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Summer
Camp 2009
Member registration begins at 9:00 am, March 2nd.
Non-member registration begins at 9:00 am March 16th.
To be fully prepared for Summer Camp registration, please have the following information ready:
1. Your name, email address, and phone number
2. Your Tennessee Aquarium membership number
3. Camper’s name, date of birth, T-shirt size and mailing
address
4. Credit card information — Visa,
MC, AMEX & Discover
If you registered online for Summer Camp last year, your account will still have the information you entered. You will need to complete certain fields again and update some of the information in order to complete this year's registration process. You will need your user name (your email address) and your password to register again this year. If you do not remember this information, please follow either of the links below. To be ready on registration day, please retrieve your forgotten password ahead of time. If you are pressed for time and/or having login problems, register as a new user.
Don't know your password? Click Here!
Not sure if you have an account? Click Here!
Follow this link to view or edit your online account
Please be patient during the registration process. Whether registering online or over the phone, please understand that we are assisting many people at once. Our online registration system has a hold page which will be activated when the maximum numbers of people reach the registration site. Please stay on this hold page and you will be automatically transferred to the registration site in the same order in which you linked onto the page. If you leave the page and come back you will lose your place in line.
If you have
problems during registration, please call the Summer Camp Hotline
at (423) 785-4176 and we will be happy to help. Please be patient if you
are placed on hold. If a camp session has filled, we encourage
you to get on our wait list. You can put your name on more than
one wait list and there is no charge. We will let you know when
a spot becomes available.
See which spots are still available -- Camp Capacity Report.
- Register
Online
Members — Register
Mon., March 2 at 9 a.m.
Non-Members — Register
Mon., March 16 at 9 a.m.
You will NOT be able to switch camps, sessions or cancel registrations online. To do this you will need to call our Summer Camp Hotline at (423) 785-4176.
Cancellations made more than three weeks prior to the camp start date are eligible for a refund minus a $25.00 administrative fee for each camp session being cancelled. Refunds are not offered for cancellations made with less than three weeks notice except in the case of doctor-documented illness.
Click here to see a list of Frequently Asked Summer Camp Questions
- Register by Phone
Call
(423) 785-4176 or (800) 262-0695, ext. 4176 to register from 9 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m.
Please have your updated member number ready for early registration.
You will need to have your member number updated ahead of time to participate in early member registration for Summer Camp.
Need to renew your membership? Click here to renew!
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Summer Camp Forms
The Medical/Information
Form and Behavior
Contract are required for ALL CAMPS. Each camper must have all forms completed and returned no later than 3 weeks prior to camp. We will not allow children to be dropped off without having all their paperwork completed.
Please note: If the camp you registered for participates in a field trip, additional waivers will be required and cannot be completed online.
These waivers are available below.
You may use your online account to fill out the required camp forms.
Follow this link to complete your summer camp forms online
OR
You may print them out by following the links above and then mail or fax them to:
Summer Camp Forms
Tennessee Aquarium
201 Broad Street, Suite 200
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Fax # (423) 267-3561
Additional camp waivers for Polliwogs, Bullfrogs and Eco-Explorers will be included in your confirmation e-mail and
are also listed below. Please print them out and send them to the address above.
Polliwogs at the Aquarium and Polliwogs
in the Woods
Chattanooga
OutVenture
Bullfrogs
Raccoon
Caverns
Eco-Explorers
Horn’s
Creek
- Summer
Camp 2009 Sessions:
Session 1- June 1-5
Session 2 - June 8-12
Session 3 - June 15-19
Session 4 - June 22-26
Session 5 - July 6-10
Session 6 - July 13-17
Session 7 - July 20-24
Session 8 - July 27-31
Please match the session numbers for each camp to the dates
above.
Aquatots:
Ages 4- 5 (Pre-K)
9 am to 12 pm, M-F
Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Limited to 17 children per session
(Children must be potty trained)
$80/Member; $100/Non-Member
Our world is a wonderful place, full of amazing living things. Join us for a week-long adventure as we take a closer look at plants and animals with some really neat hands-on activities. We’ll use the Aquarium galleries and animals to help us discover some of the unique life on our planet. Our week will be filled with animals, crafts, stories and other fun activities.
Tadpoles:
Ages 5- 6
9 am to 4 pm, M-F
Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Limited to 20 children per session
(Children must have completed kindergarten)
$150/Member; $200/Non-member
Get ready for adventure! Tadpoles will have an entire week of fun and exploration at the Tennessee Aquarium with field trips to the Chattanooga Zoo and the Chattanooga Nature Center. We will learn about many different animal groups as we experience animal encounters, fun crafts, playing in the stream and other exciting activities. So come join the fun!
Polliwogs In The Woods: Ages 7-
8
8:30 am to 3:30 pm, M-F
Sessions 4, 7, 8
Limited to 20 children per session
(Drop off/pick up at Chattanooga Nature Center)
$150/Member; $200/Non-member
How do people have fun in water? Campers will learn by doing when the Aquarium and Chattanooga Nature Center join together to create an unbeatable summer experience. Spend two days exploring the Aquarium’s fascinating exhibits including the brand new, “Jellies, Living Art”. Then get ready for adventure as you hike in beautiful Lookout Valley, canoe on North Chickamauga Creek and get down and dirty on Mud Day.
Polliwogs
at the Aquarium: Ages 7-
8
9 am to 4 pm, M-F
Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
Limited to 20 children per session
$150/Member; $200/Non-member
The Secret Reef is more than an exhibit found in Ocean Journey. Discover amazing facts about the real Flower Garden Banks
National Marine Sanctuary as we dive into “Life on the Reef”. Through great activities, crafts and games polliwogs will
learn about fascinating creatures and see how, even in Chattanooga, we are connected to this very special place. The week
starts out with exploration of the Aquarium galleries and is rounded out with a day of water play at Coolidge Park and a
canoeing trip on North Chickamauga Creek.
Aquart:
Ages 7-8
9 am to 4 pm, M-F
Sessions 1,2
Limited to 20 children per session
(Camp is held at the Aquarium and the Hunter Museum)
Member $150/Non-member $200
It’s ALIVE! The Aquarium’s newest exhibit, “Jellies, Living Art” brings art to life as beautiful glass art by world renowned artist Dale Chihuly and local artist Thomas Spake combines with mysterious live jellies to provide an unforgettable experience. This camp, presented in partnership with the Hunter Museum of American Art, reveals the wonder of ocean creatures and provides some technical instruction in both the art and science of the exhibit. We’ll divide our time between the galleries at both museums and allow budding artists lots of time to create their own masterpieces in the studio.
Bullfrogs
at the Aquarium: Ages 9-10
9 pm to 4 pm, M-F with Friday overnight
Sessions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8
Limited to 20 children per session
$200/Member; $250/Non-member
Leap into a week-long adventure with up close animal encounters, hiking, water fun, projects and games. We will journey
through the aquarium exhibits to discover amazing and fun facts. Bullfrogs learn about how to care for our animals as we
go behind the scenes and meet the husbandry staff. The week will be complete after we crawl, climb and slide through a
local cave and investigate nightlife during our sleepover.
EcoExplorers:
Ages 11-12
9 am to 4 pm, M-F with Friday overnight
Sessions 3, 4, 6, 7
Limited to 16 children per session
$200/Member; $250/Non-member
Are you ready for a week of adventure? Many exciting discoveries
await you as you explore the natural world through games, live
animal encounters and outdoor investigations. We will spend
a day in the Chickamauga Gorge and a day at Horn's Creek playing
water games. The week will end with a sleepover in the Undersea
Caverns in our Ocean Journey building.
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