Does your child love nature? Science? Art?
Then Planet Bee Foundation’s Bee-yond the Bees Summer Camp is for them!
We will spend each session buzzing through various STEAM activities centered on bees and environmental stewardship. Activities will include engaging with our observation hive of LIVE BEES each day, exploring the world of science and bees through hands-on projects, games, music and dance, bee-themed cooking lessons, nature walks in the Presidio, garden projects which can be taken home and integrated into your own yard, and more!
Campers will also get time to play each day on the state-of-the-art playground at Mountain Lake Park!
Through interdisciplinary lessons and hands-on projects, your child will connect with bees and nature in new ways, cultivating a love for the environment and new approaches to engage with our natural world and the problems it faces.
Camp Is Appropriate For Grades K-5 / Campers Will Be Grouped by Age
Middle School CIT program available for grades 6-8. Participation in the CIT program costs $200 per week-long session. Please email our Program Director, Sarah, for info at sarah@planetbee.org, and use the button below to register your child!
LOCATION: Mountain Lake Park
98 Funston Ave . San Francisco, CA . 94118 . Next to the Tennis Courts
THREE ONE WEEK SESSIONS
9:00am - 4:00pm
Session One: June 11-15
Session Two: July 16-20
Session Three: August 6-10
Before Care: 8:00am-9:00am
After Care: 4:00pm-6:00pm
PRICING
Week-long Session: $400.00
Before Care: $30.00 per week
After Care: $70.00 per week
Questions? Email our Program Director at programs@planetbee.org
11:00am -12:00pm: Lunch
12:00pm - 4:00pm: Afternoon Activities
- Hands-On Science Exploration
- Art Projects
- Play Based Bee Related Games
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Aftercare
Campers in the after care program will have their choice of continuing the day’s projects, free play, board games, reading, and arts and crafts.
DAILY ACTIVITIES (May vary day-to-day)
8:00am - 9:00am: Before Care
Campers will start each day with their choice of free play, board games, reading, and arts and crafts.
9:00am - 11:00am: Morning Activities
- Bee Lesson - Live Bees Viewing Integrated Each Day
- Team Building Activity
- Music and Movement
- Nature Walk in the Presidio
STEAM LESSONS INCLUDE:
Biology
- Honey Bees - Campers will see LIVE BEES Everyday in our Contained Observation Hive
- Native Bees
- Insect Collection during Nature Walks in the Presidio
Ecology
Connecting People with Food
Math
Why Hexagons?
Environmental Stewardship
Learn How to Help Bees and Other Pollinators
ART RELATED PROJECTS
- Bird/Bee/Pollinator Feeders
- Painting
- Portable Pollinator Gardens made in a Wine Box
- Clay Seed Balls - planted at the end of week in Wine Box
- Found Object Science and Physics Projects
- Pipe Cleaners Bee for Playing Games
- Bee Antennae
- Origami and More!
MUSIC & MOVEMENT
- Bee Yoga
- Dancing
- Singing
- Music Making
SCIENCE PROJECTS & EXPERIMENTS
Biology
- Flower Dissection
- Bee Senses and Anatomy
Physics
- How Do Bees Fly?
- Mechanisms of Pollen Collections
- Honeycomb Construction Through Bubbles
Technology
- Data from the Hive
Engineering
- Build a Native Bee House