Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

Education

3rd & 4th Grade Graduates

Things with Wings
(turn into all-day adventure camp)
June 24-28, 9am-12:30pm
Discover how birds, bats and bugs fly through the skies, meet some feathery friends, and try your hand at designing flying objects.
 

Treasure Hunters
(turn into all-day adventure camp)
June 24-28, 1-4:30pm
Discover the secrets of tracking animals through games and activities and then head into the forest to test your knowledge! Practice your own geocaching skills by hiding and finding your very own treasure!

Comic Creatures
July 8-12, 1-4:30pm
Meet some of the coolest creature-based characters of comics, film and mythology. Discover their special powers and create your own heroic or villainous super-creature.

Build Your Own Zoo
(turn into all-day adventure camp)

July 15-19, 9am-12:30pm
Inspect the work of real construction crews and then build your own animal exhibit models. Includes animal close encounters and behind-the-scenes surprises!

Ridin’ the Wave - NEW!
(turn into all-day adventure camp)
July 15-19, 1-4:30pm; July 29-Aug. 2, 9am-12:30pm 
From sharks to stingrays, from tides to tangs come and explore the salty seas! Discover our new stingray exhibit as well as the microscopic world that lives in our very own Puget Sound.

Animal Survivors
(turn into all-day adventure camp)
July 29-Aug. 2, 1-4:30pm
Explore the ways animals survive. Learn how people are saving animal species and participate in challenges to become a Zoo Survivor!

Please call 253.591.5333 for registration and additional information.  
Camp participants must have participant form filled out before camp. Download our Program Participant Form. Learn more about our program policies.