Shanghai Zoo and Chenshan Botanical Garden will co-host a wonderful summer camp from August 6 to 12, 2012. Six new activities and two DIY activities add more color and glamor to this year's summer camp. Now, the registration has started.
Night tour of the zoo, studying fireflies, and treasure-hunts were very popular in last year's summer camp, so the activities remain in 2012. To make it more colorful, campers can also engage in leaf collage, gourd drawings, boating on the lake, enjoying birds and the sunset, night tours to the greenhouse with a lantern, and observing astronomical phenomena. Campers can also make DIY specimens, and plant vegetables in the field.
The summer camp will give the kids a good opportunity to learn more about familiar animals and plants, and better build up their teamwork.
Register for summer camp!
1. Two groups:
Student group: students from Grade 3 to Grade 7 Family group: children (age 7 to 12) and their parents
2. Dates:
Student group: August 6 to 8 Family group: August 10 to 12
3. Limit:
Up to 40 people per group
4. Price:
Student group: 350 yuan ($54.9) per student Family group: 450 yuan ($70.6) per adult and 350 yuan ($54.9) per child The expenses include: 1) Meals: two breakfasts, two lunches, and two dinners 2) Transportation: bus tour between Shanghai Zoo and Chenshan Botanical Garden 3) Tickets for the two parks 4) Activity materials and souvenirs 5) Accommodation in science classrooms with sleeping bags and no shower
5. Registration
Go to sina microblog (Chinese Twitter). Follow the microblog of Shanghai Zoo and Chenshan Botanical Garden, and @Shanghai Zoo @Chenshan Botanical Garden. The organizer will select 40 people for each group in order of application and inform them via microblog.
6. Deadline:
Student group: July 23 Family group: July 25
7. Additional information:
Campers can apply for a standard room for the night in the botanical garden, stating clearly in their application and pay 280 yuan per room in addition. It is recommended to bring more clothes if you want to play water games. Refund policy: 1) If the camp is cancelled owing to extremely bad weather or force majeure events, 100 percent refunds will be granted. 2) If campers quit 5 or more days before the camp starts, 80 percent refunds will be granted. If within 5 days, refunds will not be granted. Telephone: Shanghai Zoo: 62697005 Chenshan Botanical Garden: 67657780
8. Activities
Camp Day 1:
16：00～16：15 Campers gather
16：15～16：30 Opening ceremony
16：30～17：00 Lecture
17：00～17：30 Dinning
17：30～19：00 Indoor activities( games, handicrafts, etc)
19：00～20：30 Night tour to the zoo
20：30～21：30 Watch VCD about animals and put up tents
21：30 Time for bed
Camp Day 2:
6：30～7：00 Enjoy birds and do morning exercise
7：00～7：30 Breakfast
7：30～8：00 Visit animals’ kitchen
8：00～10：30 Treasure-hunt
10：30～11：00 Make butterfly specimen
11：00～12：00 Time for lunch and photo-taking
12：00～13：00 Bus tour to Chenshan Botanical Garden
13:30～14:00 Watch Chenshan Botanical Garden film
14:00～15:30 Make a leaf collage and gourd drawings
16:00～17:00 Play water games in Olea Garden and magnetic fishing game
17:30～18:00 Dinner
18:15～19:00 Boat on a lake and enjoy the sunset
19:10～19:30 Enjoy water lilies
19:30～20:00 Tour to Chenshan Mountain with a lantern
20:00～20:45 Night tour to green house
20:45～21:30 Observe astronomical phenomena
21:30～22:00 Put up tents and go to sleep
Camp Day 3:
6:30～7:30 Breakfast
7:45～9:30 Plant vegetable in the field
9:45～10:30 Mountain-climbing
10:30～11:00 Time for a break
11:00～12:00 Lunch and photo-taking
12:00～13:00 Bus tour to the zoo and leave
By Li Xiaonan
Edited by Fu Bo and Brian Salter
