Clinton County Area Enviro Kids

Summer 2008 Programs

Grades 3-5

(Younger Children If Accompanied By Adult)

 

Explore the world with us from 9:00 a.m. to Noon
on Saturdays this summer!

 June 14  –    Find out what happens to all the trash that you throw away as we tour the Clinton County Solid Waste Agency.  Learn about the life cycle of a landfill and how recycling does not end at the curb.

June 28  –    Explore the Soaring Eagles Nature Center (the Nature Barn) at Eagle Point with the Clinton County Conservation Board.  Kids will use GPS units to find their way around the forest and do some backwoods stomping into the hidden corners of the forest.

June 28  –    Enjoy a baseball game with the Clinton LumberKings and learn to be more environmentally friendly on “Going Green” night at the ballpark.  Check-in is at 6:00 p.m.  Enviro Kids Recognition Night and post-game fireworks.

July 12  –     Tour LyondellBasell to see how plastic is made, check out the lab, and enjoy a pizza lunch.

July 26  –     Plant a shoe full of flowers and learn how rocks make ice cream with the Clinton County Master Gardeners and ISU-Clinton County Extension at the Bickelhaupt Arboretum.

Aug. 9  –       Fun on the pond at the Ikes—fishing, canoeing, and water exploration.  Lunch will be furnished.

Aug. 23 –      Discover the world of butterflies and tag your own butterfly at the Bickelhaupt Arboretum.

Sept. 6 –       Ride the “new” Blue Heron at Rock Creek with the Clinton County Conservation Board.  We will cruise the main channel and the backwaters, plus do a mini beach litter patrol.

Sponsored by Bickelhaupt Arboretum, Clinton County Area Solid Waste Agency,
Clinton County Conservation Board, Iowa State Extension of Clinton County,
Clinton Ikes, LyondellBasell, and the Clinton LumberKings.

Direct questions to Ashley at Clinton County Extension – (563) 659-5125.

Sign me up for the Clinton County Enviro Kids Summer Program.

Enclosed is my $5.00 one-time registration fee (checks payable to Judie Petersen).

Name:

 

Address:

 

Phone:

 

 Parents Name: 

 

Emergency (Name/Number):

 

Shirt Size (Circle)    Child:   S    M    L         Adult:   S   M   L    (Deadline for shirt order is May 31)

Dates I Plan to Attend:       June 14      June 28         June 28 LK     July 12

                                       July 26       August 9       August 23       September 6

         

Return registration form and $5.00 fee to: Judie Petersen
℅ LyondellBasell, Post Office Box 2919, Clinton, Iowa 52733-2919

 

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