, help scientists discover planets around other stars, and talk to an astronomer about the work they do to help humans understand more about our universe! 

Discover what it's like to work at Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium this week! Help design animal enclosures, remove invasive species, and learn how to give a nature walk for your family and friends! 

Break out your pencils, paints, and clay! It's time to make some art using the natural world as our guide. Discover how artists and scientists work together to show people what's out there on earth and in space. At the end of the week, invite your family and friends to a private art show, with your work on display in the nature center! 

Build shelters, start fires, find and cook food, purify water, and get a little lost in the woods as you put your survival skills to the test in our forest and swamp during this intense week of adventures. Learn how people have survived in Southwest Florida in the past, present, and future, and get prepared for your own adventures! 

Spend the last three days of summer playing in the woods, meeting our animals, watching planetarium shows, and discovering some of the best activities from camp as we wrap up our 2023 summer camp season and look forward to fun fall camps!