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Plants and Bugs Camp
Basic Information
Address: 3425 W Virginia Ave, Stillwater, OK 74078
Email: shelley.mitchell@okstate.edu
Phone Number: 405-744-5755
Fax Number: 405-744-9709
Action Shots
Additional Information
Focus: plants and bugs
Sponsor:
OSU Horticulture, OSU Entomology
Director: Shelley Mitchell
Schools Served: Payne County and surrounding counties
School District: Stillwater, Perkins-Tryon, Glencoe, Cushing, Yale, Ripley, Morrison, Perry, Mulhall-Orlando
County: Payne
Schedule: one week in the summer
Ages: 9-12
Capacity: 13
Membership/Pricing: $200 for the full week
Setting:
natural areas in Oklahoma and the Insect Adventure on the OSU campus
History:
Since 2011, Plants and Bugs Camp has been held for one week in July at OSU in Stillwater, OK.
Program Highlights:
all-day program, indoor and outdoor nature activities, crafts, field trips, science experiments
Activities:
bug collecting, termite NASCAR, maggot art, owl pellet dissecting, nature games and simulations, field trips
Field Trip Destinations: local koi farm, local botanic garden and arboretum, Linnaeus Gardens in Tulsa, local cut flower farm, Boy Scout ranch in Cleveland, OK
Program Information:
Plants and Bugs Camp uses Junior Master Gardener curricula, Junior Plant Scientist explorations, and other horticulture-related curricula to teach children the basics of plant needs, plant identification, and plant uses. We also do "bug" related activities to teach entomology basics. The two leaders are faculty at OSU with a love for teaching youth about science and nature.
Slogan: Growing Good Kids