Our hands-on activities encourage young people to be curious and learn about the environment and how they fit into their place on the planet.
Toadfish Adventures potential activities include: Canoeing, fishing/seining, marsh mucking, extreme wading, arts and crafts, oyster hatchery tours, oyster tonging activity, nautical knot tying, scavenger hunt, tie-dying, geocache/map & compass, Native American studies, oyster dissection, hiking and shell bagging/oyster cage building. (Plus, on Wednesday night, participants will enjoy a cookout, campfire and s'mores!)
Toadfish Adventures Extreme (TAX) potential activities include: Off-site adventures to: Blackwater Wildlife Refuge and paddling; working farm with animals; a local oyster farm; a watermen’s soft shell crab shed, skipjack cruise, AND an extreme day of paddling out on the Choptank River! (e.g., 2 day sessions and 1 overnight!)
Toadfish Adventure sessions run Monday through Friday!
Session 1, July 22 – 26: Rising 1st grader – 9 years old
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Wednesday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM (with family invited for cookout)
Friday, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM (early release)
Session 2, July 29 – August 2: Students 10 – 13 years old
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Wednesday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM (with family invited for cookout)
Friday, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM (early release)
Session 3, August 5 – 9: Rising 1st grader – 9 years old
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Wednesday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM (with family invited for cookout)
Friday, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM (early release)
Session 4 (TAX), August 12 – 13: Students 12 – 15 years old
Monday and Tuesday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Costs: Sessions 1 – 3, $280/per session | Session 4 (TAX), $180 (includes 1 overnight)
Where: Along the banks of the Choptank River... UMCES Horn Point Laboratory, 2020 Horns Point Road, Cambridge, MD 21613
Toadfish Adventures is led by Bryan Gomes, who has over two decades of environmental education experience and certifications, and has held management positions with two residential camps in the Annapolis area.
To Register: Follow this link to download/complete the form and send it, along with a check, to Bryan Gomes at the Horn Point Lab. Checks should be made out to "UMCES" with "Toadfish Adventures" on the check’s memo line.
Payment: Due by July 1
Questions? Call 410-991-2770, or send an email to Bryan Gomes at bgomes@umces.edu.
