Summer nature camp open house set for this Saturday, 5/26

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CONTACT: Lori Whalen, Director of Education, Environmental Nature Center, lori@encenter.org, 949-645-8489

ENC PRESENTS Summer nature camp open house

WHAT: The Environmental Nature Center (ENC) will host a Summer Camp Open House to showcase its eight-week summer camp. The Open House is free to attend.

WHO: All are invited. The ENC encourages families to walk the nature trails and participate in activities with the Camp Teachers and Junior Naturalists.

WHEN: Saturday, May 26, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

WHERE: 1601 16th St.

Newport Beach

WHY: Visitors participate in Free Activities including:

o Make a cloud in a jar.
o Make nature rubbings.
o Visit the Butterfly House.
o Hike the “Un-nature Trail”
o Launch a “poppin’ rocket”
o Follow a water droplets journey.
o Experiment with surface tension.
o Make a volcano and cause it to erupt.
o Learn about states of matter and sublimation with dry ice.
o See and touch live reptiles, amphibians, arthropods and mammals.
o Learn to make string and use pump drills like the Native Americans did.

EDITOR’S NOTE: To pre-arrange interviews or for more information, contact Lori Whalen at 949-645-8489 or lori@encenter.org

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