Session 1: Not Offered
Session 2: Not Offered
Session 3: July 24 - August 4
Session 4: August 7 - August 11

There is a whole world beneath the sea that most land creatures could never know. Campers get your gills ready to take a look under the sea. You will be engaged in hands-on studies of diverse marine habitats. Daily observations and specimen collection will provide a new insight to campers on how the marine world works.

Daily activities include canoeing, surfcasting, seining, saltmarsh hike, plankton and horseshoe crab studies and snorkeling.



*Note: This program will take place at Caumsett State Historic Park.
Note: Campers Should bring swimsuits and/or a change of clothing.

The low ropes course and initiative program is a challenging outdoor adventure that takes place in the woods of the Nassau BOCES Brookville Environmental Center. BOCES naturalists guide students through a progression of tasks that will help participants develop strengthened relationships and explore personal and group characteristics. Our low rope elements are a few feet off the ground and offer campers an opportunity for to work together in groups to accomplish common goals and objectives as members of a team. The high ropes course experience takes participants to new heights as they soar to the top of our ropes course. Each ropes course element is designed to encourage participants to test their limits and take risks towards personal and team growth. Campers traverse across ropes courses 25-35 feet above the ground. Campers learn the basic skills and language required to become a stronger team and face physical challenges as they face elements such as the Swing Shot, and Rock-Climbing Wall.

Campers are taught to use a compass, calculate distance through pacing, and introduced to the application of a compass to a topographic map as they learn to survive in the wilderness. Their knowledge is tested as they are challenged to employ these skills by maneuvering through the woods of the Nassau BOCES Brookville Environmental Center.

Campers work together to develop basic survival skills such as shelter building, wild edible identification, wilderness first aid, and solar still construction. Campers practice the skills Early Americans used to prepare, build, and start fires for outdoor cooking. They also participate in cooking simple Early American food over an open fire. This can include bread, teas and/or other wild edibles.



Note: This program will take place at Nassau BOCES Brookville Environmental Center.