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Come to Emagination for leading edge technology learning PLUS summer camp fun!   Create 3D Animations, Flash Animations, Digital Music, iApps. Design Video Games. Build Robots, RC Cars. Recreation and socialization are important parts of our program. Get Unplugged in Swimming, Retro Games, Color Wars, Talent Show. Coed ages 8-17. Day & Overnight. Two-week sessions allow time to make friends and become part of a community. Join "kids like me" from around the world at camps near Atlanta, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia. Click our logo to visit us and learn why parents prefer Emagination. (less) ... (more)

GET INSIDE THE GAME!   Teens 15-18 create a 3D video game. Learn creative and technical skills then join a development team and build a playable game. Present your game to a panel of industry pros, learn from guest speakers and tour a game design studio. It's Worth the Trip to Boston, Atlanta or Los Angeles. In this immersive two-week overnight program, teens gain valuable skills and experience what it's like to work in the digital entertainment industry. Click our logo to visit and learn why Emagination Game Design is the perfect pre-college choice for teens who are serious about game design. (less) ... (more)

More To See And More To Do   Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, a top attraction in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia, is the region's only walking safari encompassing 120 picturesque acres with more than 1,800 animals and 1,000 exotic plants. The newest attractions include Stingray Bay, where guests can feed and pet the Stingrays, and the Asian Bamboo Gardens and Komodo Dragon exhibit. The Zoo's 2.5 acre Range of the Jaguar has won two national awards for best South American Exhibit. It's home to seven jaguars -- the largest collection in North America; the Palm Plaza restaurant; rare giant otters and exotic birds in the Emerald Forest Aviary; and pygmy marmosets, bats, reptiles - including the anaconda - and more in The Lost Temple. In the Giraffe Overlook and Savanna Blooms Gardens, visitors can get eye-to-eye with and feed the giraffes in a beautiful African garden setting. African elephants, white rhinos, and other hoof stock can also be viewed from an elevated boardwalk in the Plains of East Africa. A rare breeding group of bonobos highlight The Great Apes area that also includes gorillas, siamangs, mandrills and lemurs. Play Park is a 2.5 acre kid's area that features a 4,000 square foot Splash Ground - its most popular feature. That's followed closely by the Animal Care Yard for petting and grooming the pygmy goats; the squirrel monkey and otter exhibits; the Forest Play area, with its three tree houses, rock climbing wall and mountain slides; and the Discovery Center. True to the Zoo's slogan -- there is "more to see and more to zoo" at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. For more information, visit the Zoo's Web site. (less) ... (more)

Let's Get Creative!   Kelly Kits are all inclusive art curriculum kits designed for children 18 months to 10 yrs old. They are art-play experiences in painting, drawing, sculpting, print-making, and collage. Kelly Kits strengthen fine motor skills, develop pre-writing skills, focus on the experience - not the "result", develop language, color recognition, math concepts, provide a unique bonding experience for caregiver and child, build confidence and self-esteem, encourage creative "color-outside-of-the-lines" thinking, cause & effect logic, and educate parents about how children learn through explorative play with an emphasis that there is no "right way" to do something. "Make yours like mine" is highly discouraged. Most of all Kelly Kits are fun! Kelly Kits encourage art play using a wide variety of creative tools & materials beyond what coloring books can offer. The Original Kelly Kit comes complete with one set of five unique activities that cover the five art disciplines: painting, drawing, sculpting, printmaking, & collage. Each kit contains all of the tools & materials needed for the activities, the user just needs access to a kitchen! To increase functionality for homeschooling parents, each activity includes an instruction card with an enrichment idea to adapt the art activity to a school lesson. Kelly Kits are designed to encourage creativity & teach! (less) ... (more)

Enjoyed by All of Any Age   In addition to our fun, interactive exhibits, we offer exciting science & planetarium shows daily.

Where Education Meets Adventure in the Heart of the Florida Keys   The Newfound Harbor Marine Institute (NHMI) program was started in 1970 for the purpose of complementing Seacamp Association's mission to provide experiential marine science education opportunities. The NHMI program extends these opportunities into the school year, from early September through late May, for students from 4th grade through college level, as well as teachers. Approximately 8,000 participants enjoy the workshops and residential programs at the NHMI field studies center each year. (less) ... (more)

Come to Emagination for leading edge technology learning PLUS summer camp fun!   Create 3D Animations, Flash Animations, Digital Music, iApps. Design Video Games. Build Robots, RC Cars. Recreation and socialization are important parts of our program. Get Unplugged in Swimming, Retro Games, Color Wars, Talent Show. Coed ages 8-17. Day & Overnight. Two-week sessions allow time to make friends and become part of a community. Join "kids like me" from around the world at camps near Atlanta, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia. Click our logo to visit us and learn why parents prefer Emagination. (less) ... (more)

GET INSIDE THE GAME!   Teens 15-18 create a 3D video game. Learn creative and technical skills then join a development team and build a playable game. Present your game to a panel of industry pros, learn from guest speakers and tour a game design studio. It's Worth the Trip to Boston, Atlanta or Los Angeles. In this immersive two-week overnight program, teens gain valuable skills and experience what it's like to work in the digital entertainment industry. Click our logo to visit and learn why Emagination Game Design is the perfect pre-college choice for teens who are serious about game design. (less) ... (more)

   Celebrating 20 years in 2011, the National Teen Leadership Program has changed the lives of thousands of teens; motivating and inspiring them to visualize themselves as leaders. Motivational Speakers, Workshops, group sessions, new friends, fun and a life-changing experience! What if a three-day weekend could become a turning point for a teenager; a life-affirming experience that changed the way they thought about themselves and, more importantly, those around them? What if, in just one weekend, they could acquire leadership skills that they'd use the rest of their life? (less) ... (more)

Enjoyed by All of Any Age   In addition to our fun, interactive exhibits, we offer exciting science & planetarium shows daily.

Where Education Meets Adventure in the Heart of the Florida Keys   The Newfound Harbor Marine Institute (NHMI) program was started in 1970 for the purpose of complementing Seacamp Association's mission to provide experiential marine science education opportunities. The NHMI program extends these opportunities into the school year, from early September through late May, for students from 4th grade through college level, as well as teachers. Approximately 8,000 participants enjoy the workshops and residential programs at the NHMI field studies center each year. (less) ... (more)