Pueblo Zoo Summer Camp

Grades 1-2·Jun 8-12·STEM

Young writers dive into beloved animal tales and discover how animals can inspire adventures of their own, writing stories and keeping illustrated journals with the zoo's animals as their muses.

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Grades 3-4·Jun 8-12·STEM

The zoo becomes an outdoor art studio: campers sketch animals from life, learn drawing techniques, watch animal enrichment sessions, and display their work at a Friday art show.

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Grades 1-2·Jun 15-19·STEM

Campers explore the weird, wild, and wonderful ways animals see, hear, smell, taste, and feel, with activities like bee-eye lenses and scent trails to experience animal senses firsthand.

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Grades 3-4·Jun 15-19·STEM

Campers discover the adaptations that help reptiles and amphibians survive, through hands-on activities, up-close animal encounters, and fun science discoveries around the zoo.

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Grades 3-4·Jun 22-26·STEM

Campers investigate the powerful animals that rule their ecosystems, using games, simulations, and zoo experiences to explore food chains and why predators matter for conservation.

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Grades 5-6·Jun 22-26·STEM

Campers go behind the scenes to explore what a real zookeeper's day looks like and investigate endangered species through the S.A.F.E. program.

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Grades 1-2·Jul 6-10·STEM

Campers meet the Zoo's domestic animals (sheep, chickens, rabbits, cattle), make butter, spin yarn, sprout seeds, meet worms, and feed contact-yard animals while learning how farms provide wool, milk, and eggs. Grades…

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Grades 3-4·Jul 6-10·STEM

Budding ornithologists explore how birds fly, communicate, and survive, with close-up animal encounters and daily birding walks using binoculars and field guides to build their own bird life list. Grades 3rd-4th.

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Grades 3-4·Jul 13-17·STEM

Campers sprint, leap, lift, and balance through physical challenges inspired by the Zoo's animals, testing strength, speed, agility, and teamwork through outdoor play and cooperative games. Grades 3rd-4th.

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Grades 5-6·Jul 13-17·STEM

For kids curious about veterinary medicine: behind-the-scenes access to the Animal Care Center with the zoo vet, practicing suturing and dissection on models and taking vital signs of education animals. Grades 5th-6th.

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Grades 1-3·Jul 20-24·STEM

Young paleontologists step into the Age of Dinosaurs, digging for bones, making fossils with casts and molds, and exploring how today's Zoo animals relate to their dinosaur ancestors. Grades 1st-3rd.

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Grades 1-2·Jul 27-31·STEM

Titled 'Butterflies, Bees, and Beetles,' campers grab a net and magnifying glass to investigate insects and small critters, exploring how they live, grow, and help plants, animals, and people through hands-on outdoor…

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Grades 3-4·Jul 27-31·STEM

Campers become wildlife investigators, using clues like tracks, scat, fur, and behavior to identify animals, then design their own wildlife mysteries to challenge fellow campers. Grades 3rd-4th.

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