OREGON CITY – The Clackamas Community College Environmental Learning Center is launching its popular Nature Spy Explorer Kits for summer. These innovative kits are designed to ignite the curiosity and passion for nature in children, allowing them to explore, learn, create and play from the comfort of their own homes and neighborhoods.

Kits are $35, including shipping, and a limited number of scholarships kits are available for those who would benefit from financial assistance.

Each Nature Spy Explorer Kit is conveniently shipped to homes and contains all the supplies to keep children entertained and inspired throughout the summer:  

• Easy-to-follow instructions
• Materials for creating a nature-themed craft
• Nature journal page with fun facts
• Activities to keep children exploring 
• Nature guide or storybook
• Nature-themed memory card game

The Environmental Learning Center offers five different Summer Explorer Kits, each with its own theme and set of activities:  

• Bug Safari
• Be a Bird Lookout
• Squirrels are Everywhere
• I Spy a Butterfly
• What’s Living in Your Soil?

Kits ship on Thursdays, Aug. 9 through Sept. 5. To purchase kits, visit https://bit.ly/ELC-summer-kits-2024. For more information, contact sarah.bidwell@clackamas.edu.  

About the Environmental Learning Center

The Environmental Learning Center has a rich history as an educational resource for Clackamas Community College, regional schools, industry and the community. Located on the former site of a Smucker's processing plant, the center was created to demonstrate what people could do to reclaim industrial sites, address stormwater issues and restore wildlife habitats in urban areas. Each year thousands of people visit to explore the 5-acre site and learn about watershed health. The site serves as an important stormwater facility for the college campus and provides critical wetland habitat for resident and migratory birds, such as the great blue heron, wood duck and merganser. For more information about the Environmental Learning Center, visit CCC's Environmental Learning Center webpage.