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Sanibel Sea School Summer Camp – Teens
Bailey Homestead Preserve 1300 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, FL, United StatesHave Paddle, Will Survive Would you have what it takes to survive if we sent you on your way with just a kayak and a compass? By the end of this week-long adventure to the lesser-known places on Sanibel, we promise you will. We’ll leave no shell unturned and inspect every nook and cranny of…
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Sanibel Sea School Summer Camp – Ages 6-13
Bailey Homestead Preserve 1300 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, FL, United StatesCan We Get An “Oh Yeah” for Oysters Week? Oysters are champions of water quality. An adult oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water a day! Not only that, but these incredible bivalves form extensive reefs that provide habitat, buffer coastlines from wave energy, and provide food. This week we’re putting our science…
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Sanibel Sea School Summer Camp – Teens
John Pennecamp Coral Reef State Park 102601 Overseas Highway, Key Largo, FL, United StatesKeys Coral Reef Week Location: John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo Renowned for being the country’s first undersea park, John Pennekamp encompasses an impressive 70 nautical square miles. This is our initial week of travel investigations to coral reef environments. We will focus on introducing camping and outdoor skills, successful living away from…
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Sanibel Sea School Summer Camp – Ages 4-6
Bailey Homestead Preserve 1300 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, FL, United StatesSummer Shimmer – Pen Shells Week When we ask our youngest campers to find their favorite shell on the beach, they often run straight towards the shiniest, most iridescent, rainbow-like surface glimmering in the sunlight: pen shells! So, we’ve decided to dedicate a whole week to these magnificent, shiny beauties. The trademark, dark iridescence that…
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Sanibel Sea School Summer Camp – Teens
Bahia Honda State Park 36850 Overseas Highway, Big Pine Key, FL, United StatesKeys Coral Reef Week Location: Bahia Honda State Park, Bahia Honda Key Along with its iconic Florida Keys scenery, sandy beaches, crystal-clear waters, and magnificent sunsets, this park is known for its balmy sea breezes that caress the shores year-round. This is a more advanced week. We will use and hone camping skills, learn and…
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Sanibel Sea School Summer Camp – Ages 6-13
Bailey Homestead Preserve 1300 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, FL, United StatesPlanting with a Purpose – Red Mangrove Week Calling all campers! Mangroves need our help after Hurricane Ian, so this week is dedicated to none other than the red mangrove. Known as “walking trees” by some and Rhizophora mangle to others, red mangroves have continuously growing prop roots and bright green canopies. Mangrove forests may…
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Sanibel Sea School Summer Camp – Ages 6-13
Bailey Homestead Preserve 1300 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, FL, United StatesCalusa Week Unlike many tribes in North America, the Calusa were unique in that they built tools out of shells, houses atop giant mounds, and foraged on the seas for food. Instead of living off the land, they lived off the ocean. And you know what? That’s what our mighty Sea Schoolers do too! We’re…
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Sanibel Sea School Summer Camp – Teens
Bailey Homestead Preserve 1300 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, FL, United StatesA Week in the Field So, you want to be a biologist, huh? You know it’s not all it's dreamt up to be – getting dirty, doing hot and sweaty fieldwork, and finding ways to catch creatures… wait, that IS fun! Join Sanibel Sea School this week to learn what it takes to be a…
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Sanibel Sea School Summer Camp – Ages 6-13
Bailey Homestead Preserve 1300 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, FL, United StatesWe’re Over the Moon for Jellies Week Have you ever seen a sizeable round jelly with short stubby tentacles and a slightly pink clover pattern on the bell? Then chances are you’ve encountered a moon jelly! These gently pulsing zooplankton are so named for their translucent moon-like bell, and they have perhaps one of the…
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Sanibel Sea School Summer Camp – Ages 4-6
Bailey Homestead Preserve 1300 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, FL, United States#1 Sea Fans Week Sea fans are a beautiful variety of coral that grows in a flat branching form creating mesmerizing patterns like veins on a leaf. Attached at their base, sea fans bend and sway in the ebb and flow of the rolling sea. Orange, purple, yellow, and red. Each tiny polyp sticks its…
$375