Zoo Adventures

Zoo Adventures (Ages 6 -11)

In lieu of in-person camps, Roger Williams Park Zoo is excited to offer ZooCamp: Digital Adventures for ages 6-10! This is hybrid online/offline camp! Spend time with your camp counselors and fellow campers in live interactive sessions online with all of your favorite parts of ZooCamp! Crafts, snack, animals, games, songs and more! In your ZooCamp Adventure Box, you will find activities and games curated by the ZooCamp team to get you moving inside and out when we aren’t online! We may be able to offer summer experiences to other age groups, but those will be announced at a later date.

Digital ZooCamp FAQs

Zoo Adventures Sessions
Do you know a child that dreams of spending his or her days surrounded by animals? Send them to ZooCamp!  Fill their days with games, hands-on activities, crafts, animal encounters and tours of the Zoo. 
*NEW Summer 2020: Digital Adventures (virtual ZooCamp) (Ages 6-10)

ZooCamp this year will look a little different, but we have managed to pack in all our favorite parts of ZooCamp and even a few extras.

ZooCamp: Digital Adventures is a weeklong hybrid camp experience. Before their scheduled camp, campers will receive a ZooCamp Adventure Box containing your camp shirt, some craft supplies and additional activities! Three times a week, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, campers can join us for a live 3 hour interactive camp session. We will play games, create crafts, sing, dance, visit animals and more! All of this led by our dedicated counselor team. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, your camper will find in their ZooCamp Adventure boxes activities designed to get them engaged away from a screen and in some cases outside! Join us for a week of ZooCamp fun, learning and experience unlike any of the “virtual” learning you are used to. Read ahead to find out the theme of each week!

Camper may choose to either attend the AM session running from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM or the PM session from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

Price:

  • W/ Adventure Box Curbside Pick-Up: $150
  • W/ Adventure Box Shipping: $175
  • Zoo Members - $5 Discount

Register:

Please note: Campers may be registered for one week of each theme for a total of 5 possible camp weeks. Campers may not register for a morning and afternoon sessions to make a full day of camp, as they will be the exact same experience.  Registrations beyond this maximum will be canceled.

Themes:

  • Weeks 1 & 6 – Animal Defenses - Animals Defend themselves in many differing ways! From using camouflage to fighting back, animals find was to protect themselves from predators and survive in their habitat. Animal Defenses will focus on physical adaptations like quills that help an animal to stay safe and focus on behavioral adaptions like making their very own trap!
  • Weeks 2 & 7 – Amazing Animal Athletes - Can you move at 200 miles per hour? Can you lift 850x your body weight? There are animals that can! From sprinters to divers to weightlifters, campers will explore the superstar athletes of the animal kingdom.
  • Weeks 3 & 8 – Extreme Environments - Remarkable animals have adapted to the most extreme of environments - the dark, deep depths of oceans and caves, seemingly barren deserts and vast ice fields. We'll travel to these unfamiliar worlds and take a close look at the animals that live there, how they survive, and the clever ways scientists study the world's most extreme environments.
  • Weeks 4 & 9 – Feeding Frenzy - It's dinner time! With many kinds of food come many kinds of adaptations for eating. Using beaks, toes, teeth, paws, big mouths and little mouths, the different ways that animals chow down at mealtimes are as fascinating as the animals themselves. Elbows off the table, dude.
  • Weeks 5 & 10 – Animal Classifications - Is a snake considered a fish? Is a Dogfish actually a mammal?! Where do these animals fit in! Campers will be learning all about animal classifications this week and the adaptations that make up their very own categories!
Winter Adventures (Ages 6-11)

Don't keep the kids inside during February school vacation, send them to Winter Adventures ZooCamp. Children will enjoy a full day of crafts, hands-on and inquiry driven activities, encounters with wild animal ambassadors, and even bundled-up tours of the Zoo. Each camper will get an opportunity to feed the goats in the ALEX AND ANI Farmyard.

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Price: 

  • All 5 Days: Members: $270 / Non-members: $295
  • Per Day: Members: $64 / Non-members: $72

Please note: Only campers that attend all five (5) days will receive a t-shirt and ZooCamp Access Pass.

Theme: Jungle Journey - Esape the cold of a New England winter and join us on a trip to the Rainforest! We'll explore the four layers of tropical rainforests, the animals that live and survive in this environment. Friday afternoon will feature a Jungle Jam in a rainforest built by Zoo campers out of recycled materials throughout the week.

  • Monday, February 17: Where are the Rainforests?
  • Tuesday, February 18: Forest Floor
  • Wednesday, February 19: Understory 
  • Thursday, February 20: Canopy  
  • Friday, February 21: Emergent Layer & Jungle Jam 

Winter 2020 Registration is CLOSED. Thank you.

Campers may be registered for a maximum of one session of each theme. Registrations beyond this maximum will be cancelled. To be placed on a wait-list, please contact programs@rwpzoo.org or call (401) 785-3510 ext. 358

Spring Adventures (Ages 6-11)

Shake off winter with a week filled with crafts, hands-on and inquiry driven activities, encounters with wild animal ambassadors, and guided Zoo tours. Each Spring Adventures camper will get a ZooCamp t-shirt, the opportunity to feed the goats in the ALEX AND ANI Farmyard, and a ZooCamp Access Pass.

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Price: Members: $270 / Non-members: $295

Theme: All in the Family - Warm weather is on the way and with it often comes brand new little ones! Growing up wild can be tough. Some start out on their own, some with a little help from their parnet, some with an extended family, and some with a whole community to look out for them. We'll learn how baby animals survive and thrive in families of all kinds!

Spring 2020 Registration is CLOSED. Thank you.

To be placed on a wait-list, please contact programs@rwpzoo.org or call (401) 785-3510 ext. 358

Campers may be registered for a maximum of one session of each theme. Registrations beyond this maximum will be cancelled. 

Summer Adventures (Ages 6-10)

Perfect for budding scientists, zoologists, explorers, artists, and kids who just love animals! Days are filled with crafts, hands-on and inquiry driven activities, encounters with wild animal ambassadors, and guided Zoo tours. Each Summer Adventures camper will get a ZooCamp t-shirt, a opportunity to feed the goats in the ALEX AND ANI Farmyard, and a ZooCamp Access Pass.

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 3:30 pm 

It is with great sadness that we are announcing the cancelation of in-person ZooCamp programming for the Summer of 2020. However, we are excited to offer our all NEW Digital Adventures (virtual ZooCamp) for ages 6-10!

Price: Members: $270 / Non-members: $295

  • Please note: Only campers registered for the full week will be given a ZooCamp Access Pass and a t-shirt.  T-shirts are still required to be worn every day during Summer Adventures. If you do not have a t-shirt and are registering for less than a full week, you will be required to purchase a t-shirt.

Theme - Odd Weeks: Feeding Frenzy - It's dinner time! With many kinds of ffod come many kinds of adaptations for eating. Using beaks, toes, teeth, paws, big mouths and little mouths, the different ways that animals chow down at mealtimes are as fascinating as the animals themselves. Elbows off the table, dude.

Theme - Even Weeks: Extreme Environments - Remarkable animals have adapted to the most extreme of environments - the dark, deep depths of oceans and caves, seemingly barren deserts and vast ice fields. We'll travel to these unfamiliar worlds and take a close look at the animals that live there, how they survive, and the clever ways scientists study the world's most extreme environments.

Campers may be registered for a maximum of one session of each theme. Registrations beyond this maximum will be cancelled. To be placed on a wait-list, please contact programs@rwpzoo.org or call (401) 785-3510 ext. 358

Important Camp Information
Please Read Before Registering

Important ZooCamp Info

  • Registration will close a week before your scheduled week of camp. To register for camp and a mail home Adventure Box, you will have to register two weeks minimum prior to the camp start date. Two weeks or less registration prior to camp start date will be curbside pick-up only.
  • Campers must be the minimum age of each camp at the time of attending. Requirements are not negotiable and are strictly enforced. RWP Zoo reserves the right to cancel your registration if your camper does not meet the minimum age requirement.
  • Cancellations and transfers are refundable up to three weeks before the scheduled start date of your camp.
  • $5 sibling discount applies to all Digital Adventures camps.  First registration at full price, $5 applied to each sibling thereafter. Siblings must be registered within the same account. Please note that our registration system does not automatically apply this discount. Forward your receipt to the registrar at programs@rwpzoo.org to receive this discount as a refund.

 

 

Please view the 2020 Digital Download and FAQ documents for more details.

Download the ZooCamp Handbook