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Summer Day Camps

SRDC Summer Camps are held at the Discovery Center, 1000 Sale Lane, Monday through Friday from 8 am to noon, for ages 6-12.
Snacks, juice and water will be provided.  Supplies for projects will also be supplied.
The cost of attending camps is $50 per week per student.  Fees are due and payable, in full, on or before the first day of camp. There may be scholarship monies available. 
For more information see or e-mail Zach Whitten or Bobie Hughes, 527-1196 at the Center
or email: teacherwhitten@gmail.com or bhughe1@tehamaed.org. 


Download the registration form here.
See action from the 2012 summer camps here!

 Session 1, June 17-21 – Trails, Trails, Everywhere!
Sponsored by Union Pacific Foundation

Want to be an explorer and hit the trail?  Check out the many ways that trails in and around Tehama County can get you outside,
exploring this wonderful corner of the globe that we call home; develop bike repair skills, draw maps to some of the best trails,
 go geo-caching in the Red Bluff Recreation Area, and more!

Session 2, June 24-28 – Native California!
Sponsored by Rolling Hills Casino

Want to be a scientist and study the natural history of Northern California?  See what plants and animals are native to this place,
and see who some of the new-comers are; participate in a re-vegetation project to help restore some native habitat, search for
wild animal tracks, recycle some bottles into birdhouses, and more!

Session 3, July 1-5 – Good Fires, Bad Fires!
Sponsored  by PG&E

Want to be a firefighter and beat the heat?  Find out how “good fires” can play a beneficial role in nature, as well as how to help
 prevent, protect against, and fight the “bad fires” that can occur; play the helicopter water drop game, practice digging a hand line,
 build a diorama of fire helping wildlife habitat, and more!

Session 4, July 8-12 – Natural Resources in Space!

Want to be an asteroid miner and go where no one’s gone before?  Discover the opportunities that await a new generation
 of pioneers, who may soon be moving out into the solar system; construct a model Mars/Moon colony, run a simulated landing
 on an asteroid, drive an experimental robotic rover, and more!

Session 5, July 15-19 – Prehistoric California!

Want to be a paleontologist and dig for dinosaurs?  Look at what’s hiding under your feet – buried treasure, of the fossil kind,
from the ice age to the age of reptiles and beyond; excavate a pre-historic mystery, try to avoid getting stuck in a deadly
 tar pit, reassemble a replica woolly mammoth skeleton, and more!

Session 6, July 22-26 – Life in the Pacific!

Want to be an oceanographer and sail the deep blue sea?  Learn about the creatures that live in Earth’s largest ocean,
which covers a third of the planet and is bigger than all of the world’s continents, combined; create tsunamis in a tank,
use “sonar” to find your prey, make a life-size 3-D shark model, and more!