Camp Peppermint

Table of Events 
Summer - Ology 
Week Dates Theme Activity Field Trips Special Event
Periods
1 June Welcome Summer
Gemology –birthstone
Hey What’s your sign? Fire Department
Zodiac Jeopardy
Bulging Ball
Horoscopes Experiment
Astrology Zodiac Signs
Caboose Park
Eclipse

2 June Mythology
What’s in Pandora’s
Box? People Choice
Toga Party
Pottery Painting
The Mighty Hercules Extravaganza
Family Fun
Greek Olympics
Center
3 June
Archaeology
Field crews
Collection specialists Beach Swim
Amber Fossil Art
Archaeological Dig
Paleontology Tools of the trade Library Make Quick Sand
Fossil or artifact?
Lake County water
4 June Hydrology
Rain forest
Floods conservation
Water fight!
Wet Pants Relay
Water Conservation Gurnee Pool Blubber Bag Contest

*​Cooking-Chocolate
5 July entomology
Isopod Homes
Name that Bug Aquatic Center covered “bugs”, Oh My!
Insect Anagrams C & A Robot Raising Bugs
Factory Bug scope

6 July musicology
Rock Band
H2O Musical Beach Swim
*​Musical Guests- Dana
Family Music
Parade Floats July 4​th​ Parade
Mini Golf
7 July Technology Tinkering Tech Lab Beach Swim STEM challenge
How fast can you Bake Sale
type?-Keyboarding
Performing Magic Show
Contest Arts Center

8 July Marine Biology

*cooking- Ocean Cups
Run Off Experiment Aquatic Center
Sand Castle Contest
*Squid and Seaweed
Oceanography Oceanography
Jump America Luncheon- Yum!
Jeopardy
Independence
9 July Geology
Earth
Rocks and Grove
Volcano Building
Crystal Garden
Amazing Volcanoes *cooking- sedimentary
Bowling
sandwiches
Beach Swim
10 Aug
Dragonology
Dream Catchers Libertyville sports
Pow wow/ Rain dance
Celtic Rock Painting
Storiology Finn McCool Center Spider Glider Race

11 Aug zoology
Animal Tails-
Who am I? Aquatic Center
Amazing Animal Storm
Stories
Magnetic Animal Craft “Dung” Paper Origami
Lambs Farm