Survival Superpowers: Frozen World
February 17 - 21, 2025
Children Grades (1-4)
Can you survive months without food? Change your color to become invisible in your surroundings? Or hear a mouse under 2 feet of snow? There are true superheroes living among us right here in Vermont! In Survival Superpowers: Frozen World, discover the incredible wintertime adaptations of these hardy survivors. Each day will bring a new adventure into the forests or meadow of VINS to experience this frozen world while investigating the different abilities of animals to survive in the depths of winter.
Come for one day or the whole week!
We will spend time outside during the camp day so campers should be properly dressed for outdoor wintertime activities.
Price:
$80 per day
Vacation Camp Hours:
VINS' February Vacation Camp runs from 9 AM - 3:30 PM each camp day.
VINS Member Discount:
Current VINS Members receive a 10% discount on camp tuition. Use code MEM25 at checkout.
Many animals spend all winter sleeping but there are a variety of forms of dormancy, hibernation being only one. Come explore all the different ways to sleep away the cold months.
Birds have many options when it comes to surviving winter. Should I stay or should I go? What do I need if I stay? If I go, where should I fly? Each option has its pros and cons as we will learn during our day-long exploration of birds in winter.
Cold-blooded animals completely disappear during the winter. Unlike birds though, they haven’t flown the coop for warmer weather, they are toughing it out right here underground, under leaves, and even under water. Come learn about some of the most extreme animal superpowers found right here in Vermont.
Day 4 / Braving the Cold - Filling Fast - 2 spots left
Thursday, February 20
For many animals, life simply goes on during the winter, albeit, a little bit colder. Learn how animals adapt to the challenges winter poses: deep snow, white landscape, and brutal cold.
Day 5 / A World Below the Snow - Filling Fast - 2 spots left
Friday, February 21
All winter long, while there is very little sign of life above the snow, below that white layer, there is a flurry of activity as small critters go about their daily lives, protected from sight and the cold by a deep snowpack. Join us in an exploration of the subnivean layer, the secret world below the snow.
